Higher Education Benchmarking Consortium Overview Organization Methodology Overview KPMG Consulting knows that colleges and universities are under intense pressure to be more accountable and to provide their services in a faster and more effective manner. As the industry adapts to these rising demands, KPMG Consulting has taken the lead in establishing The Higher Education Benchmarking Consortium. Among the key features that define KPMG Consulting's approach is a belief that active involvement and leadership by institutional executives and functional specialists is vital for making the benchmarking and best practice analysis useful and relevant to the intended audience. The Consortium membership will determine priorities and shape the development of study areas and approach. The Consortium provides members with more information, tools, and support to help understand and use comparative data for both strategic and operational improvement using the consortium approach.
Consortium membership is open to all higher education institutions.
Depending on membership needs, special interest groups will be organized to meet the special requirements of different classes of institutions. For example, a special interest group for 2yr and community colleges will be led by Compass Consulting. KPMG's Benchmarking Philosophy E-nabled. The Consortium encourages benchmarking and best practice analyses that address both strategic and outcome related goals relevant to the needs of institutional leadership and external stakeholders, as well as operational improvement goals relevant to the needs of internal managers and functional specialists. The Consortium will provide tools and methods to assist participants in understanding the significance of performance benchmarking data, and using the data to understand how to improve.