Your Human & AI Transformation Guides
Your Human & AI Transformation Guides
A Defining Moment for Higher Education Leaders
AI is raising the stakes – right at a time when the pressures on higher education leaders are converging faster than ever.
​How will you...
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stay the clear choice for students as the applicant pool is shrinking?
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protect financial strength while costs keep rising and traditional revenue models keep tightening?
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keep your top talent engaged while asking them to change faster than ever?
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adapt for AI with the speed your stakeholders expect and the trust your campus community deserves?
To succeed in this environment, you need the right human-first transformation approach to take bold, strategic action, evolve operating and academic models, and use AI solutions to build an advantage.
94%
of higher education faculty and staff are using AI at work; 56% are using tools their institution did not approve
EDUCAUSE / The Impact of AI on Work in Higher Education, Jan 2026. n=1960
48%
of higher education presidents named AI as the force with the greatest impact on higher education by 2030
Inside Higher Ed / 2026 Survey of College and University Presidents, with Hanover Research, Mar 2026. n=430, ±4
38%
68%
of higher education executives are unaware of their own institution's AI policy guidance
of surveyed faculty said their schools have not prepared them for GenAI use; 57% said their institutions have not prepared their staff and administration
EDUCAUSE / The Impact of AI on Work in Higher Education, Jan 2026. n=1960
AAC&U / Elon University national faculty survey, Jan 2026. n=1057
Your Human & AI Transformation Guides
Meg Roman, Founder
Naveen Aggarwal, Co-Founder
There is no shortage of companies selling you AI technologies.
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But your people – not technology – drive lasting change.
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Our approach is different.
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We’re your human & AI transformation guides - ready to help you with AI strategy, the human side of change, and maximizing your campus-wide AI technology investments.
Trusted data · Data accessibility · AI operating environment · Shadow AI and data leakage · AI asset management · Privacy, compliance and human oversight
Leader fluency and sponsorship · Faculty fluency · Staff fluency · Student enablement, fluency and equity · Workforce and role redesign · Culture and change agility
Attraction-to-enrollment · Revenue diversification and outreach · Student experience, support and retention · Operational efficiency and automation · Research and scholarship · Teaching, learning and curriculum
What We Do
We work with higher ed leaders to assess your current AI needs and opportunities, advance your AI strategy and guide your transformation. By combining humans and technology, structure and process, empathy and outcomes, we help leaders navigate & accelerate campus AI transformations.
Our guiding framework
The Campus AI Advantage is a holistic, practical AI transformation framework for building campus-wide AI capability across four critical dimensions:
Vision and guiding principles · Leadership alignment and storytelling · Governance and AI decisioning · Policy and responsible AI · Strategy and priorities · External partnerships and business alignmentÂ
How We Do ItÂ
We Connect
People are at the center of everything we do. We bring them together, help them get aligned and orchestrate work across teams to maintain clarity, alignment and efficiency.
Our partners
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The Rome& Collective is a network of trusted specialists we work with regularly to rapidly scale our work, provide specific solutions and expertise as needed, without the overhead of a large firm.
Your leaders, faculty, staff & students
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We work closely with stakeholders across your institution, so change does not happen to them; it happens with them, through practical support, clear communication, and shared success.Â
Your partners
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We work with your partners, too. You likely have solution providers you’re working with already. As strategic orchestrators, we’ll work directly with them, coordinating across vendors to connect the dots, keep things on track and lead the change management efforts.
People
&Processes
As we guide your transformation, we bring the structured processes needed to help you align faster, decide with confidence, and build stronger internal change capability.
No more spinning in committee
Accelerate buy-in and action with our unique process for consensus-building. Rooted in Japanese business practices, and specifically designed for higher education's shared governance models, we'll help you get people aligned faster and moving in the same direction.
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We're not technology vendors, but we know AI solutions and how to help you optimize their value. We work alongside your tech users and experts to maximize use of your existing technologies, evaluate or implement new solutions.
Workflow redesign and automation to optimize your investments
Training on your existing AI solutions
Requirements development and vendor evaluation
Data evaluation and optimization
Agent prototyping and deploymentÂ
Customization and implementation of new solutions
Where We Start
Ready to accelerate your campus AI advantage? Here's how we typically get started:
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Calibrate Your AI Transformation Compass
To get a clear picture of your current AI strengths and top opportunities, the best place to start is with the AI Transformation Compass.
What It Is
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An analysis of your institution's current AI landscape across the four Campus AI Advantage areas: strategy and policy, people and culture, value and impact, and infrastructure and data governance
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We gather perspectives from the leaders who shape AI on your campus, review what you've already built, and turn it into one clear picture
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The full diagnostic is complete in about 2-4 weeks, depending on your team's availability
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What You Receive
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An executive-ready Compass Scorecard with a detailed opportunity analysis and recommended priorities, specific to your institution
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A 90-minute debrief with your leadership team to review the results, themes and recommendations
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The Value for You
Clarity on your strengths, actionable insights and best next steps to accelerate your campus AI advantage
Price: $4,500
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Guide Your AI Transformation Journey
We join you as your strategic human & AI transformation guides.
What It Is
Experienced executive advisory and practical, hands-on transformation guidance.
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What we focus on is entirely tailored to your institution’s current realities, unique needs and agreed-upon priorities from the Compass calibration.
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The Value for You
We'll be an extension of your team, helping to:
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​​Get and keep leaders aligned
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Create clarity and keep lines of communication open
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Develop, test and deploy solutions
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Equip your leaders and workforce with effective change models, frameworks and tools
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Upskill your teams to build lasting change agility
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Oversee quality and alignment to strategy
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Coach leaders and team members as issues arise
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Maintain momentum and continuity
Track and report on progress, value and risk
Price: variable by scope, scaled to your budget; can be structured as fixed-fee or a monthly retainer
Why work with us?
Get expert guidance specific to your institution
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Based on leading human-centered transformation and AI practices for higher ed.
Implement real solutions
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A prioritized strategy and the hands-on support to implement it, overcoming resistance and creating credible AI-enabled success stories.
Accelerate your timeline
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Faster alignment and multiple AI wins within one academic year to create momentum.Â
Build lasting capability
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Build your internal capabilities, elevate your processes and foster the confidence to keep going.