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<p><strong>Ithaka promotes innovation in higher education</strong><br /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>by helping pioneering initiatives thrive.</strong></p>
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<p>Leaders of new not-for-profit projects – and their funders – must
navigate a challenging path from early-stage funding to long-term
viability. At the same time, long-established institutions are finding
that they must fundamentally rethink the way they serve their
constituents in a changing world. Ithaka supports entrepreneurial
leaders in higher education with a range of services:</p>
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<p><a title="Research" class="noUnderlineLink" href="http://www.ithaka.org/research/"><strong>Research</strong></a>
on trends and lessons learned to help the higher education community
understand, and manage, the transition to an electronic environment.<br /> <a title="Strategic Services" class="noUnderlineLink" href="http://www.ithaka.org/strategic-services/"><strong>Strategic Services</strong></a> to help organizations and initiatives address pressing strategic issues and develop sustainable models.<br /> <a title="Shared Services" class="noUnderlineLink" href="http://www.ithaka.org/shared-services/"> <strong>Administrative support services</strong></a>
– in finance, human resources, and information technology – to
strengthen organizational infrastructure and enable projects to focus
on core mission activities.</p>
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<p>Research and Strategic Services serve clients who seek direct,
tailored assistance. Both groups also undertake projects to provide
the community as a whole with new perspectives on our changing
environment. Finally, we offer the full suite of Ithaka’s services and
resources to selected <a title="Incubated Entities" href="http://www.ithaka.org/incubated-entities/">incubated entities</a>, promising initiatives with the potential for system-wide impact. Our current incubated projects are:</p>