Our Services

Sova is uniquely skilled in working side-by-side with higher education leaders to develop student success strategies, build will for change, engage critical stakeholders in collective problem-solving, and support the implementation and scale of key initiatives.

Sova helps in the following ways:

Strategy and Business Planning

We specialize in helping higher education leaders create robust strategic plans that drive meaningful change. Our strategic planning services are designed to align vision, mission, goals, and financial resources with actionable steps for success. Our holistic approach ensures that your strategic plan becomes a dynamic roadmap rather than a mere academic exercise.

Strategic Communications and Will-Building

We empower higher education leaders and the institutions they serve to build genuine and durable will for large-scale, student-focused change. By providing equity-minded stakeholder analysis and issue framing, we help institutions generate, sustain, and expand momentum around key reform efforts. Leaders at every level better understand how to build and maintain communication and engagement practices that undergird healthy, inclusive institutional cultures.

Adaptive Change Leadership

We equip higher education leaders and the institutions they serve with the skills and strategies they need to build healthy, inclusive cultures for student-success innovation. We provide grounded insight to institutional climate along with neutral facilitation to help leaders navigate complex challenges. Through a distinctive approach to leadership training and development, we build the capacity of leaders at every level to cultivate high-functioning and responsive teams capable of working across professional silos to better meet the evolving needs of today’s diverse student populations.

Program Design and Delivery

We partner with philanthropies and leaders in higher education to design strategies and improve programs to better meet the evolving needs of higher education organizations and the students they serve. Through careful listening, thoughtful facilitation, and shoulder-to-shoulder support, we guide leaders and their teams through the complexities of strategy and program development, resulting in responsive, innovative, and sustainable programs designed to support and accelerate large-scale change efforts.

Implementation Support

We support leaders and teams of higher education advocacy and membership organizations to successfully implement new or revitalized programs and services. Drawing on decades of experience in implementation science, process improvement, and project management, we help build capacity to assess resource realities, create action plans for success, and effectively monitor progress towards goals. When appropriate, we also provide ongoing consultation and hands-on support to implementation efforts.

Equity Impact

We support higher education leaders and the organizations they serve in comprehensive efforts to achieve significantly better and more equitable outcomes for today’s students. We help our clients re-imagine equitable practices, policies, and structures that facilitate justice for those communities who have been historically marginalized.