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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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Primary Research Areas

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, research, and student success
  • Administrative Effectiveness Increase institutional efficiency, manage campus space, and make smart investments with limited resources
  • Advancement: Ensure fundraising growth and attract advancement talent with our strategic and operational guidance
  • Dynamic Strategy: Make market-responsive strategy decisions and articulate a differentiated value proposition
  • IT Strategy: Develop AI strategy, prepare for cybersecurity attacks, and build a more talent-resilient IT organization
  • Professional and Adult Education: Build successful PCO programs and stay ahead of adult prospect consumer behaviors

Upcoming Events

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Webinar

Preparing Students for the Future of Work

Every day brings new headlines about how workplaces are using AI, from eliminating roles entirely as they attempt to replace human workers with automation, to expecting employees to use a range of AI tools to become more productive in their daily tasks.
Roundtable

The Modern Anchor Institution

Join fellow leaders at Canadian institutions to address public apathy towards higher education and redefine universities as modern anchor organizations.
Webinar

The New Economics of International Student Recruitment

This session will preview the global headwinds impacting international student recruitment today.
On-Demand Webinar

Becoming an Industry-Responsive University

As competitive pressures intensify and traditional revenue sources come under strain, university leaders are turning with renewed urgency to industry partnerships—not only as a tool for revenue diversification, but as a strategic lever for bolstering institutional relevance, public confidence, and regional impact.
Roundtable

The Modern Anchor Institution

Join fellow Chief Research Officers for an engaging virtual event designed to address declining public confidence in higher education and redefine institutions as modern anchor organizations.
Roundtable

Creating Campus Identity While Sustaining an Institution-wide Experience

Join us for a peer-led discussion series supporting university leaders as they navigate the complexities of multi-campus university management.
Partner Service

Resilient Future Planning for Cabinets

EAB's facilitated workshops help institutions navigate critical uncertainties in the federal policy landscape.
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.

Research and Insights

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Research Report

Putting the Built Environment to Best Use

Uncover space management tactics to reduce costs, disrupt growth, improve utilization, and creatively source funding.
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Resource Center

Organizational Transformation Resource Center for Higher Ed

Explore higher ed case studies on organizational transformation and other resources on administrative efficiency initiatives.
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Research Report

Capturing Alternative Revenues

This report examines lessons and tactics for increasing nontraditional revenue.
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Video

Why Presidents Consider EAB an Essential Partner for Their Institutions

Hear from four presidents and chancellors about how EAB's holistic approach supports everyone from the cabinet to middle…
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Tool

Policy Status Index

Stay informed about the latest changes to federal policy that will affect higher education.
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Why EAB's Presidential Experience Lab is a Can't Miss Event for Presidents

Hear why five presidents and chancellors prioritize EAB's Presidential Experience Lab in their annual calendar. They share how…
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Interdisciplinary Program Starter Kit

The Interdisciplinary Program Starter Kit offers insights to help you achieve institutional and student-focused outcomes.
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Federal Policy Digests

EAB's federal policy digests provide a comprehensive overview of recent developments, highlighting key policy changes and their possible…
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Research Report

AI Applications in the New Frontier of Process Improvement

Learn how to surmount common process improvement roadblocks and maximize university efficiency with AI.
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Blog

How to set your university’s executive transition up for success

Here's how executive onboarding should differ based on four common leadership profiles in higher education.
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog

Inside our Presidential Experience Lab at OpenAI

Read the blog for highlights from the 2025 Presidential Experience Lab, where higher ed leaders explored how AI…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog

How higher ed leaders are diagnosing—and fixing—administrative gaps

Discover what 12 higher ed institutions learned about their administrative strengths and gaps through EAB’s Administrative Effectiveness Index.
Higher Education Strategy Blog

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