Assisting the Leadership of Higher Education With Sustainable Optimized Solutions
focusEDU is a higher education consulting firm that partners with higher education leaders to address institutional needs by offering assessment and evaluation consulting, national search services and interim leadership appointments in the mission-critical areas of functional management, instructional design, information technology, accessibility, and college rankings management. Higher education consulting by the team of acclaimed leaders from focusEDU is a sound strategic decision.
Founded in 2014 by nationally acclaimed higher education leaders, the cornerstones of focusEDU are our expertise, honesty, and integrity. A statement of our values and ethics can be found here. Find out more About Us. Our goal is to provide sustainable and optimized solutions to the leadership of the higher education community by using our experience and expertise. Our team consists of national leaders in these areas of expertise and they can be viewed here with summaries of their professional profiles.
The focusEDU website is divided into the logical focused areas with pages of interest for all leaders of the higher education community and includes:
- focus on FUNCTION provides:
- focus on PROCESS provides:
- focus on LEADERSHIP provides:
- focus on INSTRUCTION provides:
- focus on TECHNOLOGY provides:



focusEDU Consulting Services
- Respected consultants in their areas of expertise.
- Consulting Directors with proven skill-based resources.
Solutions based on insightful assessments and evaluations.
U.S. News college rankings consulting
- Optimized national search networks, processes and results.
- Expert interim management during times of transition.
Coaching and Mentoring for Success
Comprehensive instructional technology expertise.
Michele Neary joins focusEDU as Consulting Director
Michele Neary joins focusEDU as Consulting Director Michele Neary has joined the team of focusEDU as a Consulting Director. Most recently, Michele served as the University Registrar at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana for
Kathy Posey Joins focusEDU as a Consulting Director
Kathy Posey Joins focusEDU as a Consulting Director Kathy Posey joins focusEDU as a Consulting Director. Kathy is an accomplished higher education professional with more than 15 years of experience in assessing Registrar offices
Siham Doughman Joins focusEDU as Consulting Director
Siham Doughman Joins focusEDU as Consulting Director After a stellar and acclaimed career in the registrar profession,Siham Doughman joined focusEDU as a Consulting Director to share her skills and insights with the leadership of
Lou Jimenez Joins focusEDU as Consulting Director
Lou Jimenez Joins focusEDU as Consulting Director Prior to joining focusEDU in July of 2022, Lou Jimenez was the University Registrar at Texas State University. A position he held for seven years before retiring
Accessibility Planning Part 01 – Background
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Creating Accessible Documents in Word – Part 9 – Using Fonts
This is part 9 in the "Creating Accessible Documents in Word" series, dealing with using fonts. The session addresses font attributes such as typeface, weight, size, serif, and width, and their impacts on readability
Accessibility Planning Part 00 – Overview
This overview video to the "Accessibility Planning" series explains the purpose and intended audience of the series and outlines the topics covered in subsequent videos. Click here (https://laudatotech.com/accessibility-planning-part-00-overview/) for more information, including a text
Creating Accessible Documents in Word – Part 8 – Color
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