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Academic Affairs Resource Hub
EAB provides in-depth research and services for higher ed academic affairs leaders to meet their most pressing challenges, from academic resource efficiency to faculty retention and mental health. Explore the Academic Affairs Resource Hub for all the tools and insights you can access as part of your EAB partnership.
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EAB IgnitED
EAB's annual IgnitED summit will bring together presidents, provosts, chief business officers, and heads of strategy in working sessions with peers from other institutions.
Roundtable
Tackle the Student Readiness Challenge
Students are arriving on campus less prepared than ever before, and many colleges and universities are struggling with how to identify and address these readiness gaps. Unfortunately, these student readiness challenges are here to stay for the foreseeable future.
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2025 Roundtable for Provosts
Join us for our signature in-person roundtable for provosts. You’ll have the opportunity to engage in highly interactive, executive-level conversations about the most pressing challenges facing provosts today.
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Roundtable
Tackle the Student Readiness Challenge
Students are arriving on campus less prepared than ever before, and many colleges and universities are struggling with how to identify and address these readiness gaps. Unfortunately, these student readiness challenges are here to stay for the foreseeable future.
Roundtable
EAB IgnitED
EAB's annual IgnitED summit will bring together presidents, provosts, chief business officers, and heads of strategy in working sessions with peers from other institutions.
Roundtable
Build a High-Performing Workforce
Join this webinar to learn six key tactics to create a frictionless performance management infrastructure that prioritizes staff growth, accountability, and alignment with broader institutional goals.
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How Keele University Successfully Sustained a Large-Scale Organizational Transformation
Learn how Keele University implemented an institutional transformation that touched academic, student, and professional services—and what lessons every…
Strategic Advisory Services
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Construction Kit for Faculty AI Resources
This toolkit for crafting a faculty AI resource repository includes three tools to engage faculty with AI in…
Strategic Advisory Services
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The Difficult Balancing Act of Being a Department Chair
This infographic helps department chairs understand their academic and administrative responsibilities and shares strategies to excel in leadership.
Deans Advisory Services
Resource Center
Student Experience and Well-being Resource Center
Explore our resources on student success and retention, mental health, financial support, student belonging, activism, and experiential learning,
Strategic Advisory Services
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Succession Planning Toolkit
This succession planning toolkit helps university leaders identify and develop potential successors for critical roles across campus.
Strategic Advisory Services
Resource Center
Academic Innovation Resource Center
Our academic innovation research examines proven best practices and cutting-edge ideas for transforming the academy and preparing for…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
A Student-Centered Solution to the 2020s' College Course Placement Dilemma
This report shares a guided college course placement process to help students choose first-year math and English courses…
Strategic Advisory Services
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Advising MOU Template Builder
Use EAB's template to create and audit memoranda of understanding (MOUs) between central advising leadership and college-level leadership…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
Prepare to Meet Student Readiness Gaps with Just-in-Time Advising
This report shares how advisors can contribute to student readiness, outlines eight imperatives for advising model design, and…
Strategic Advisory Services
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3 types of faculty AI policies your institution needs to have
This blog helps provosts develop faculty AI policies that clearly outline how to engage with AI in their…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
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Building capacity for one of higher ed's unsung heroes—academic deans
Here's how academic deans can find support with program innovation and revitalization, strategy and operational excellence, and professional…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
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IgnitED 2024 sneak peek: 3 major pressures that higher ed leaders are facing this fall
Preview three of the biggest challenges facing the higher education sector that we'll focus on during EAB IgnitED…
Higher Education Strategy Blog