Education

While your school’s focus is on building a legacy of excellence in education and beyond, we can apply our industry experience to help you navigate the operational and financial issues you may be facing today.

The future of education

From K-12 to charter schools to small institutions and large universities, we can help your organization thrive by developing strategies rooted in sound business fundamentals.

580+

Education institutions served by CLA

70+

Years serving education institutions

Tailored guidance for schools and higher education

As educators and administrators, you value innovation and creative thinking in the pursuit of your goals. So do we. Let us apply our deep understanding of the educational environment to help you alleviate financial and operational challenges.

Gain efficiencies and quality Make data-driven decisions Make your data work for you Improve employee experience and retention

Reduce cyber and other threats Drive more value from software Manage security more effectively Put the power of AI in your hands

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Easing digital transformation for education

CLA can help you keep up with the changing landscape, automate your most time-consuming processes, and gain critical insight to help you retain and graduate more students.

Grants management

Learn how you can save money, reduce errors, and improve transparency and staff communication.

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Sage Intacct

Get a fully integrated financial management and accounting system in the cloud. Our Sage Intacct-certified consulting team provides customized implementations by industry.

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Grants management

Sage Intacct

Experience our client-focused approach

COVID-19 accelerated what had been a slow, steady digital transformation journey for the education industry. Digital went from being a supplement to being the centerpiece — the resource that keeps a whole campus running.

Automation and integration

Analytics

Cybersecurity

Systems integration

Let us help you save time, reduce manual data entry, and improve data accuracy and consistency across systems.

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Workflow and process automation

Let us help you develop a strategy for seamless collaboration across teams and external partners, secure and accessible from wherever they are.

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AI and machine learning

Find out how you can use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to streamline process and sift data.

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Data security and compliance

Keeping your data secure — from confidentiality to integrity to availability — is essential to protect your organization.

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Incident response

When you suspect your network, online system, or website has been breached, you need immediate, decisive response.

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Payment Card Industry (PCI)

As a QSA, we can help you identify gaps in your compliance, develop remediation plans, and complete annual audit, penetration, and vulnerability assessment requirements.

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Penetration testing

Learn how hackers break in, so you can stop them before they get through.

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Featured insights

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