Higher Education

Huron Consulting Group has a team of more than 250 professionals, each with extensive knowledge and experience in the business of higher education. We partner with colleges, universities, research centers, and academic medical enterprises to improve business performance across the entire institution.

Our Higher Education Services include the following core areas:

Financial Management and Strategy – Huron Consulting Group gives strategic insight into every area of university and college business operations, including budgeting, facilities planning, enterprise risk management, organizational transformation, resource optimization, and the procurement process.

Information Technology - Huron Consulting Group assists in developing Information Technology strategy, selecting software, and implementing vendor and custom software solutions to improve business process performance and reporting.

Research Enterprise Management – Huron Consulting Group focuses on the complex interaction and support necessary among central research and academic units in higher education, the mechanisms for providing critical information to faculty, administrators and sponsors, and the regulatory challenges which collectively are at the heart of effective management of research.

Academic Health Centers - Huron Consulting Group develops progressive organizational and financial models that can be more responsive to the unique challenges of the educational, research, and clinical service areas of university medical centers.

Global Health & Education – Huron Consulting Group helps colleges and universities seeking to expand their academic and healthcare operations overseas, and helps overseas universities learn to be more effective and efficient.

Our professionals draw from their experience working in the financial, operational, and regulatory aspects of higher education to develop and implement the most effective business solutions. Our focus allows institutions to plan more effectively, seize opportunities, and manage risks. Huron Consulting Group partners with institutions to help them become better positioned to achieve strategic goals, compete for scarce resources, and plan for the future.

We have served as trusted business advisors for most of the leading academic institutions, including more than 85 of the nation’s top 100 research institutions to help them continue their traditions of extraordinary achievement. Huron does more than make recommendations. Huron helps position institutions for successful outcomes.