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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, direct reports, strategic task forces, committees, and teams as you seek to accelerate progress on core initiatives. We invite you to browse our library of research and insights, register for upcoming events, and sign up for partner services that provide custom assessments and recommendations.

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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.

Admin, Finance, and Operations

Deploy campus assets to advance institutional priorities

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Advancement

Ensure fundraising growth with our strategic and operational guidance

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Blueprint for Growth

Inform growth strategies across your portfolio

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

Prioritize equity-related gaps and take action

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Dynamic Strategy

Embed agility, prioritize strategic bets, and articulate a differentiated value proposition

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IT Strategy

Shore up retention and build a more talent-resilient IT organization

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People and Workplace Culture

Build competitive applicant pools and hold on to top performers

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Professional and Adult Education

Lead campus innovation and market responsiveness in online, continuing ed, and other adult education

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Student Experience and Well-being

Safeguard student success and mental health

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Upcoming Events

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Roundtable

Strategies to Attract External Superstars

Recruiting top research and faculty talent can expedite expenditure growth and boost an institution's reputation. However, it's often prohibitively expensive and when done poorly, can create a toxic culture among existing faculty.

Roundtable

A Panel with Provosts and Deans on the Risks and Rewards of Realigning Academic Divisions

The demands on colleges and universities have changed rapidly in recent years, with volatile enrollments, rising student interest in multidisciplinary programs, and increased funding for cross-disciplinary research that addresses real world challenges. But even as academic disciplines have continued to evolve, the academic organizational structures in which they are housed have typically remained static.

Webinar

Cultivating Top Talent

Past Events

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Roundtable

Key Takeaways from EAB’s Presidential Experience Lab at NVIDIA

In June, EAB and NVIDIA hosted dozens of university and college presidents at NVIDIA's headquarters in California to: - Interact with cutting-edge generative AI technologies, witnessing their application in various fields from music production to medical diagnostics. - Discover how leading educational institutions are leveraging AI to transform operations, education, and research.

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Leveraging Analytics to Help Build Future-Ready Programs for Small Colleges and Universities

If you build it, they will come was the academic program planning approach in the early 2000s that many small colleges and universities are still leveraging today. A future of fewer students and fewer resources calls for greater prioritization, including prioritizing your academic program portfolio.

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Sustainability Focus Group for Senior Facilities Officers and Sustainability Directors: A Special Session on Climate Action Planning

A Climate Action Plan serves as an institution's essential roadmap for achieving long-term reductions in greenhouse gases and harmful emissions. It signifies an institution's commitment to progress and outlines actionable strategies across policy, research, facilities, and community engagement.