Your Education and Workforce Strategists
At University 5.0, we help institutions confront the five persistent challenges of modern education: fragmented leadership, unstable funding, outdated workforce strategies, weak quality systems, and limited global reach. Our consultants transform these pain points into pathways for progress through five pillars of practice: Institutional Effectiveness, Leadership and Sustainability, Workforce and Adult Education, Quality and Performance, and Global Engagement and Partnership.
This integrated model unites learning, leadership, and labor to build institutions that are rigorous, resilient, and future-ready. Through it, colleges, employers, and communities move beyond short-term initiatives toward enduring ecosystems where education drives both economic and human advancement.
The Power of Good Advice
Every partnership begins with clarity. University 5.0 offers a complimentary 30-minute exploratory consultation to understand your goals and identify the right level of engagement. From there, you can choose the format that fits your needs: a Virtual Strategy Consultation for focused planning, a Half-Day Onsite Consultation for targeted collaboration, a Full-Day Onsite Consultation for comprehensive system alignment, or a Multi-Day Engagement for deep institutional transformation. Each option meets you where you are—translating vision into strategy and strategy into measurable results.
Schedule your consultation today and start building what’s next.
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Founding Partners
Nancy M. Pratt, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
Areas of Practice
Workforce &
Adult Education
Strategic Partnerships
Quality Microcredentials
Labor Market Strategies
We founded University 5.0 to reconnect education with purpose, partnership, and possibility—three things the modern world cannot thrive without.
With more than forty years of combined experience in higher education, Dr. Marius Boboc and Dr. Nancy Pratt bring a comprehensive understanding of both degree and non-credit education. Dr. Boboc, Dean of the College of Education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, and Dr. Pratt, Executive Director of the Division of Continuing and Extended Education at Cleveland State University, have each led innovation across academic and workforce domains. Together, they integrate the rigor of traditional scholarship with the agility of continuing education—building models that align institutional strategy, workforce development, and human advancement.
Areas of Practice
Institutional Effectiveness &
Accreditation
Fundraising
Performance Optimization
Global Engagement