Kevin Clarke

Kevin Clarke is a Director with EAB's Research Advisory Services (RAS), where he partners with presidents, provosts, and senior leadership teams to advance institutional strategy, organizational effectiveness, and student success.

Drawing on EAB's research, market intelligence, and consulting experience, Kevin facilitates executive workshops, leadership retreats, strategic planning sessions, and advisory engagements that help institutional leaders diagnose complex challenges, clarify priorities, navigate tradeoffs, and translate strategy into coordinated action. His expertise spans institutional strategy, student success and academic advising transformation, organizational change, AI readiness, workforce alignment, and strategic differentiation. Much of his work focuses on helping institutions align governance, organizational structures, and operating practices to improve student outcomes, workforce readiness, and long-term institutional resilience.

Before joining RAS, Kevin supported more than 20 institutions as a Student Success Strategic Leader, guiding Navigate360 implementation, expansion, and optimization alongside institution-wide student success initiatives. Before joining EAB, Kevin led first-year experience, advising, and student success initiatives at large public and private universities.

Kevin holds a bachelor's degree in communication arts and political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a master's degree in college student development from Appalachian State University. He is currently pursuing an EdD in Urban Educational Leadership at the University of Cincinnati, where his research examines how institutional structures, coordination, and accountability influence student persistence.

Kevin lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife and two children.