How We Help

Ad Verum is laser-focused on helping academic leaders to seize new opportunities and address persistent challenges.

Our complementary expertise and spirit of true partnership empower you to increase your conviction and act upon the changes that are most consequential for your institution. In other words,
to solve your biggest problems.

Questions we address for Deans, Provosts and Presidents:

Do we have the right priorities? Are they achievable?

  • How can I tell how my school/department/field compares to peers, and what should I do with that information?

  • How can I tell which changing student major interests are durable, and what does that imply for faculty hiring plans?

  • How much money will my STEM goals take, and how should I sequence those investments over a decade?

How do I redesign my budget or organizational model to match our priorities?

  • How can my budget model encourage interdisciplinary work?

  • How should I restructure my Provost office to complement a 
new President?

  • How do we better coordinate activities with interdisciplinary relevance (e.g., data science, computing, climate, innovation)?

How can we implement our big new idea?

  • How do I start a new school of engineering? How should I set up the governance, how much money is required, and what should be the operational plan over the first five years?

  • What operations need to scale, by how much, to accommodate a 20% increase in undergraduate students?

  • What staffing is required to separate a school of public health from medicine?

What data can help us understand and improve our programs or policies?

  • What would happen if we increased our parental income threshold for full financial aid?

  • Is my first-gen bridge program working?

  • Did my redesigned intro math sequence increase persistence in STEM?

And often from new leaders, a fundamental question: How do I manage my leadership as I transition from faculty to administrator?

  • Do I need a Chief of Staff?

  • Do I have the right set of direct reports? Would a reconfiguration make my team more effective?

  • How often do I meet my direct reports? 1:1 or in combinations?