Research & Evaluation

information and insight at your fingertips

Highpoint emphasizes data-driven research developed in the context and culture of your institution. Combining multiple methods of research and analysis with dedicated on-site time, we bring our extensive knowledge of higher education together with an understanding of how different issues take shape in your institution. We provide individualized case studies, best practices adapted to specific needs, focused landscape analyses, institutional policy reviews, and institutional needs assessments in a way that coheres with your profiles and demographics, and which synthesizes expert and stakeholder perspectives. Our consultants have experience in every echelon of higher education, from the trenches to the towers, and they are committed to helping you ask the right questions, target significant challenges, and identify practical solutions. Our goal is to help you gain clarity so that you can focus on important issues and make thoughtful and informed decisions. Through our process, our partners recognize root causes to chronic issues, identify practical strategies and solutions, develop appropriate benchmarks, and begin taking the first steps toward reaching their institutional goals.

Program Design & Implementation

dedicated surveyor, architect, and foreman

We believe that the process of program design and implementation is often as important as the anticipated outcomes. Our approach to program design and implementation is an outgrowth of our view of research and evaluation: programs need to be grounded in research and analysis and developed from within the unique context and culture of the institution. Whether the goal is to align policies and practices, implement impactful initiatives, or create a cohesive programmatic framework, our consultants work collaboratively with key members of your institution to identify and understand needs, develop evidence-based solutions, assess capacity and assets, and motivate stakeholders. By working collaboratively to gather information and co-design program alternatives alongside the people they are meant to serve, we are able to advance program options, mitigate risks, secure rollout timelines, and encourage buy-in from a variety of affected constituencies. Throughout development and implementation, our partners are supported with data and analysis of institutional needs, co-designed action plans laying out implementation steps and timelines, and dependable performance indicators and milestones. Our team takes each step with you, providing consultation, monitoring progress, addressing challenges, and adjusting for changes all in real time.

Professional Development

Keynotes, Seminars, Workshops

Our staff and associates are available to speak on a wide range of topics pertaining to education, student demographics, population dynamics, management strategies, leadership, and professional development. We offer keynotes, half-day and day-long seminars, and interactive workshops with exercises, breakouts, and discussions all facilitated by our collaborative speakers. Our programs are designed to engage your staff and even realign culture by offering insights and information before drawing them into dialogue on issues of critical importance. Choose from our list of popular programs on key topics like "Management Strategies for Multigenerational Teams," "Understanding & Engaging Millennials and Post-Millennials," and "Understanding Interpersonal Dynamics & How to Build a Strong Team,” or work with us to design a keynote or seminar to fit your organizational needs.

Executive, Leadership, & Management Coaching

Highpoint offers advanced coaching for professionals focusing on self-awareness, vision, leadership, communication, team management, accountability, creativity, and professional agility. Discover your true talents, tap into your motivation, refine your abilities, and transform your potential into unbridled success.

  • Available to individuals and teams in order to foster leadership, build strong working relationships, refine focus, and reach goals

  • Gain full access to our proprietary assessments followed by a complete debriefing with your coach to help you understand your development needs

  • Tailored program designed to realize your strengths, create a customized plan of action, and track your personal and professional success

  • Experience tangible results that will help you recognize and overcome ingrained habits, cultivate change, and take control of your future

Let Us Work for You...

Contact us to learn more about our process and what it can do for you.