Higher Education

Helping universities identify and deliver on the full potential for student outcomes, growth, and financial resilience through a tried-and-tested approach to performance improvement

Developing capabilities and organizational structures that launch and support digital educational access platforms, which creates new value for students and institutions alike

Supporting institutions in defining and implementing bold, path-breaking strategies with an eye to accelerating organizational and cultural health, creating the foundations for sustained performance excellence

Identifying opportunities for engagement with the private sector to enhance student outcomes that include impact investing, public-private partnerships, and innovative finance

Delivering due diligence and execution support for successful educational mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and alliances that bring the best from our M&A practice to ensure overall impact in service to all education stakeholders

Helping university boards revise and deliver on their missions by redefining board structure, setting clear board processes and norms, and improving cooperation between the board and the administration

Identifying ways to improve the return on mission and enhance overall impact through a multiyear performance partnership, involving more than 300 faculty and staff members across this large, multiple campus system. Based on their feedback, we set direction in areas including enhancing enrollment, driving student success, expanding the online footprint, and identifying other potential growth levers. As a result of these efforts, the institution saw improvements in critical areas: a five percent increase in freshman enrollment, ten percent growth in transfer student enrollment, new research partnerships, and surpluses from renegotiations of contracts and procurement initiatives

Supporting the delivery of a step-change in performance during a planned two-year turnaround; helping secure a 30 percent larger incoming class, a seven percent increase in retention, the scale-up of online programs, and a reallocation of resources that resulted in the restoration of the college’s accreditation, which set the foundation for its sustainable financial performance going forward

Partnering with a leading institution to outline a range of strategic opportunities for investment while identifying immediate ways of funding from current operations. Areas of operational focus included housing, athletics, food service, enrollment, third-party expenditures, and research. Using data-driven insights and deep stakeholder feedback, we worked with the board to fuel new initiatives in areas ranging from online programming, lifelong learning, the university’s physical footprint, and campus student loading to secure future growth and stability