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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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New dates: Don't miss this year's IgnitED summit
Join us for our 2025-2026 IgnitED series where presidents, provosts, chief business officers, and heads of strategy will convene to hear EAB’s latest research and network with peers.
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
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.
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.
Past Events
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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.
Roundtable
Shaping EAB’s State of the Sector
Get a sneak peek at EAB's annual analysis of the biggest higher ed trends and share your perspective on how these themes are impacting your leadership and campus.
Partner Services
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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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Organizational Transformation Resource Center for Higher Ed
Explore higher ed case studies on organizational transformation and other resources on administrative efficiency initiatives.
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
Capturing Alternative Revenues
This report examines lessons and tactics for increasing nontraditional revenue.
Strategic Advisory Services
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…
Strategic Advisory Services
Tool
Policy Status Index
Stay informed about the latest changes to federal policy that will affect higher education.
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Video
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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Tool
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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Research Report
Process Improvement Primer
Use this resource to identify opportunities to rethink your institution's existing processes. We detail a five step process…
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Blogs
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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
Blog
4 higher ed alternative revenue ideas that won’t deliver—and what actually will
Discover four commonly suggested pursuits for revenue generation and their more promising alternatives.
Higher Education Strategy Blog