# Prager Partners

> Los Angeles-based investment banking firm dedicated exclusively to mergers, acquisitions, and strategic advisory for the higher education sector.

Prager Partners advises colleges and universities — not-for-profit private, faith-based, and for-profit — on the full lifecycle of M&A transactions: strategic assessment, partner identification, valuation, negotiation, regulatory navigation (Department of Education, accreditors, state authorizers), and closing. The firm is led by AJ Prager and brings a data-driven, sector-specialist approach to a market where most institutions face existential demographic and financial pressure.

Primary contact: aj.prager@prager.com

## Pages

- [Home](/): Firm overview, leadership, services, sector focus, strategic transaction frameworks, and thought leadership.
- [News & Insights](/news): Curated coverage of higher-education closures, mergers, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and regulatory developments.
- [Clients](/clients): Representative institutions advised by Prager Partners.
- [Privacy](/privacy): Privacy policy.

## Thought Leadership

- [Higher-Ed Mergers: A Two-Step Process](/thought-leadership/higher-ed-mergers-two-step-process.pdf): White paper on structuring multi-phase higher-education combinations.
- [The Sum Is Greater Than Its Parts](/thought-leadership/sum-is-greater-than-its-parts.pdf): Synergy analysis for higher-education M&A.
- [System Structures in Higher Education](/thought-leadership/system-structures-higher-education.pdf): Multi-institution governance and system models.
- [Updated Regulatory Guidance for Higher-Ed M&A](/thought-leadership/updated-regulatory-guidance-higher-ed-ma.pdf): Current DOE, accreditor, and state regulator considerations.

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