Dr. Gordon (Spud) Van de Water

Van de Water Consulting

Spud Van de Water brings 30 years of experience to delivering customized solutions to education policy challenges facing state governments. Van de Water Consulting's mission is to provide education policy leaders with high quality solutions on time and within budget.

Our approach is to listen carefully to understand your issues and then study their context before examining what research and experience can contribute to possible solutions. When you hire Van de Water Consulting you can go forward with confidence knowing that you will receive research-based and experience-driven solutions customized to the challenges you face.

Van de Water Consulting Services focuses on K-12 and postsecondary education:

• policy analysis and development
• strategic planning
• research
• evaluation
• facilitation
• project management

Areas of special interest and expertise are:

• P-16 education
• governance and finance
• college access and success

Dr. Gordon (Spud) Van de Water, president and founder, has led projects on such diverse topics as P-16 education, statewide strategic plans for higher education, uses of technology in K-12 education, the impact of for-profit institutions on public higher education, the future of higher education, student financial aid and tuition policy. Spud has been a consultant to policy leaders in more than 25 states.

Van de Water Consulting also maintains a network of proven consultants dedicated to meeting state education policy challenges. The network makes it easy for us to create cost effective, customized teams to meet your needs in a timely manner.