Who We Are
Mission Driven Solutions
We value the critical role of higher education institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), in advancing socioeconomic mobility by providing scalable infrastructure, operations, and technology-focused solutions.
To support social mobility by strengthening mission-focused colleges and universities that primarily serve low-income and first generation students.
We are dedicated to the following principles as we carry out our mission:
Innovation Idea
Our resources and investments align with students’ future success in evident and measurable ways.
Impact Felt on Campus
We must acknowledge and uphold the capacity of institutions that drive social mobility, including HBCUs, to lead student success efforts.
Graduation Rate Increase
Transformation requires solutions that are sustainable, scalable, and broadly adoptable.
Who We Are
Improving equitable access to educational opportunity by investing in institutions that drive social mobility.
Founded in 2018 by James Runcie, CEO of Ed Advancement and former COO of Federal Student Aid (FSA) and Tony James, chairman of Jefferson River Capital and the former Executive Vice Chairman of The Blackstone Group, Ed Advancement is a non-profit that provides scalable, sustainable, operations-, and technology-focused solutions to HBCUs to help them serve their students and meet their strategic goals.
