The key to our success in helping administration and finance executives address their largest challenges is the fact that membership in the Roundtable combines best practice research with an array of other services to assist student affairs executives and their teams in the hard work of turning an innovative idea into actual practice—educating key internal constituencies, overcoming resistance to change, and assisting with actual implementation.

Leading Edge Research in University Business Affairs

Best Practice and Strategy Studies

In-depth coverage of innovative practices and strategies from leading universities addressing the most pressing challenges facing university business executives nationwide.

Unlimited Custom Research

Shorter member-initiated reports profiling how universities nationwide are addressing a problem or issue facing that particular member university. Members may order an unlimited number of projects.

Educating Business Executives and Enfranchising University Leaders

Annual Executive Roundtables

Exclusive gatherings of member administration and finance executives to share major research findings of the year and to advise on next year’s research agenda.

University Leadership Briefings

Shorter briefing reports for distribution to key internal audiences (e.g., the provost’s office, deans and faculty chairs, key administrators) educating them on relevant Roundtable research findings.

Supporting Administration and Finance Efforts at Implementation

Unlimited Access to Analysts

After each major study, Roundtable research staff can provide unlimited telephone consultations to help members diagnose root-cause problems, choose right practices, and troubleshoot implementation problems.

Expert-Led Webconferences

Hour-long sessions with small groups of memberss working on the same problem to share relevant insights and practices from Roundtable research.

Implementation Tools

Collections of diagnostic templates, benchmarks, and collateral materials gathered from universities to assist members in their own practice implementation.

Online Research Database

Centralized database containing all Roundtable best practice studies, custom reports, implementation tools, and case study profiles, with unlimited access at every member desktop.