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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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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.

Upcoming Events

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Webinar

New Approaches to Employer-Higher Education Partnerships

Most professional, continuing, and online (PCO) leaders rely on employer partnerships as a way to serve more adult students, to better align program offerings with industry need, and to grow revenue.
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.
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.  
On-Demand Webinar

Recapturing the “Return on Athletics”

While the biggest disruptors like conference realignment and NIL impact some institutions more the others, no one is immune from the tumultuous landscape in college athletics
On-Demand Webinar

Making the Most of Your EAB Research Partnership

You and your senior team are invited to join EAB for a 30-minute webinar that will help you unlock the full potential of your EAB research partnership across the year.
Roundtable

Case Studies of Universities Shifting to New Academic and Administrative Models

Increasing financial sustainability and operational efficiency are central to universities across the globe.
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

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…
Strategic Advisory Services
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,…
Strategic Advisory Services
Infographic

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…
Strategic Advisory Services
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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Tool

Student-Athlete Net Revenue Contribution Calculator

This tool will help CBOs and athletic departments review and calculate student-athlete net revenue sports teams contribute to…
Strategic Advisory Services
Resource Center

Federal Policy Navigation Suite for Education Leaders

Make informed strategic decisions in response to federal policy changes affecting education institutions.
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Research Report

NCAA Divisional Reclassification

This report will help higher ed leaders assess whether NCAA divisional reclassification is a strategic move and, if…
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Blog

4 lessons on financial sustainability and organizational transformation in higher ed

This blog recaps takeaways from our 2025 chief business officers roundtable on financial sustainability and organizational transformation in…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog

Higher education’s top cost savings opportunities

Discover three must-do strategies for short- and long-term cost savings at colleges and universities.
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog

How provosts are approaching policy pressures and academic program innovations

Read this blog for four takeaways from EAB's gathering of provosts on academic program innovations and their role…
Higher Education Strategy Blog

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