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student-centered, high-impact programming.
boutique data strategy & program assessment services For
Career education & internships
student research
study abroad & global ed
honors programs
living & learning communities
awards & fellowships
first year seminars
service & community-based learning
Strategy. measurement. analysis. message. All under one roof.
Strategy. measurement. analysis. message. All under one roof.
Degrees have converged.
course offerings are standardized across institutions.
Programs are hard to distinguish on paper.
schools invest in their high-impact programs now more than ever.
What separates institutions is the experience they build around the degree. These programs that carry your identity are the least measured and evaluated operations on your campus. Rubrique Advisory Co. conducts a full, evidence-based assessment of these programs, ties them to your institutional goals and outcomes (e.g., employment and earning outcomes; donor and alumni relations'; recruitment, matriculation, and retention), and writes the stories for your key audiences: campus community, trustees, donors, prospective students and families, and oversight and accreditation agencies.
Assessment shops hand over a dashboard and stop. Communications shops write a glossy story without owning the numbers. We do both, so the story never outruns the evidence and the evidence never dies in a spreadsheet.
strategize
We collaborate with you to understand your institutional goals and priorities, design a bespoke data and analysis strategy, and develop an assessment strategy to answer questions you organization wants answered.
measure
We design the metrics and instruments, then collect and analyze the data, from a straightforward comparison to advanced modeling and simulation. The method fits the question, not the other way around.
interpret
We tell you what the numbers mean for your budget and your goals: where to spend, where to cut, and what to protect. Plain enough for a board, rigorous enough to survive scrutiny.
communicate
We turn the result into a narrative your stakeholders will act on, trustees, faculty, donors, prospective families, and regulators, kept consistent with how your institution already talks about itself.
WHY NOW?
Differentiation has moved off the transcript and onto the holistic campus experience, where institutions can least prove it. Federal policy now ties program-level employment and earnings outcomes to funding, making return on investment a survival question. Colleges are shifting from growth by expanding program selection and class sizes to growth by choosing what to keep, cut, and rebuild, and those calls need evidence-based assessment and communication to campus leaders. The institutions that do well will be the ones that can prove their value and tell that story clearly.
because the stakes just went uP.
Programs that fail the department of education’s new earnings test in 2 of 3 years can lose federal funds and loan eligibility.
U.S. high school graduates peaked around 3.9M in 2025; projected to fall ~13% through 2041.
New international student enrollment fell ~17% in fall 2025; the largest drop in over a decade outside of the COVID-19.
Donors and funders increasingly want an outside evaluation of high-impact programming.
Career education & internships
student research
study abroad & global ed
living & learning communities
honors programs
awards & fellowships
first year seminars
service & community-based learning
We assess and tell the story of the programs that make you different.
Our Signature Program Evaluation provides end-to-end assessment of your key student-centered, high-impact initiatives: defining success metrics/outcomes; developing a bespoke data strategy, measurement plan, and study design; and reporting findings tied to the enrollment and yield, retention and completion, giving, and graduate employment and earnings numbers.
Then, we develop a full strategic communication packet for your trustees, donors, and campus leaders to empower evidence-based decisions; and students and families to tell them about the unique college experience your institution can provide.
Not ready for a full engagement? Not sure how your high-impact programs align with your institutional goals? Overwhelmed by the amount of historical data you have collected?
We can start with a Data Readiness Diagnostic; a 6 to 8 week, fixed-fee review of what your data holds, where the gaps are, and what it can and cannot yet answer.
One low-commitment first step.
Let’s Talk impact
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