Practice Areas

Paradigm practice areas in higher education consulting:

• Strategic and Financial Planning
  • Accreditation support
  • Business plan support
  • Financial modelling and program pricing determination
  • Constituent colleges / schools structure
  • Greenfield ventures, brownfield ventures and acquisition support
• Market Research and Insights
  • Enrolment data analysis and insights
  • Market and applicant data collection strategies
  • Product validation research
  • Brand positioning studies vis-à-vis competition
  • Industry gap assessment and program designing
  • Net Promoter Score (NPS)
• Industry gap assessment and program designing
  • Net Promoter Score (NPS)
  • India Higher Education Market Entry
  • The two key characteristics governing the higher education sector in India are: large regulations and low penetration. The limited public sector offerings leaves a large pool of aspirants approaching private sector for their higher education needs. With rising household and disposable income, India currently presents an unprecedented demand and acceptance for private institutions to cater to the millions of aspirants. Paradigm consultants have previous experience in both building greenfield ventures and growing brownfield ventures in higher education space.
• HE Institution Operations 

  Paradigm’s experiences range from undergraduate to doctoral level programs across the large spectrum of engineering, management and law programs.  Currently, the team is working on several international assignments in Mexio, Panama, Cyprus, and Malaysia in launching new programs in the EIT domain (Energy, Infrastructure, and Transport).
  More specifically, Paradigm offers the following services to assist operations of higher education ventures:

  Academic Portfolio

  • Program portfolio in wide range of engineering, management and legal education
  • Industry demand evaluation for moderating program enrolment
  • Product innovation and management

  Recruitment & Retention

  • Defining job description for faculty and staff members
  • Organizing recruitment drives at universities and colleges
  • Retention strategies for low turnover cost while maintaining employee morale

  Student Acquisition

  • Defining priority markets for student enrolment
  • Marketing, Communication, and PR activities – traditional and online
  • Digital marketing strategies for student acquisition
  • Branding management

  Program Delivery

  • Designing department hierarchy and workflow
  • Quality benchmarks and audits
  • International opportunities to enhance student experience

  Information Technology

  • Learning Management System
  • Automated process flows – from attendance to grading
  • ERP Systems to manage student lifecycle
  • Implementing Hybrid, Online, and/or Blended learning
• Joint Ventures, Industry Academia Alliance and Partnerships
  • Industry-Academia academic collaborations
  • Joint ventures in greenfield or brownfield areas
  • Collaborations to enhance student experience and outcomes
  • International opportunities
• Online Education 

  With changing costs structure, technology, and management practices, the outcomes desired from a higher education degree are also changing.  While full-time student outcome is measured in the form of employability, working adults and young professionals take on continuing education to develop newer skills and enhancing their professional growth.  Paradigm team works will all stakeholders and offer exclusive services to online education for working adults:

  • Identifying and implementing the Learning Management System
  • Online product innovation and management
  • Content conversion from tradition to online medium
  • Student acquisition strategies
  • Online risk management
  • Self-proctored online examinations and certification
• Technical / Vocational / Community Colleges 

  The higher education sector in India is dominated by degree level institutions.  So much so that even at 19% GER the number of enrolments in degree level programs is 5X higher than enrolments in vocational programs.  With several government initiatives in the space, awareness, acceptance, and demand for vocational programs is rising in the country.
  Paradigm team provides project based consultancy to organizations aspiring to enter the technical / vocational space in India.  Internationally, Paradigm team is working on a large tech/voc assignment in Mexico.  More specifically, Paradigm offers the following services in the technical vocational space:

  • Feasibility studies
  • Proposals and applications support for external funding
  • Business plan and financial modelling
  • Sustainable model development
  • Programs and curriculum development
  • Marketing and PR
  • Student acquisition strategies