About Us

President Mike Williams and Vice President Larry Stone founded the Austen Group in 1992 with one goal―help higher education institutions become more effective by maximizing their resources.

Purpose

We customize our approach to institutional research for each school or association―either complementing the work of your in-house staff or providing an entire range of services. Working collaboratively, we utilize your institutional information and apply our established research methodologies and expertise in:

• Admissions
• Financial Aid
• Student persistence
• Academic program mix
• National trends

Our Values

We are educators committed to private higher education, passionate about furthering the cause of excellence in education by helping institutions better strategize through quality institutional research. We make a difference by remaining true to our values.

Excellence

Quality must be the competitive advantage in private higher education.

Partnership

Leaders who seek insight and perspective make effective strategic decisions.

Student learning

The classroom is central to all of our work.

Information

When information is clear and practical it becomes a powerful catalyst for action and improvement.