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Altus Advisory Partners CEO Scott Lurding to Speak on 'Fostering
Student Success' at Academic Affairs Meeting
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Higher education consulting
firm Altus Advisory Partners announced today that it will participate
in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
2014 Summer Academic Affairs Meeting. The event will run from July 31
to August 3 at Harborbeach Marriott Resort, 3030 Holiday Dr. in Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla. The theme for AASCU's Academic Affairs Summer Meeting
is "Fostering Student Success: Programs and Practices."
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At the meeting, Altus founder and CEO Scott Lurding will co-present a
session along with an Altus client that is an AASCU member. The two
will discuss a project to improve student employment outcomes at the
client university. Lurding was selected by AASCU to present at the
meeting based on his firm's unique work to improve employer alignment
and student employment outcomes for their university clients.
Lurding has 20 years of experience in higher education, consulting and
business. He served as the Associate Secretary, Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Operating Officer, of the Phi Beta Kappa Society for
ten years. Prior to that, he worked at consulting firms CEB and
Accenture. Lurding is the author of a Harvard Business School case and
has been a guest lecturer at the McDonough School of Business at
Georgetown University. He received his MBA from the Harvard Business
School.
"We are thrilled to be participating in the AASCU 2014 Summer Academic
Affairs Meeting," Lurding said. "It was an honor to be selected. This
will be an opportunity for administrators to learn more about our firm
and the work we do. Our work is getting the firm noticed."
Altus serves as an advisor and consultant to colleges and
universities, and to the non-profit organizations that serve higher
education. The firm's mission is to help institutions solve their most
pressing issues and to innovate and thrive in a period of
unprecedented change in higher education. The firm has developed
expertise in improving student employment outcomes for it clients.
American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) is a
Washington-based higher education association of nearly 420 public
colleges, universities and systems whose members share a learning- and
teaching-centered culture, a historic commitment to underserved
student populations and a dedication to research and creativity that
advances their regions' economic progress and cultural development.
Learn more about AASCU at https://www.aascu.org/. Follow AASCU on
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
For more information about AASCU's 2014 Academic Affairs Summer
Meeting and to register online, go to
http://www.aascu.org/meetings/aa\_summer14/. To learn more about Altus
Advisory Partners, go to www.altusap.com or follow them on Facebook,
Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Contact: Scott Lurding 800.861.2920 Email
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