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Strategic Advisory Services Resource Hub
Welcome to the Strategic Advisory Services Resource Hub! The resources in this hub are designed to serve your leadership team, strategic task forces, committees, and teams as you seek to accelerate progress on core initiatives and implement change with confidence. We invite you to:
- Register for upcoming events to hear about innovations from across the sector and network with peers
- Sign up for partner services to receive custom recommendations and advisory support for campus-wide initiatives
- Browse our library of research and implementation tools to uncover best-practice insights
Have a question about your partnership or want to speak to an expert? Connect with us at [email protected] or contact your EAB Strategic Leader, or learn more about Strategic Advisory Services here.
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New dates: Don't miss this year's IgnitED summit
Join us for our 2025-2026 IgnitED series where presidents, provosts, chief business officers, and heads of strategy will convene to hear EAB’s latest research and network with peers.
Areas of Inquiry
Strategic Advisory Services has many Areas of Inquiry where we conduct ongoing research to address your toughest challenges on campus and offer actionable advice. In each of the areas you’ll find tools for decision support, stakeholder education, and implementation of best practices.
- Academic Innovation: Transform the academy and prepare for the future of programming and research
- Admin, Finance, and Operations: Deploy campus assets to advance institutional priorities
- Advancement: Ensure fundraising growth with our strategic and operational guidance
- Blueprint for Growth: Inform growth strategies across your portfolio
- Inclusion and Belonging: Prioritize equity-related gaps and take action
- Dynamic Strategy: Embed agility, prioritize strategic bets, and articulate a differentiated value proposition
- IT Strategy: Shore up retention and build a more talent-resilient IT organization
- People and Workplace Culture: Build competitive applicant pools and hold on to top performers
- Professional and Adult Education: Lead campus innovation and market responsiveness in online, continuing ed, and other adult education
- Student Experience and Well-being: Safeguard student success and mental health
Upcoming Events
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Webinar
Undergraduate Enrollment Trends at Small Colleges and Universities
Every year, EAB experts wait with bated breath for data releases from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Webinar
Space Optimization 101: Foundational Imperatives for Effective Management of Campus Space
As colleges and universities face increasing financial pressures and evolving needs, effective management of campus space is critical.
Roundtable
Shaping the Market In the Age of GenAI
This hour-long session will interrogate the current and future realities of GenAI's impact across industries and workplaces.
Past Events
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Webinar
Evaluate Research Funding and Advancement
Higher education faces immense financial challenges as the sector grapples with rising costs, disrupted markets, and an uncertain political climate.
Roundtable
Shaping the Market In the Age of GenAI
This hour-long session will interrogate the current and future realities of GenAI's impact across industries and workplaces.
Roundtable
2025 Special Joint Session for Provosts and Chief Research Officers
Join us for a unique two-day roundtable that will bring together provosts and chief research officers in a cross-silo conversation on the research enterprise.
Partner Services
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Partner Service
Administrative Effectiveness Index for Higher Ed
Uncover critical performance gaps in your institution's operational efficiency and gain a clear, strategic path forward
Partner Service
Financial Performance Collaborative for Provosts
EAB’s Financial Performance Collaborative will help you safeguard future spending or fund emerging priorities through resource allocation savings.
Partner Service
Enrollment Analytics Portfolio for Higher Ed
Research and Insights
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College Athletics Strategy Resource Center
Explore resources to navigate changes in college athletics and maximize return on investment for athletics programs.
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Tool
New Sport Launch Playbook
This playbook will help institutions ground proposals in market realities and embed demand validation in the new sport…
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Research Report
A Modern Anchor Institution in Action
Download this modern anchor institution case study to explore top external priorities for higher ed and four priority…
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Video
How Scripps College is Expanding Their Capacity and Expertise with EAB
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Research Report
Federal Policy Primer and Discussion Guide: Financial Aid
Explore key considerations for how federal shifts might impact the financial aid landscape, student loan policies, and tuition…
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Research Report
Federal Policy Primer and Discussion Guide: The Research Enterprise
Learn how federal policy changes are impacting the university research enterprise in terms of funding, the research workforce,…
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Infographic
10 difficult (but critical) decisions for achieving academic cost
10 difficult (but critical) decisions for achieving academic cost
savings goals
The infographic is designed to help provosts, deans, and CFOs make decisions about where and how to achieve…
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Research Report
Federal Policy Primer and Discussion Guide: DEI and Civil Rights
Learn what federal policy changes mean for higher ed regarding DEI efforts, gender identity protections, free speech, Title…
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Research Report
Federal Policy Primer and Discussion Guide: Immigration and International Enrollment
Our federal policy primer helps higher education leaders unpack what's changed in regards to immigration and international enrollment.
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Blogs
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Blog
AI's environmental impact can't be ignored. What can higher ed do?
Read this blog for five takeaways to help your institution navigate growing campus concerns about AI’s environmental impact.
Higher Education Strategy Blog
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What’s missing from most university AI strategies
Universities worldwide now recognise that AI isn’t just a passing trend—it’s a transformative force reshaping the educational landscape.
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
The top challenges for Canadian postsecondary leaders—and how to overcome them
Discover three themes presidents raised in our listening tour with Canadian postsecondary institutions.
Higher Education Strategy Blog