From the Back Office to the Strategy Table: Why Higher Ed Needs a Cultural Reset

For decades, finance in higher education has operated behind the curtain—crucial, yet often disconnected from the conversations that shape the future of our institutions. Budgets were built, reports delivered, and progress—at least on the surface—continued.

But what happens when that model begins to break down? When the pressures of rising costs outpace tuition revenue, when external funding dries up or becomes uncertain, and when the equations that once held things together begin to fall apart?