May 2025 Insights
Deloitte
2025 Higher Education Trends Report
A look at the challenges and opportunities shaping America’s higher education sector.
Eduvantis
The Demographic “Cliff” Is Overblown
Everyone is talking and fretting about the demographic cliff and its impact on enrollment moving forward. Eduvantis' Steve Shriberg
argues here that not only is the demographic cliff overblown, but placing so much emphasis on it takes attention away from the real issues we should be addressing.
Huron Consulting Group
Solutions for Navigating Federal Directives in Higher Education and Research
Federal directives and policy changes have created significant challenges for colleges, universities, and research institutions. Navigating this evolving landscape requires innovative strategies and informed decision making. Huron is here to help.
Learn more.
InsideTrack
Resources for Resilience
The Resources for Resilience content hub offers coaching-informed tools designed to help higher education leaders strengthen institutional resilience, support staff and student well-being and navigate change with claridty and care — all grounded in a holistic, human-centered approach to leadership.
JED Foundation
Mental Health Education and Training
The Jed Foundation’s new workshop, “Championing Mental Health: Winning Strategies for Supporting Student-Athletes,” provides training and tools for college coaches, athletic directors, and athletic staff to identify signs of mental distress among student-athletes, offer trauma-sensitive support, refer them to support when needed, care for their own well-being, and reduce risks for suicide.
Complete this inquiry form if you are interested in bringing it to your athletic department.
Keeling & Associates
Challenges: Plural, Integrated, and Potentially Transformative
Change is the partner, or implementation plan, of existential crises. But many ordinary problems conceal an underlying web structure of interconnected challenges, the right approach to which require similarly interconnected solutions. We take transformative actions when there are serious threats, but transformation can also occur adaptively, by design.
April 2025 Insights
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Credo
Why Higher Education Matters: Making the Case for Its Value
Colleges and universities face challenges not just in policy but in public perception. In this compelling blog, discover strategic approaches for communicating higher education's true value through powerful storytelling, community engagement, and digital content. Learn how student success narratives, research breakthroughs, and local partnerships can effectively demonstrate institutional impact. The blog offers actionable insights on engaging local media, leveraging alumni voices, and creating impactful digital content that resonates with stakeholders.
Deloitte
2025 Higher Education Trends Report
A look at the challenges and opportunities shaping America’s higher education sector.
Eduvantis
Agentic AI in Higher Education: Balancing Innovation with Human Expertise
Agentic AI is already here, and it is quickly becoming commonplace in digital marketing campaigns for higher education institutions. Eduvantis' VP of Marketing Services, Emily McMahon,
highlights what higher ed marketers and leaders should know, expect, and be careful of, as it proliferates.
Huron Consulting Group
Webinar: Navigating (un)certainty and Driving Agility
Learn how to assess financial risks and implement strategies that boost institutional agility in the face of federal uncertainty. Join chief business officers at Washington University and the University of Alabama and experts from ACE affiliate member Huron on April 29, noon-1 p.m. EDT.
Register
JED Foundation
Mental Health Awareness Month Campaign
JED is currently offering a limited-time opportunity for colleges and universities to strengthen their student mental health supports. Institutions that join JED’s proven JED Campus program by June 15, 2025 will receive two complimentary trainings (a $6,000 value).
Learn more.
This May,
The Jed Foundation (JED) is launching “Meet Hope”, a national
Mental Health Awareness Month campaign to reintroduce hope– not as a far-off feeling or perfect future, but as something we can tap into right now, especially for those navigating uncertainty. Explore and share tools:
Meet Hope.
March 2025 Insights
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Eduvantis
Navigating the New Waters: Mergers and Acquisitions in Higher Education
The pace of M&A is accelerating, and there are few institutions that have been transformed by it as much as Saint Joseph's University (2 mergers in the past 3 years). Eduvantis President Tim Westerbeck discusses lessons from these mergers with Joe DiAngelo (Dean, Haub School of Business) here.
Deloitte
The New Era of College Athletics
The college athletics ecosystem has changed drastically in recent years with NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) legislation, legal and governance challenges, conference realignment, and major investments in modernization and technology. This series explores areas that are top of mind for university leaders as they navigate the continued disruption in collegiate athletics.
Huron Consulting Group
Unlock AI’s Potential with These Key Principles
As AI becomes essential for higher education institutions, integrating it responsibly requires careful thought and deliberate action. Explore seven principles and practical applications for AI in “Responsible AI for Higher Education and Research” from ACE affiliate member Huron.
Read the guide.
JED Foundation
JED Campus Launches Program Enhancements
The Jed Foundation (JED) has made key updates to
JED Campus to provide tailored pathways specifically for community colleges, graduate and professional schools, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Launched in 2013, JED Campus is a technical assistance program designed to help improve the emotional well-being and mental health of students across the campus community.
Based on analysis of existing data, feedback from nearly 500 schools, a literature review, and insights from internal and external subject matter experts, JED:
- Revised and updated its program assessments
- Enhanced strategic plan recommendations
- Strengthened implementation support for colleges and universities participating in JED Campus
- Incorporated learnings from MSIs as improvements for all participating school types in order to better support the mental health of underrepresented students on all campuses
JED is also offering two free trainings (a $6,000 value) to schools that sign up for the JED Campus program by May 31, 2025. For more information about the program, and to learn more about this exclusive offer, visit our
website and complete the interest form.
Learn more about the key updates to better support community colleges, HBCUs, graduate and professional schools, and MSIs participating in JED Campus and how your school can join today.
Storbeck Search
You Hired Them That Way or Made Them That Way!
This article emboldens leaders’ perspectives about taking ownership for the success of all of their direct reports whether they hired or inherited them, and whether they are excellent, average, or underperformers. Leaders learn tips and are offered an exercise designed to help them build, develop, and support their leadership teams.
February 2025 Insights
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Huron Consulting Group
University Network Summit
Act now! Only a few days are left to register for next week’s University Network Summit, March 5–7 in Washington, D.C. Join forward-thinking educators, industry leaders, and policymakers in sparking bold ideas and fostering meaningful collaboration. The event is co-presented by Huron and Noodle.
Deloitte
Significant risks facing higher education: Getting to the roots of risk
From campus protests to cyberthreats, higher education leaders should employ a robust enterprise risk management system to safeguard the institution from a broad range of risks.
JED Foundation
Apply to JED’s Student Voice of Mental Health Awards
The 2025 Student Voice of Mental Health Awards application period for JED is now open and ends Friday, February 21, 2025. Each year, JED honors one high school student and one college student leading the charge to create supportive, compassionate communities of care in their schools. Student Voice of Mental Health Award recipients are exceptional advocates driving mental health awareness by launching thoughtful, impactful initiatives; increasing connection and belonging; encouraging peers to seek help; and building stronger systems of support for youth mental health and suicide prevention. To learn more about the Student Voice of Mental Health Awards and apply, visit
JED’s website.