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Carol Aslanian
Carol Aslanian is President of the Aslanian Group in New York City. For more than 20 years, Carol Aslanian served as director of the Office of Adult Learning Services at the College Board in New York. She also served as Director of the Office of Community College Relations for the College Board and assisted in enhancing the mission of the Board in service to community colleges.
Ms. Aslanian is a national authority on the characteristics and learning patterns of adult students and has made hundreds of presentations to educational institutions, state agencies, and national associations, focusing on access to higher education for place-bound and time-bound students. During the past decade two decades, she has engaged in various activities related to meeting the needs of learners and corporate partners, including those that helped colleges identify new locations, alternative scheduling, and distance education instructional options. She has both designed market studies to assist colleges in enhancing their share of the adult student market as well as conducted onsite visits and consultations to analyze the current and potential status of institutions in meeting the demands of adult students and area employers.
Ms. Aslanian is a member of the Halyard Education Partners Advisory Board, a member of the Noel-Levitz Educational Leadership Advisory Group, and a member of the Nontraditional Students Report Board of Advisors. She is also past chair of the Non-Traditional Markets Program Track of the American Marketing Associations Symposium on Marketing Higher Education. She is also past Chair and current member of the Advisory Council for the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, a member of the Cornell University Council, and president of the Cornell Association of Class Presidents. She is also a board member of the Armenian General Benevolent Union, where she directed the organizations education programs worldwide for almost a decade.
Ms. Aslanian is a past board member of Elderhostel, an organization that serves over 250,000 older Americans yearly in the design and operation of travel-study seminars. She was selected by the National Council on Community Services and Continuing Education as the Person of the Year Outside the Field, for her national contributions to the field of community services and continuing education. She received the Association for Continuing Higher Education Special Recognition Award for dedication and service in the field of continuing education.
Further, Ms. Aslanian co-authored two reports that described the causes and timing of adult learning Americans in Transition: Life Changes as Reasons for Adult Learning and the learning patterns of adult learners How Americans in Transition Study for College Credit. Ms. Aslanian is a co-author of Higher Education in Partnership with Industry, focusing her writing on the development of contract education programs between colleges and employers. She applied her extensive knowledge of and experiences in program evaluation by serving as editor of Improving Education Evaluation Methods: Impact on Policy. In 2001, her nationwide study on adult students, Adult Students Today, was published by the College Board. This was followed in 2006 with the publication Trends in Adult Learning A Snapshot.
Ms. Aslanian received her degrees from Cornell University and Harvard University.
Scott Jeffe
 Scott Jeffe is Associate Director of the Aslanian Group. Scott is responsible for overall project management and the production of all professional development seminars. He also takes a leading role in the marketing of all Aslanian Group products and services. Scott has almost fifteen years experience in project management in both higher education marketing, professional development and fund raising. Prior to the Aslanian Group, he worked for the College Board as assistant director of public relations, then associate director of adult learning services and finally acting director of higher education professional development. Upon leaving the College Board, Mr. Jeffe was director of Development at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and then Winston Preparatory School in New York City. Mr. Jeffe holds a BA in European History from St. Lawrence University, and a MPA from State University of New York at Albany.
Sabrina Howells
Sabrina Howells is a Project Associate primarily responsible for coordinating data collection and analysis. In recent years she has planned, organized and managed numerous national conferences across the United States. She holds a B.S. in Communications from Boston University.
Rex Jackson
Rex Jackson has worked with Aslanian Group for more than 15 years. His invaluable contribution involves conducting analyses of U. S. Census and other related databases to profile demographic and economic characteristics of communities relevant to locating and contacting potential adult students. In addition, Rex writes extensively and gives numerous professional presentations on policy issues relating to educational testing, college admissions, and financial aid. His past positions include Assistant Director of the Office of Institutional Research at Yale University and Assistant Vice President of Development, Planning, and Management at Educational Testing Service (ETS). Rex graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts at Harvard College and a Master's in Educational Psychology and in Statistics and Measurement at Rutgers University.
Amy Touchette
As staff writer, Amy's editorial knowledge gives shape to company publications and marketing materials. She also manages Aslanian Group web site content and various other projects. Her background in educational editorial work and project management make her a well-suited resource for Aslanian Group. Amy holds a B.A. in Literature from Catholic University of America and graduated with high honors from the M.A. in Literature program at the College of Notre Dame.
Associates
Aslanian Group also enrolls the assistance of a team of program associates who consult on projects as appropriate and relevant to their expertise with adult students. These experts and practitioners assist Aslanian Group with projects that focus on recruitment and enrollment, promotional and marketing strategies, retention, program design, and community partnerships.
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