The Learning Alliance Expert Organizations

Academic Search Consultation Service

Academic Search Consultation Service is the oldest and largest firm in the nation dedicated exclusively to assisting colleges and universities in searches for presidents, chancellors, and senior academic officers.

Act IV Consulting

Act IV Consulting helps college and universities to improve their performance through effective organizational assessment and development, business and strategic planning, academic management, and executive advisory services.

Ann Duffield & Colleagues

Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan

The Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education is one of the centers that formed the core of the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI). Their research expertise encompasses assessment, diversity, leadership, new organizational forms, the impact of markets on higher education, institutional research, and planning. NCPI's research findings have appeared regularly in "The Landscape" feature of Change Magazine in a series of pioneering monographs.

CommunicationWorks, LLC

CommunicationWorks develops innovative ways to shape and inform public attitudes and debate, primarily in the areas of education, youth, and social policy. They build close relationships with their nonprofit, business, and government clients, help them identify their needs, and work with them to deliver cost-effective strategies for highlighting their ideas, products, and services.

ECS Services

Goldstein & Associates

Jackson Hole Higher Education Group

The Jackson Hole Higher Education Group advises higher education leaders around the world in areas of strategic planning, finance, resource allocation, and quality processes. The Jackson Hole Group is responsible for the design and development of Virtual University.

Marts & Lundy

Marts & Lundy is one of the nation's foremost firms serving higher education and other non-profit organizations in support of fundraising and communication strategies.

Morrison & Tyson Communications

Morrison & Tyson Communications (MTC) focuses on the public relations needs of colleges, universities, policy institutes, and foundations, particularly as they apply to generating meaningful national and regional media coverage. Serving academic institutions around the country, MTC offers assistance in achieving greater and more targeted media visibility. MTC also provides crisis management council. Much of the company's work has focused on advancing dialogue on issues of higher education cost, quality, access, and diversity.

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems

The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems is one of the leading providers of direct assstance to institutions of higher education. NCHEMS aids colleges and universities in areas of strategic decision-making—planning, budgeting/resource allocation, assessment and accountability, and governance—through consulting, training, information services, and assessment instruments.

Pacific Partners Consulting Group

The Pacific Partners Consulting Group specializes in providing results-oriented research, analysis, and management problem solving. Their goal is to understand the problem and tailor a solution that fits the environment.

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Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research

One of the institutes that formed the core of the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI). Its research expertise encompasses assessment, diversity, leadership, new organizational forms, and the impact of markets on higher education. NCPI's research findings have appeared regularly in "The Landscape" feature of Change Magazine and in a series of pioneering monographs.

The Galbally Group

The Higher Education Roundtable

The Higher Education Roundtable (and its predecessors, The Knight Collaborative and the Pew Higher Education Roundtable) provides higher education institutions with programs focusing on the development of strategy and leadership, often in conjunction with The Wharton School. It produces the highly regarded publications, Policy Perspectives and Exemplars

The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education plays a seminal role in ensuring that state and federal policies effectively serve the public agenda. The Center is responsible for Measuring Up 2000: The State by State Report Card for Higher Education, and Losing Ground: A National Status Report on the Affordability of Higher Education.

The Peach Bottom Group

The Peach Bottom Group is the core design team responsible for the development of the Collegiate Results Survey.

The Stillwater Group

The Stillwater Group constitutes a proven resource that is both flexible and dependable for higher education administrators throughout the United States. Regardless of the size or the state of the institution, Stillwater delivers the one thing everyone values: clear thinking for higher education. The Stillwater Group works with institutions in the areas of strategic planning, budget and financial management, operations management & process redesign, and tuition pricing and enrollment management.