Education news in the US

An overview of news, trends and research in the Education industry in the US:

Sikich partners with Boston University’s business school on intelligent delivery Accounting and consulting firm Sikich has entered a strategic collaboration with Boston University’s Questrom Business School to co-develop intelligence strategy frameworks for life sciences, insuran
16 January 2026
Alvarez & Marsal hires Felicia Lyon and Zack Shah as managing directors Alvarez & Marsal, a New York-headquartered management consulting firm, has hired Felicia Lyon and Zack Shah as managing directors in its healthcare industry and education/edtech practice, respectivel
25 July 2025
Law firm Husch Blackwell launches consulting arm Husch Blackwell, a national Am Law 100 law firm, has launched Husch Blackwell Consulting (HBC), a subsidiary that will initially focus on consulting services for the higher education sector.
12 May 2025
Accenture to acquire edtech firm Udacity Accenture has agreed to acquire Udacity, a Silicon Valley-based digital education company.
13 March 2024
Karen Kashmanian Oates joins Academic Leadership Group Karen Kashmanian Oates, PhD has joined Academic Leadership Group (ALG), a Boston-based organizational and leadership consultancy focusing on the higher education sector.
08 November 2023
NCAA taps Bain & Company for review The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has selected strategy firm Bain & Company to perform a review of its business.
18 May 2023
HKA's Greg Bingham endows scholarship at George Washington Law Greg Bingham, a partner at risk and disputes consultancy HKA, has endowed a scholarship in government procurement at George Washington University Law School (GW Law).
24 February 2023
KPMG launches accounting/tax scholarship for underrepresented students KPMG US has launched a new scholarship for underrepresented racial and ethnic groups pursuing a master’s degree in accounting or tax.
21 February 2023
Deltek creates computer science scholarship at George Mason University Deltek, a provider of enterprise solutions for project-based businesses, has created a scholarship for computer science students at George Mason University.
06 April 2022
Andre Wright joins MGT Consulting's education solutions team Andre Wright, an experienced administrator and educator, has joined the education solutions practice of MGT Consulting, a Tampa, FL-headquartered public sector management consultancy.
23 September 2021
Edtech platform founded by McKinsey alumni ropes in funding EdCraft, an early education platform founded by a group of McKinsey & Company alumni, has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding from Silicon Valley-based angel investors.
21 April 2021
EY-Parthenon explores finances of Massachusetts higher education The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education recently enlisted strategy consultancy EY-Parthenon to examine the financial impact of Covid-19 on the state’s public colleges and universities.
20 July 2020
Bain & Company supports Los Angeles Unified School District on recovery plan Strategy firm Bain & Company will provide pro bono consulting to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in order to help the second largest public school district in the US adapt to conseque
26 May 2020
Financial services consultancy Capco partners with Stevens Institute of Technology Capco, a global management and technology consultancy focusing on financial services, has partnered with Stevens Institute of Technology, a Hoboken, New Jersey-based technology research university.
27 April 2020
Deloitte Digital's Salesforce Academy adds virtual training for college students Deloitte has introduced a virtual opportunity for college students to build Salesforce customer relationship management and consulting skills.
11 March 2020
GP Strategies inks education deal with Bright Horizons Professional services firm GP Strategies has entered into a strategic partnership with Bright Horizons, a US-based childcare provider.
06 November 2019
Booz Allen, Kaggle, and PBS team up to improve early childhood education Management and tech consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton, data science community platform Kaggle, and PBS KIDS have partnered to deliver the fifth annual Data Science Bowl.
28 October 2019
US universities educating the most unicorn founders The most unicorn company founders studied at US universities, according to a report from digital mortgage broker Mojo Mortgages.
03 September 2019
Public Consulting Group acquires Script education software Public Consulting Group (PCG), a public sector–focused management consultancy, has expanded its portfolio of education data management tools with the acquisition of the Script system and related asse
26 August 2019
Consultants set to analyze national student loan portfolio The US Department of Education has hired two consulting firms to examine and analyze the student loan portfolio as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing consideration of its sale to private inve
22 May 2019
University of Florida team named Accenture’s US Innovation Challenge Winner A team from the University of Florida (UF) has been named the winner of leading management and IT consultancy Accenture’s US Accenture Innovation Challenge.
25 April 2019
Tech Mahindra partners with University of Nebraska Omaha to build IT skills Technology consultancy Tech Mahindra has partnered with the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) College of Information Science and Technology (IS&T).
10 April 2019
Knowledge is power: University of Iowa seeks utilities partner The University of Iowa (UI) has hired three external consultants to “evaluate its assets, identify potential partners, and map out a transaction plan,” according to an article by the Iowan daily news
27 February 2019
Entangled Group acquires education consultancy ProjectEd San Francisco–based Entangled Group, a company which consults, incubates, and invests in education startups, has acquired Brooklyn-based education consulting and design firm ProjectEd.
17 January 2019

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