Coherent Curriculum & Programs
Map courses, co-curriculars, and support services into pathways that make sense to students, faculty, advisors, and community partners.
Solutions
Education & Policy
We work with K–12 systems, colleges and universities, and public agencies to design student-centered, equity-minded, and data-informed strategies. Our work bridges classrooms, campuses, communities, and policymaking spaces.
Curriculum & Programs
Student Success
Policy & Funding
Research & Evaluation
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Outcomes
What We Help Educators and Policymakers Achieve
Stronger Student Success & Belonging
Align advising, instruction, financial supports, and campus life around student experience, persistence, and completion—without losing rigor.
Clear, Credible Narratives for Stakeholders
Translate complex data and qualitative insights into narratives that resonate with boards, funders, legislators, and the public.
Service Bundles
Ways We Engage With Education & Policy Partners
We collaborate with academic and administrative leaders, faculty, staff, and students. These bundles represent common ways institutions and agencies choose to work with us.
Curriculum & Programs
Curriculum Review & Program Mapping
Examine how courses, certificates, and degrees actually function for students—and align them with learning outcomes and labor-market realities.
- Program and pathway audits.
- Course sequencing and scaffolding analysis.
- Alignment with transfer, accreditation, and workforce needs.
- Faculty and stakeholder working sessions.
Student Success
Student Success & Retention Initiatives
Design interventions that support student belonging, persistence, and completion, especially for historically marginalized learners.
- Data-informed student success diagnostics.
- Advising, onboarding, and first-year experience design.
- Bridge programs and targeted cohorts.
- Qualitative inquiry into student and staff experiences.
Policy & Funding
Educational Policy & Funding Analysis
Help leaders and policymakers understand the implications of policy and funding shifts—and build coherent responses.
- Policy landscape scans and memos.
- Impact analysis on specific student populations.
- Funding opportunity mapping and narratives.
- Briefs and talking points for decision-makers.
Research & Evaluation
Research Design & Program Evaluation
Build evaluation plans and research projects that honor both rigor and the lived experiences of students, educators, and communities.
- Logic models and theory-of-change development.
- Mixed-methods research design.
- Data collection, analysis, and sense-making.
- Reports, briefs, and presentations for varied audiences.
Approach
Anchored in Equity, Evidence, and Experience
Our work in education and policy is guided by the OrganoSys frameworks— DEM.ON.STRATE™, TCMTS™, and E.G.O.™—and by decades of classroom, campus, and research experience.
Discover
Clarify your questions and context: institutional history, policy pressures, accreditation and funding timelines, community relationships.
Diagnose
Review data, documents, and lived experiences—through student and staff voices, qualitative inquiry, and program artifacts.
Design
Co-create strategies, curricula, and initiatives that are feasible for your capacity and aligned with your values and obligations.
Deliver
Support implementation through workshops, training, communication assets, and coaching for campus and system leaders.
Debrief
Reflect with stakeholders, refine approaches, and document what you want to sustain, scale, or sunset.
Examples
Illustrative Projects With Education & Policy Partners
Community College
Pathways That Reduce Time-to-Degree
Partnered with a college to analyze course-taking patterns and redesign program maps, clarifying options for undecided and exploratory students.
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Reimagining College & Career Readiness
Worked with district leaders and teachers to align curriculum, advising, and partnerships around equitable postsecondary pathways.
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Briefs That Move Stakeholders
Supported a consortium of institutions in crafting evidence-based briefs for legislators and funders on student support initiatives.
Read the caseWorking Together
Questions From Campuses and Agencies
We understand that educators and policymakers work within real constraints: finite funding, compliance requirements, and public accountability. These are some of the questions leaders often bring to initial conversations.
What types of institutions do you work with?
We partner with K–12 districts, community colleges, four-year institutions, graduate and professional programs, and public agencies. We also work with consortia and cross-sector collaborations.
Do you engage faculty, staff, and students directly?
Yes. We believe sustainable change requires authentic engagement across roles. We design listening sessions, workshops, and working groups that respect people’s time and expertise.
How do you handle sensitive data and stories?
We follow ethical research and evaluation practices, including clear agreements around data privacy, consent, and how findings will be shared.
Can you support grant-funded or time-limited projects?
Absolutely. Many of our engagements are tied to grant cycles or pilot initiatives. We help you align scope, timeline, and deliverables with those realities.
Ready to talk about your campus, district, or agency?
Share a brief overview of your context—enrollment, demographics, current initiatives, and pressures—and we’ll propose a next step, from a focused diagnostic to a full design and build engagement.