Institutional profile
An independent research and evaluation organization supporting organizations and institutions through rigorous analysis, diagnostic assessment, and evidence-based advisory services.
Ellis & Associates Doctoral Research Group is an independent research and consulting organization founded in 2003.
Ellis & Associates operates at the intersection of research, strategy, organizational performance, and institutional effectiveness. Its work supports corporations, universities, foundations, healthcare systems, professional associations, public agencies, and other complex organizations navigating consequential questions.
The research group provides strategic research, organizational diagnostic assessment, institutional research, program evaluation, and evidence-based advisory services. Its role is independent research, analysis, consultation, and recommendations, not management authority or client decision making.
Core practice areas include strategic research, organizational performance and diagnostics, strategy and decision support, foundation and nonprofit research, higher education and institutional research, global research, and advanced research methodology. The Organizational Performance Assessment™ is the firm's principal diagnostic framework.
Engagements are designed around appropriate research methods, available evidence, organizational context, and applicable institutional requirements. Assessment conclusions are based on organizational evidence rather than predetermined positions or desired outcomes. Ellis & Associates does not claim clients, offices, awards, or affiliations that have not been specifically established.