The key to our success in helping university provosts address their largest challenges is the fact that membership with the Council combines best practice research with an array of other services to assist provosts 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 Academic Affairs

Best Practice and Strategy Studies

In-depth coverage of innovative practices and strategies from leading universities addressing the most pressing academic and research challenges facing provosts 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.

Enfranchising the Larger Academic Leadership

Annual Provost Roundtable

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

University Onsite

Council-facilitated sessions at each member university providing an opportunity to enfranchise key internal audiences (e.g., the provost’s staff, deans and faculty chairs, the faculty at large) in the Council’s best practice findings.

Supporting Provost Efforts at Implementation

Unlimited Expert Consultations

After each major study, Council 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 members working on the same problem to share relevant insights and practices from Council 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 Council best practice studies, custom reports, implementation tools and case study profiles, with unlimited access at every member desktop.