Higher Education Services

Supporting the People Who Move Institutions Forward

Higher education depends on the people who translate vision into action—mid-level professionals, department chairs, directors, and cross-functional teams working every day to advance student success and institutional priorities.

At Liggins Abrams Consulting, we help those professionals lead with clarity, collaborate more effectively, and align their work with broader goals. Through facilitation that is reflective, engaging, and rooted in the real challenges of higher ed, we create space for teams to learn together, strengthen operations, and lead meaningful change.

Whether you're building cross-campus alignment, launching a new initiative, or navigating organizational culture shifts—we’re here to help you move forward with intention.

Common Challenges We Help Address

Culture

  • Teams lack a shared language around student success, equity, and institutional values

  • Strategic priorities aren’t clearly reflected in day-to-day behaviors or decisions

  • Departments are siloed, with unclear norms for collaboration or communication

Data

  • Staff have access to data but lack confidence or training in how to interpret or apply it

  • Data use feels disconnected from real decisions or continuous improvement

  • Conversations about student success lack grounding in evidence and outcomes

Operations

  • Managers and team leads have limited support in navigating communication, supervision, or conflict

  • Cross-functional collaboration is inconsistent or depends on personality over process

  • Staff development is informal or ad hoc, making it hard to build shared expectations

What We Offer

Facilitated Professional Development

We lead interactive, sector-specific sessions that help teams build a shared culture, improve communication, and connect their work to institutional identity. Sessions focus on areas like student success culture, data literacy, cross-functional collaboration, and inclusive decision-making.

Leadership Strategy Sessions

Through structured facilitation, we support Vice Presidents, Directors, and cross-campus teams in gaining clarity, building trust, and developing actionable strategies tied to institutional priorities. These sessions are ideal for retreats, initiative launches, or moments of transition. We also conduct service audits that help leaders evaluate current efforts, eliminate duplication, and align strategy with institutional goals.

Implementation Support

We provide the capacity to help teams move from ideas to action. Whether it's embedding new practices, applying data insights, or creating accountability systems, we help you stay focused and on track.

Let’s Talk

We’ve supported multi-campus institutions, cross-functional leadership teams, and student success initiatives that span the academic and student affairs divide.

Bring us your complexity—we’ll help you find clarity.