Bypass the RFP.
Centralize Your Campus Workforce with a Pre-Vetted Solution.

Through our competitively solicited E&I Cooperative Services agreement, higher education institutions can immediately deploy comprehensive workforce governance, eliminate multi-state tax liabilities, and gain visibility across all contingent talent, without the administrative delay or cost of an RFP.

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RFP-Exempt

Leverage a pre-vetted, competitively solicited E&I agreement that accelerates time-to-contract.

Model

Flexible workforce governance tailored to your institution, from fully managed to self-directed.

Scope

Centralize all non-employee talent on a single platform, including remote adjuncts, research staff, and consultants.

WHAT NEXTSOURCE DELIVERS

An extended workforce program built for
higher education

Higher education institutions manage workforce decisions across multiple departments, campuses, and stakeholders, often with limited visibility into the full workforce ecosystem. Adjunct faculty, independent contractors, temporary staff, researchers, and outsourced providers support critical campus functions, yet are frequently managed through disconnected processes.

nextSource helps institutions unify workforce governance through one partner and one platform, delivering greater visibility, compliance oversight, and operational consistency while preserving the flexibility campuses need to support their academic mission.

Maintain Compliance

Classification and risk vary by department

Control Costs

Spend sits in silos, with limited visibility across the institution

Ensure Consistency

Every department writes its own playbook

Reduce Admin Burden

Manual onboarding and invoicing pull staff away from the mission

ONE PARTNER ACROSS EVERY WORKER POPULATION

One Customized, Governed Platform

Employer of Record

 Support for adjunct faculty, guest lecturers, graduate assistants, student workers, and research staff.

Independent Contractors & 1099’S

Sourced, negotiated, & governed in one place, with classification & risk handled consistently across departments

Outsourced Providers

Admissions, bookstores, food services, and security vendors, brought under the same visibility and supplier oversight.

Your Talent Community

Qualified talent, ready when you need it. Recurring or specialized, with a fast track to payroll conversion built in. 

Proof in Practice

How We Deliver Measurable Educational Support

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Major Private Research Institution

Centralized contingent workforce management across 16 campuses, delivering $3.4M in annual cost savings through supplier consolidation, rate standardization, and enhanced compliance oversight.

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Navigating Multi-State Employees

Transformed multi-state employment compliance for a distributed faculty workforce, delivering 100% payroll accuracy, zero compliance incidents, and enhanced access to top talent nationwide.

Why It Matters

Transform workforce complexity into workforce strategy

nextSource provides the governance, visibility, and accountability institutions need to manage their entire workforce ecosystem with confidence. By centralizing workforce programs and compliance oversight, colleges and universities can reduce risk, improve operational efficiency, make better workforce decisions, and focus more resources on teaching, research, and student success.

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Increase visibility across all worker populations

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Strengthen governance and compliance

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Improve workforce flexibility

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Optimize spending and resource allocation

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Focus more time on institutional goals and student outcomes

Ready to Simplify Your Extended Workforce?

With nextSource, colleges and universities gain a dedicated higher education workforce partner that provides visibility, governance, and accountability across the entire workforce ecosystem. Through MSP, EOR, and Independent Contractor Compliance solutions, institutions can reduce risk, improve efficiency, and maintain the workforce flexibility needed to support their academic mission and student outcomes.

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