Higher Ed Service Providers Merge
CampusWorks Inc. and Dynamic Campus, two providers of strategy and services for higher education institutions, announced a merger. The combined entity aims to improve organizational effectiveness and enhance the student experience at colleges and universities.
- The newly formed entity will be led by Liz Murphy, who was the CEO and Chief Evangelist of CampusWorks, and Jody Glubke, the former CEO and co-founder of Dynamic Campus. The specific roles of Murphy and Glubke in the new organization have not been publicly detailed. - Dynamic Campus is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Atlantic Street Capital, which has been instrumental in orchestrating the merger. - The combined company will have a workforce of over 500 employees, based on estimates of approximately 240 employees at CampusWorks and around 300 at Dynamic Campus. - CampusWorks, founded in 1999, has served hundreds of colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada, including state systems and research-1 institutions. - Dynamic Campus, established in 2002, has a history of providing services like IT outsourcing, cybersecurity, and business intelligence to a diverse range of higher education institutions, including universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges. - The merger brings together CampusWorks' expertise in strategic planning, process optimization, and interim leadership with Dynamic Campus's focus on technology management and managed IT services. - Prior to the merger, CampusWorks was recognized for its work in helping institutions with ERP system implementations and redesigning student services processes. - Dynamic Campus has been known for its vendor-agnostic approach, meaning it does not produce its own hardware or software and focuses on tailoring solutions to the specific needs of each institution.
