Assisting the Leadership of Higher Education With Optimized Consulting Solutions
The higher education consulting firm of focusEDU partners with higher education leaders to address institutional needs by offering assessment and evaluation consulting; national executive search services; interim leadership appointments and placements during periods of transition; and coaching and mentoring of institutional leaders to enrich skillsets. We are a niche, boutique consulting firm with expertise of services for the mission-critical areas of enrollment management; admissions, financial aid, registrar, student financial services. Our services are enriched through a team of functional management, instructional design, information technology, and accessibility specialists having an association to strategically work with the functional consultants of focusEDU . Higher education consulting by the team of acclaimed leaders from focusEDU is a sound strategic decision. Optimized consulting solutions are our gold standard.
Founded in 2014 by nationally acclaimed higher education leaders, the cornerstones of focusEDU are our expertise, integrity, and delivery of quality services. A statement of our values and ethics can be found by clicking here. Find out more about focusEDU by clicking 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. focusEDU provides mission-critical higher education consulting services.
Higher Education Consulting
The website of focusEDU is divided into logically 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:



Higher Education Consulting Firm
Nationally acclaimed consultants in their areas of expertise.
- Consulting Directors with proven skill-based resources.
Solutions based on insightful assessments and evaluations.
Assessments and evaluations
- Optimized national search networks, processes and results.
Expert interim placements and assignments during times of transition.
Coaching and Mentoring for Success
Comprehensive instructional technology expertise.
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