About the Alliance
The paramount mission of the Alliance is to provide our clients with the shared resources of a world class full service higher education advisory and consulting organization. The Education Alliance offers its clients a unique combination of environmental scanning, benchmarking, best practices, consulting experience, proprietary data analytics, just in time solutions, and, importantly, state, local, national and global education market positioning, strategic partnerships, and prominent media feature story coverage.
Under the umbrella of The Education Alliance, there are six distinct practice areas with synergistic missions.
The Samels Group
Higher Education Consultants
The founding advisory and consulting arm of the Education Alliance was formed to assist institutions of higher education face the complex economic and demographic challenges and opportunities facing the industry.
Alliance Prep
Secondary and Early College Consulting Services
Alliance Prep serves public schools, prep schools, charter schools and the larger secondary school market, ensuring that students are prepared to succeed in school and at the college level. The Education Alliance's Early College programs serve to connect students with learning opportunities in their fields of interest.
Stonegate Alliance
Sports and Media
Stonegate Alliance was founded to develop connectivity between the world of sports and education. Through its linkages to professional sports and collegiate athletics, health, wellness and fitness, the Alliance provides a broad range of professional services, development, and leadership networking.
Samels Associates
Attorneys at Law
Samels Associates concentrates its practice in the field of mergers, consolidations, joint ventures and the legal and regulatory environment. Attorneys are an integral resource to all Alliance clients for a broad set of issues ranging from licensure and accreditation to contracts, human resources, intellectual property and preventive legal audit.
SAMELSSearch
Executive and Faculty Recruiting and Outplacement
Through the Alliance's global network, we match qualified, experienced and credentialed colleagues with positions offering the best opportunities and challenges int he ever changing world of higher education.
Alliance Coaching
Leadership Development
Alliance Coaching provides advice, guidance and support through professional mentoring to inspire and enable the next generation of higher education thought leaders.