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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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Roundtable

2025 EAB Presidential Roundtable

Join EAB’s annual roundtables for college and university presidents in Washington, DC where you’ll have the opportunity to engage in highly interactive, executive-level conversations about the most pressing challenges facing your institution today.
Roundtable

Strategy Spotlight: How East Carolina University Is Improving Their Transfer Student Experience (Part I)

This session is the first of two Strategy Spotlights focused on process mapping. We'll be joined by East Carolina University (ECU).
Roundtable

Special Session for Leading Research Universities: 2025 EAB Chief Business Officer Roundtable

Please join EAB Managing Director Ann Forman Lippens and University of California, Berkeley’s Vice Chancellor, Administration, Marc Fisher for an intimate convening of Chief Business Officers from leading research institutions to engage on the pressing issues facing the higher education sector.

Past Events

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Webinar

Making the Most of Your Partnership – The Year Ahead for Strategic Advisory Services

Orientation isn't just for students. Join EAB this winter for a (re)orientation to learn what's in store within your 2025 EAB Strategic Advisory Services Research partnership to make sure you're taking advantage of all of the research and resources to which your institution has access.
Roundtable

The Integration of AI in University Research Administration

From reshaping curricula to hyper-personalizing student support services, AI's footprint in higher ed is growing fast, and research administration is no exception.
Roundtable

Change Management Workshop for Leaders at Small Colleges and Universities

Given fast-changing market pressures, there is a growing urgency for campus leaders to initiate more and larger-scale change initiatives simultaneously.

Partner Services

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Research and Insights

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Employer Demand Profiles

These profiles provide a snapshot of the employer demand in each region of the U.S., U.K., and Canada…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report

EAB's Higher Ed State of the Sector

The Higher Ed State of the Sector brief helps leaders identify trends most likely to impact their institutions…
Strategic Advisory Services
Infographic

Understanding the Revenues and Costs of Higher Education

Use our infographics to educate campus stakeholders on the importance of various revenue streams and containing growth across…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report

The High Costs of Using Campus Space Inefficiently

Learn how the high costs of campus space and underutilization impact strategic priorities and can inform your institution's…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report

How Keele University Successfully Sustained a Large-Scale Organizational Transformation

Learn how Keele University implemented an institutional transformation that touched academic, student, and professional services—and what lessons every…
Strategic Advisory Services
Tool

Construction Kit for Faculty AI Resources

This toolkit for crafting a faculty AI resource repository includes three tools to engage faculty with AI in…
Strategic Advisory Services
Infographic

The difficult balancing act of being a department chair

This infographic helps department chairs understand their academic and administrative responsibilities and shares strategies to excel in leadership.
Deans Advisory Services
Infographic

What distinguishes high-ROI advancement shops?

Download the infographic today to learn which areas your institutions should focus on to improve your ROI.
Advancement Advisory Services
Resource Center

Student Experience and Well-being Resource Center

Explore our resources on student success and retention, mental health, financial support, student belonging, activism, and experiential learning,
Strategic Advisory Services

Blogs

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Blog

Leading change in higher education

Last fall, we had the privilege of hosting a gathering of Chief Strategy Officers (CSOs) from leading universities…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog

The us versus them problem

Change is hard – especially in higher education. As institutions grapple with the need for transformation, traditional shared…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog

2024’s Top 5 higher ed questions: insights to guide your strategy

Each year, our short-term research team dives into thousands of pressing questions from higher education institutions worldwide. Here’s…
Higher Education Strategy Blog