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2011 DIRECTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION CONSULTANTS you work with experts with extensive experience, not a team of part-time associates. Our services represent the combined experiences of all of our professionals in higher education with over 100 years of combined experiences and include: • Institutional and Enrollment Analysis • Strategic Positioning/Institutional Image • Enrollment Integration/Operation • Re-recruitment • Financial Aid Assessments including Compliance Reviews • Multiple Year Financial Aid Modeling • Integrated Communications • Training and Workshops • On-site Management Miller/Cook & Associates, Inc. has provided services to over 300 colleges and universities in over 38 states, the District of Columbia and four international locations Strata Information Group (SIG) 3935 Harney Street, Suite 203 San Diego, CA 92110 619-296-0170 University, Stonehill College, Quinnipiac University, and Harvey Mudd College. Travers Collins 726 Exchange Street, Suite 500 Buffalo, NY 14210 716-842-2222 ext. 316 Fax 716.842.6424 bkrellner@traverscollins.com www.traverscollins.com Travers Collins (TC) – is an integrated marketing and communications ﬁrm providing strategic planning and brand development for educational institutions. Since 1995, TC has created successful, awardwinning branding campaigns, specializing in small to mid-size private schools. That’s all well and good, but we’d much rather focus on you. We’re known for our creative capabilities, but our point of difference is a commitment to researchdriven strategy. We’re adept at website design, admissions communications, digital communication strategy and public relations. We’ll partner closely with you to set your brand apart, by increasing enrollment or achieving other measurable objectives. Please visit traverscollins.com. Dick Jones Communications PO Box 214 State College, PA 16804 814-867-1963 info@dickjonescomm.com www.dickjones.com 71 Elm Street Walpole, NH 03608 603-756-4111 Morrison & Tyson Communications North Charles Street Design Organization 222 W. Saratoga Street Baltimore, MD 21201 410-539-4040 PLANNING Ologie, LLC 447 East Main Street Columbus, OH 43215 614-221-1107 Alliance MEDIA RELATIONS Stamats Inc. 615 Fifth Street SE P.O. Box 1888 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-1888 800-553-8878 319-364-6167 Fax 319-365-5421 www.stamats.com Stamats has been serving the higher education marketing community for more than six decades, offering the most complete range of integrated marketing communication products and services in the industry. We help college and university leaders achieve their marketing and recruiting goals through the creation of customized, integrated marketing solutions. Our results-focused work is the product of a unique and disciplined blend of scientiﬁc analysis (market research) and strategic creativity. From publications to brand marketing, research to interactive media, direct marketing to consulting, Stamats helps clients identify, communicate, and keep their brand promises. We also offer higher education seminars, webinars and online resources including white papers and a QuickTakes e-newsletter. THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE 24 Prime Parkway, Suite 105 Natick, MA 01760 508-655-7111 Fax 508-655-7411 www.edalliance.com The Education Alliance is the premier, global, fullservice higher education consulting ﬁrm. The Alliance enables our network of partners, associates, and professional colleagues to make a broader range of services available to our clients across the nation and around the world. WHY CHOOSE THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE The Alliance helps clients meet tomorrow’s challenges by providing its clients with an interdisciplinary team of experienced and talented educational leaders and management consultants; academic planners; program developers; accreditors; regulatory merger and acquisition experts; architects and engineers; institutional advancement specialists; communications and distance education experts; and library and information technology specialists. The Alliance offers a powerful combination of higher education consulting services that achieve successful results on a timely and economic basis. These services include: • Proven track record of success at public, independent, and for-proﬁt institutions • Total project accountability, detailed followthrough, and full-time access to project teams • Client-centered, customized consulting solutions Academy Communications P.O. Box 231 Boxford, MA 01921 617-314-7784 RKennedy@academy-media.com www.academy-media.com Academy Communications serves colleges and universities exclusively. We work with on-campus communications professionals, extending their reach while showcasing the accomplishments and insights of faculty members, presidents, and other senior administrators. Our consultants have established excellent credibility among editors, producers, and reporters at major national news outlets – who welcome our compelling feature-story ideas, quotable experts, cutting-edge research, and timely trends in higher education. We also help colleges and universities reﬁne their strategic communications efforts to more effectively integrate new marketing and branding initiatives. 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - July/August 2011

University Business - July/August 2011
Contents
Editor's Note
Ad Index
College Index
Behind the News
Sense of Place
Viewpoint
Financial Success
Money Matters
Community Colleges
Funding Capture
Models of Efficiency
Thwarting ID Thieves
Embezzlement Epidemic
What's New
End Note

University Business - July/August 2011