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Higher ed leaders discussing financial decisions

Featured Strategic Finance

June 21, 2023

HEERF funding: A lifeline for higher education institutions, but a missed chance for reinvention?

The COVID-19 pandemic has left an indelible mark on the world, with U.S. higher education institutions significantly affected. In response, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)…

Donna Desrochers

Opening slide for the Nov 9 Strategic Finance webinar

Featured Strategic Finance

January 4, 2023

Higher education’s shift to strategic finance

Matthew Crellin, Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, recently joined rpk’s Rick Staisloff for this latest Mission, Market, and Margin® interview looking at important shifts in the…

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Featured Strategic Finance

November 16, 2022

8 key lessons from a dozen years of strategic finance

Autumn always presents an important annual milestone for rpk GROUP. We’ve been in the business of learning about strategic finance and sharing our findings for a dozen years now. What…

Richard Staisloff

Featured Strategic Finance

July 11, 2022

Is your institution spending for greatest impact?

If students aren't completing degree programs with the same rate of success, what actions need to be taken—and what role does the business model play?

rpk GROUP

Featured Strategic Finance Sustainable Business Models

April 15, 2022

Centering Academic Affairs in the Higher Education Business Model

rpk hosted a conversation with two prominent academic leaders about the role of the provost and other academic affairs leadership in supporting institutional financial health and sustainability. The insights and…

Katie Hagan

Featured Strategic Finance

April 4, 2022

rpk’s Administrative Services Review captured $6.5m in savings for one institution

Higher education’s tough decisions in this moment will cover the full range of academic programs and administrative services.

Richard Staisloff

Strategic Finance Student Success

September 30, 2021

An interview with Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson, President at Texas A&M University-San Antonio

In this Mission, Market, and Margin® interview, Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson, President at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, and Rick Staisloff, founder and senior partner of rpk GROUP discuss the ROI of…

rpk GROUP

Leading Change Strategic Finance

July 14, 2021

A value prop moment for higher education

In What’s Next for Higher Education Pricing?, a recently released report from Workday, rpk’s Rick Staisloff teamed up with author Jeff Selingo to explore the circumstances placing added financial pressures…

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Spend Smarter: How Colleges Use HEERF Pandemic Relief Funding to Transform

Strategic Finance

June 9, 2021

Spend smarter: How colleges use HEERF pandemic relief funding to transform

Campuses have until spring 2022 to use their entire HEERF fund allocation. As the immediate crisis recedes, colleges may find they have greater opportunity to invest these funds more strategically…

rpk GROUP

Strategic Finance

April 15, 2021

Mission, Market, and Margin® Interview with Nick Stevens, Chief Data Officer University of Kansas

In this Mission, Market, and Margin® interview, Nick Stevens, Chief Data Officer University of Kansas shares insights into creating a data informed culture with Rick Staisloff.

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