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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.
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.
- Academic Innovation: Transform the academy and prepare for the future of programming and research
- Admin, Finance, and Operations: Deploy campus assets to advance institutional priorities
- Advancement: Ensure fundraising growth with our strategic and operational guidance
- Blueprint for Growth: Inform growth strategies across your portfolio
- Inclusion and Belonging: Prioritize equity-related gaps and take action
- Dynamic Strategy: Embed agility, prioritize strategic bets, and articulate a differentiated value proposition
- IT Strategy: Shore up retention and build a more talent-resilient IT organization
- People and Workplace Culture: Build competitive applicant pools and hold on to top performers
- Professional and Adult Education: Lead campus innovation and market responsiveness in online, continuing ed, and other adult education
- Student Experience and Well-being: Safeguard student success and mental health
Upcoming Events
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Roundtable
Enterprise Resource Planning Q&A: Strategies and Solutions from the Field
Whether you're still in the planning stages or refining processes post go-live, join fellow CIOs who are also navigating Enterprise Resource Planning system implementations.
Webinar
Key Takeaways from EAB’s Presidential Experience Lab at OpenAI
In early June, EAB had the privilege of co-hosting our annual Presidential Experience Lab—this year in partnership with OpenAI, a global leader in artificial intelligence research and development.
Roundtable
Shaping the Market in the Age of GenAI
Provosts are invited to join this engaging virtual roundtable featuring essential insights and strategies to navigate the evolving landscape of Generative AI (GenAI).
Past Events
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On-Demand Webinar
Controlling the Costs of Campus Space: Strategies for Shrinking Space-Driven Consumption and Preventing Unchecked Growth
In the current climate of rising operational costs and increasing sustainability demands, colleges and universities face unprecedented challenges in managing campus resources.
Summit
2025 Presidential Experience Lab
Join EAB and fellow presidents and chancellors for a one-of-a-kind immersive experience at OpenAI in New York City on June 3-4, 2025.
On-Demand Webinar
Evaluate Enrollment Growth and Advancement
Higher education faces immense financial challenges as the sector grapples with rising costs, disrupted markets, and an uncertain political climate.
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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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.
Strategic Advisory Services
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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Tool
Space Productivity Metrics Toolkit
This toolkit supports higher ed leaders in using data to optimize campus space productivity and utilization.
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Research Report
How Will Agentic AI Show Up in Higher Education?
This report defines agentic AI and explores how it will reshape AI applications in higher education.
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Infographic
How to shift your institution’s cost containment strategy from reactive to proactive
Explore short- and long-term cost containment strategies necessary for financial sustainability in three key areas.
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
The University of Auckland's Blueprint for Improving Administrative Efficiency
Transform your institution's administrative structure and streamline institutional processes with takeaways from the University of Auckland's model.
Strategic Advisory Services
Resource Center
College Athletics Strategy Resource Center
Explore resources to navigate changes in college athletics and maximize return on investment for athletics programs.
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Tool
New Sport Launch Playbook
This playbook will help institutions ground proposals in market realities and embed demand validation in the new sport…
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Research Report
A Modern Anchor Institution in Action
Download this modern anchor institution case study to explore top external priorities for higher ed and four priority…
Strategic Advisory Services
Blogs
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Blog
4 reasons your university should invest in a permanent process improvement team—and how to maximize its impact
Learn why dedicated process improvement teams are key to reducing inefficiencies and improving performance across campus.
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
Eight things every provost should know about the K-12 math debate
To understand why math has been such a sticking point in academic recovery, we reached out to our…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
How is higher ed approaching DEI initiatives amid policy pressures?
Campus leaders shared how they're auditing their DEI initiatives in EAB interviews, a survey, and a listening session.…
Higher Education Strategy Blog