University 5.0
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University 5.0 is an advisory group that helps colleges and universities extend their educational mission across a lifetime of learning. We work with institutional leaders to strengthen leadership and organizational capacity, connect learning across institutional boundaries, and build systems that are educationally credible, operationally sustainable, and responsive to learners and communities.
Our practice brings together areas of expertise that are seldom found within a single higher education advisory practice. Alongside experience in institutional leadership, governance, strategy, and organizational effectiveness, we offer deep specialization in noncredit, continuing, and workforce education. This breadth enables us to help institutions strengthen the university as an organization while advancing an area of educational practice that is increasingly central to institutional mission, public purpose, and long-term sustainability.
The work of University 5.0 includes institutional advising, specialized expertise through the Institute for Noncredit Education, professional learning, and the development of research and ideas that contribute to the future of higher education.
Institutional Advising
Institute for Noncredit Education (INE)
Professional Learning
Essays and Ideas
Research and Publications
Founding Partners
Nancy M. Pratt, Ph.D.
Founding Partner-Principal
Areas of Practice
Workforce Education Strategy
Adult Learning & Pathway Systems
Credential Quality Infrastructure
Labor Market & Employer Partnerships
Performance & Organizational Optimization for Non-Degree initiatives.
Areas of Practice
Accreditation & Quality Assurance
Community Learning Lab Design
Strategic Funding & Resource Development
Institutional Effectiveness
Global Engagement
Performance & Organizational Optimization
Marius Boboc, Ed.D.
Founding Partner-Senior Advisor