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2024 Roundtable for Chief Business Officers

April 14, 2023

Please join us in Washington, DC next April for the return of our signature in-person meeting series for Chief Business Officers. At our roundtable, you’ll have the opportunity to engage in highly interactive, executive-level conversations about the most pressing challenges facing higher education today. Sessions are limited to Chief Business Officers and Chief Financial Officers.

Maintaining Momentum and Sustaining Progress: A Conversation with CDOs on Leading Through Challenging Times

April 13, 2023

Please join us for a roundtable discussion where we will explore the evolving role of the Chief Diversity Officer and strategies to remain effective in the everchanging landscape of higher education. EAB will host a panel discussion with CDOs from our partner institutions who will share their perspectives and insights on how to lead through adversity. Sessions are limited to Chief Diversity Officers and Vice Presidents, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Research and Services

Recruitment Strategies to Win Over Top External Talent

April 17, 2023

This white paper outlines the urgency drivers for why higher ed must modernize its recruiting and onboarding strategies to attract talent. Then, it provides campus leaders with 10 foundational solutions to common challenges across the major phases of the talent acquisition process that out-of-sector competitors have already implemented.

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Employee Recruitment and Retention Resource Center

January 9, 2023

Amid record-setting employee turnover and disengagement, higher ed leadership teams have little choice but to rethink how they recruit and retain talent. EAB’s resource center compiles tools and resources to help your campus bolster employee recruitment and retention.

Higher Ed Job Description Checklist

December 1, 2022

Use this checklist to assess your institution’s current job descriptions and identify opportunities to increase the number of qualified applicants by increasing accessibility, adjusting requirements to welcome a broader array of qualified candidates, and articulating the value proposition of the workplace.

3 strategies to move toward holistic campus safety

August 3, 2022

EAB held a roundtable, Beyond the Blue Light System: Three Imperatives for Holistic Campus Safety, which explored strategies for transitioning to a more holistic stakeholder-centric campus safety approach. Discover the three imperatives that leaders should follow for holistic campus safety.

Quick Reads

100 tactics for immediate labor savings

February 11, 2015

This infographic provides 100 cost rebasing tactics to help institutions find principled and sustainable ways to reduce costs without painful and often ineffective labor cuts.

The Periodic Table of Budget Model Elements

October 3, 2014

Discover 29 budget model elements you can use to incentivize revenue growth, control costs, set performance targets, and support strategic priorities.

Alternative Revenues in Higher Education

January 6, 2014

Access 200 individual alternative revenue ideas to identify additional revenue streams suitable to your institution’s local culture and physical assets.

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Roadmaps

Adopt a Proactive Approach to Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Funding

December 17, 2019

Develop Student-Centered Well-Being Support

December 16, 2019

Optimize Your Facilities Outsourcing Arrangements

December 10, 2019

Implement Gainsharing Agreements in Your Academic and Administrative Units

December 9, 2019

Build a New Budget Model that Advances Your Institution’s Strategic Goals

December 9, 2019

Facilitate Student-Centered Course Redesign

December 9, 2019

Scale Experiential Learning and Career Development

December 9, 2019

Minimize Financial Attrition

December 3, 2019

Ease the Transition to Shared Services with a Plan for Change Management Hurdles

December 2, 2019

Increase Faculty Diversity and Inclusivity on Campus

December 2, 2019

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