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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
Inside the Forces Reshaping International Student Recruitment
As global student mobility undergoes rapid transformation, institutions across the UK and Europe face unprecedented volatility in their international recruitment pipelines.
Roundtable
International Enrolment in Flux: What It Means for Canada
This session will explore the unique challenges facing Canadian higher education institutions as international enrolment patterns and domestic government policies shift.
Roundtable
The Research Enterprise Under Strain
The session will also explore long term risks such as faculty departures, weakening PhD pipelines, and declining public trust in science.
Past Events
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Webinar
EAB’s Higher Ed State of the Sector: Navigating Upheaval on Four Fronts
Watch the broadcast premiere of EAB’s 2025-26 State of the Sector, where EAB experts will examine the four fronts reshaping higher education and what they signal for institutions preparing for the sector’s next era.
Roundtable
Online Big Bets: Applying Principles of Scale to Grow in a Crowded Market
Join us for a focused discussion on the realities of today's online learning landscape and what it takes to achieve sustainable growth.
Roundtable
2026 Presidential Roundtable for Private Institutions
Join EAB for our annual roundtable exclusively for college and university presidents at private institutions in Washington, D.C.
Partner Services
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Partner Service
Cost Savings Locator for Higher Ed Leaders
Align your leadership team on cost containment strategy by uncovering your institution's top savings opportunities and identifying the…
Partner Service
Higher Ed State of the Sector: Executive Presentation for Campus Leaders
A customized presentation and strategy session designed to help leadership teams navigate unprecedented disruption and long-term transformation in…
Partner Service
Undergraduate Portfolio Health Check
Translate data into strategy with a custom report that will help you strengthen your portfolio’s market position, adapt…
Research and Insights
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Infographic
A blueprint for instruction in the age of AI
This infographic highlights 18 practical tactics for faculty that help connect disciplinary content to new workplace realities—and ultimately…
Strategic Advisory Services
Infographic
The six attributes of agile institutions
This infographic identifies six attributes of agile higher education institutions and the core capabilities that distinguish them.
Strategic Advisory Services
Tool
International Recruitment Diversification Playbook
This playbook helps university leaders reassess their full recruitment channel mix, strengthen channels beyond agents, and build a…
Professional and Academic Services Forum
Research Report
EAB’s Higher Ed State of the Sector
Read this report to discover the converging set of forces causing upheaval in higher ed.
Strategic Advisory Services
Video
How Chiefs of Staff Get Smarter, Faster with EAB
Discover how Chiefs of Staff used cross-functional expertise to get smart quickly on unfamiliar topics and enhance what…
Video
How Four Higher Ed Leaders Partner With EAB to Plan for What's Next
From building new programs from scratch to aligning leadership teams around a shared mission, hear from four leaders…
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Tool
Modern Anchor Institution Investment Prioritization Toolkit
Prioritize strategic investments to become a modern anchor institution based on current performance, community needs, and external stakeholders’…
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Tool
Compendium of AI Applications in Higher Education
This compendium serves as a reference book of generative AI applications designed to help higher education leaders begin…
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Infographic
Breaking down the true costs of new campus space
Uncover the total cost of ownership paid by colleges and universities for adding different types of campus space.
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Blogs
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A winning platform for higher education in a high-scrutiny era
Higher ed’s social contract is shifting. Learn why public trust is eroding, how accountability is changing, and what…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
Why advising reform can’t wait—and what colleges and universities must do now
Learn why current advising models fall short for today's college and university students and how appreciative advising can…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
EAB Wrapped 2025: A year of reckoning—and reinvention—in higher ed
Before we head into 2026, we're looking back at the top blogs, guides, infographics, webinars, and other insights…
Higher Education Strategy Blog