Hezel Associates

What Hezel Associates does

Hezel Associates, LLC is a privately held professional services firm founded in 1987 and headquartered in Syracuse, New York. The firm provides research, program evaluation, strategic planning, accreditation consulting, and workforce development evaluation services to K-12 schools, community colleges, four-year colleges and universities, non-profit organizations, private companies, and government entities. Founded by Dr. Richard Hezel (PhD, Indiana University), the firm originated in educational telecommunications research and evolved through distance/online learning into its current broad evaluation and research portfolio, with stated service reach across the USA, Canada, the Pacific Rim, and Europe.

The firm's core service lines are Research (qualitative and quantitative methodologies), Evaluation and Monitoring (external independent evaluation of federal- and state-funded programs), Strategic Services and Planning (mission/vision/values development and action planning), Workforce Development and Training evaluation (specializing in TAACCCT grants and NSF workforce programs), and Accreditation Consulting (self-study development for higher education institutions). Service delivery relies on a small core team of associates plus a flexible network of strategic and research consultants with bachelor's through advanced degrees. The firm is designated as a small business with the U.S. Small Business Administration and registered with SAM, supporting its access to federal evaluation contracts.

Hezel Associates operates on a project-based professional services revenue model with no publicly disclosed pricing. Projects are typically initiated after grant awards requiring third-party external evaluation, with funders including NSF, the US Department of Education, the US Department of Labor, the Gates Foundation, the Bush Foundation, the Lumina Foundation, PBS, and various state education departments. The firm has served hundreds of organizations across early childhood, K-12, higher education, adult formal, and informal learning contexts, and its portfolio includes dozens of NSF-funded evaluation projects in STEM education and workforce development. Go-to-market is direct sales-led, supplemented by website-driven thought leadership (project case studies), LinkedIn/Twitter presence, and client referrals.

Name

Hezel Associates

Legal name

Hezel Associates, LLC

Website

https://hezel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hezel Associates is a privately held Syracuse, NY-based consulting firm founded in 1987 that provides research, program evaluation, strategic planning, and accreditation consulting to K-12 schools, higher education institutions, non-profits, and government entities, with grant-funded work spanning the USA and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Consulting Services

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Learning, Training & Corporate Education Consulting (BPAHAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

Keywords

• Education program evaluation
• Research consulting services
• Strategic planning consulting
• Workforce development evaluation
• Accreditation support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Syracuse

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Evaluation and Monitoring Services: External independent evaluation services for federal and state-funded projects, including program design, data collection, analysis, and reporting with recommendations for improvement. Work with K-12 schools, community colleges, universities, non-profits, private companies, and government entities.
2. Strategic Planning and Consulting: Strategic planning, market development, and business planning services. Guides organizations through mission, vision, values, goals development and action planning.
3. Research Services: Research design and implementation including data collection, analysis, and reporting activities. Inquiry-based research contributing to wider understanding and policy/practice shaping.
4. Accreditation Consulting: Assists colleges in self-study development, writing, and editing for regional accreditation reviews. Helps establish assessment systems and reporting dashboards.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hezel Associates is a consulting firm that provides external independent evaluation, research, and strategic planning services for education and workforce development programs. The firm designs data collection strategies, performs mixed-methods analyses, and delivers reports with recommendations for improvement, primarily serving K-12 schools, community colleges, universities, non-profits, and government entities whose projects are typically funded by federal grants and foundations.

Product overview

Hezel Associates is a consulting firm offering a unified portfolio of professional services centered on research, evaluation, and strategic planning. Their core offerings include Research services (qualitative and quantitative methodologies), Evaluation and Monitoring (external program evaluation), and Strategic Services and Planning (mission/vision development and action planning). Supporting service offerings include Workforce Development and Training evaluation and Accreditation Consulting for higher education institutions. The firm serves K-12 schools, community colleges, universities, non-profits, government entities, and private companies across the USA and internationally.

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Products and services

• Research Inquiry-driven research services including qualitative and quantitative methodologies, research design, data collection, analysis, and reporting. Services span theory-driven, participatory, action-oriented, and equity-focused research paradigms for education and workforce organizations.
• Evaluation and Monitoring External independent evaluation services for programs including design of data collection strategies, analytical techniques, and reporting with recommendations for improvement. Serves K-12 schools, community colleges, universities, non-profits, private companies, and government entities.
• Strategic Services and Planning Strategic planning process guiding organizations through mission, vision, values, and goals development, incorporating data analysis and stakeholder input to create actionable strategic initiatives and implementation plans.
• Workforce Development and Training Evaluation services for workforce training programs across industries including advanced manufacturing, healthcare, IT, cybersecurity, and environmental fields. Specializes in Department of Labor TAACCCT grants and NSF workforce programs.
• Accreditation Consulting Assists higher education institutions with self-study development, writing, and editing for regional accreditation reviews. Includes organizing steering committees, providing feedback on documents, and establishing assessment systems and reporting dashboards.

Quantifiable outcome

• Demonstrated that participating students and parents gained knowledge about conservation careers, with most students voicing enthusiasm to pursue STEM-focused education
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• All Star CodecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2017Partnership to provide monitoring and evaluation services and assist in data management system development for Summer Intensive program serving Black and Latino high school boys in computer science.
• Jobs for the FuturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Jobs for the Future on Student Success Center assessment for East Coast community college system. Hezel Associates was hired to assess quality of implementation and impact of the SSC focused on student persistence.
• Bush Foundation (Network for Excellence in Teaching - NExT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFourteen colleges in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota partnered through the Network for Excellence in Teaching (NExT), funded by Bush Foundation. Hezel Associates partnered to develop, administer and analyze surveys for students, graduates, and supervisors.
• Lumina Foundation (Getting AHEAD project)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSouthwestern state's Board of Regents partnered with Lumina Foundation on Getting AHEAD project to strengthen transfer system. Hezel team partnered to review processes and measure goal achievement.
• National Science Foundation ATE (CollaborATE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThree colleges in Illinois, Maryland, and Florida formed CollaborATE, funded by NSF ATE grant focused on mechatronics. Hezel Associates serves as the evaluator.
• Consulting Firm in VirginiaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnered with a consulting firm in Virginia to deliver planning and evaluation services to a school serving US Armed Services members, related to online educational program delivery.
• CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with New York college to guide re-design of Values and Mission Statement and establish strategic initiative goals focusing on student experience, accountability, and operational strength.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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