Her Story
About Lorrie
Lorrie Bishop serves as the inaugural Director of Secondary Enrollment Partnerships at the University of Cincinnati, where she has led the Launch UC program since January 2022. With 24 years of experience in higher education, she specializes in strategic enrollment management, dual enrollment, student success, and secondary partnerships designed to strengthen enrollment pipelines and institutional growth. Under her leadership, Launch UC has grown by more than 200% over approximately four and a half years. Her work focuses on connecting access, enrollment, persistence, and completion into a more seamless student experience.
Prior to joining the University of Cincinnati, Bishop spent the majority of her higher education career at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, where she oversaw dual-enrollment operations across more than 50 high school locations. Her experience includes enrollment strategy, recruitment, curriculum alignment, faculty development, policy implementation, data and KPI development, stakeholder engagement, and partnership development. She also brings experience in Ohio's tech prep and career technical education landscape. In addition to her leadership role, Bishop serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati, teaching a freshman seminar focused on student confidence, affinity, and personal strengths.
Bishop holds a Master of Science in Higher Education Administration from Southern New Hampshire University and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from Franklin University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She attributes her professional success to learning from failure, having the courage to negotiate for what is needed to make an impact, and remaining tenacious in pursuing meaningful outcomes. She is passionate about helping institutions rethink dual enrollment as more than a credit-earning opportunity and instead use it as an early student-success and matriculation touchpoint. Her approach to leadership is grounded in collaboration, positive example-setting, meaningful impact, and maintaining a healthy balance between professional and personal life.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Lorrie
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to learning from failure, developing the courage to negotiate for the autonomy and support needed to do meaningful work, remaining tenacious, and asking for what is necessary to make an impact.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would encourage young women entering higher education not to be intimidated by complex terminology. Be confident in proposing ideas, claim ownership of your work, be clear about what you will accept and what you can take on, and set boundaries that support a healthy work-life balance. You can do it.
03What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
I see a significant opportunity for higher education to move beyond viewing dual enrollment simply as a way for students to earn college credit. Dual enrollment can serve as an intentional student-success and matriculation pathway, helping institutions strengthen enrollment pipelines, improve the student experience, and support persistence and completion from the earliest point of contact with higher education.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
The values most important to me are family, modeling positive behavior, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. I believe in leading by example, being mindful of how my actions affect others, and maintaining boundaries that allow me to be effective professionally while being present personally.
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