Higher Education
Helping higher education leaders guide their institutions to a sustainable future.
HBC Higher Education is led by Dr. Chuck Ambrose and composed of seasoned higher education professionals dedicated to providing leaders at colleges and universities with the experienced, data-informed, holistic support they need to succeed.
Over 100 years of combined higher education leadership experience — guiding institutions as presidents, provosts, institutional researchers, deans of enrollment, and athletic department leaders.
Data-informed analytical power from proprietary tools like Campus Compass™ giving leaders a clear view of their performance, the financial and operating factors most critical to their success, and the overall context they need to ask the right questions and make informed, proactive decisions.
A holistic, outcome-driven approach through our affiliation with Husch Blackwell LLP — receiving guidance, where appropriate, from one of the country’s leading higher education teams to ensure strategic recommendations are legally compliant and operationally sound.
Our suite of services and tools is uniquely designed to help leaders of colleges and universities successfully steward their institutions toward health and sustainability with an outcome-driven, data-informed approach.
Our Team
Our diverse consulting team brings together former university presidents, provosts, and senior academic leaders with over 100 years of collective expertise in finance, graduate and undergraduate education, enrollment management, compliance, institutional research and data analysis, health science administration, and external relations.




