Robert Knight

Robert Knight is a Higher Education Advisor at truED Consulting with over 30 years of experience in senior administration and finance roles at academic institutions in the US and Canada.13 He joined truED Consulting in May 2019 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.3 Knight specializes in finance, budgeting, academic planning, program planning, labor planning, long-range strategic planning, and operations in higher education.2

As an independent consultant, Knight takes on interim CFO positions at colleges and universities, helping institutions increase their net tuition revenue and navigate challenges such as the "demographic cliff" and questions about the value of college education.1 He is also a member of The Registry, an organization that allows him to continue working in higher education after his long career in financial management.5

Knight is known for his expertise in program economics, a data-informed approach to strategic decision-making in higher education. He advocates for using program economics to analyze and compare program revenue, costs, and margins to help institutions make effective decisions about their program portfolios.1

At truED Consulting, Knight works with the firm's college and university clients to implement Anaplan, a cloud-based connected planning system, to improve their budgeting, planning, and forecasting processes.34