Kennedy & Company

Kennedy & Company focuses exclusively on the unique challenges and opportunities higher education institutions face. From enrollment and retention to choices in academic programming, financial sustainability, and beyond, our innovative approach enables us to provide integrated, insightful, and actionable solutions co-created through deep partnerships with our clients.

Insightful Analysis

We know that schools don’t need another report that gathers dust, but instead a practical blueprint for surviving and thriving. We collect market, competitive, and internal data, blending it with our expertise and the collective intelligence of the faculty, staff, administration, and board members committed to the institution. We push our clients to consider not only what to do, but also how they can best execute on a new set of strategies.

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Integrated Approaches

Colleges and universities often operate in silos of departments, schools, and centers. We see the institution as an ecosystem – enrollment links to retention, retention to budgeting, budgeting to enrollment and fundraising. Our services span constituents across campus, allowing us to see these interdependencies and synergies. We approach each project holistically, working seamlessly across multiple facets of institutional operations, helping our clients to see, understand, and optimize these connections.

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Co-created Solutions

You bring deep knowledge of your institution. We bring proven methodologies, insight gained from our experience working with and at institutions grappling with similar challenges, and a keen sense of curiosity. We want to learn about how things work in your institution and what your unique challenges are, so that together, we can co-create solutions for sustainable success in your unique context.

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