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Maximize the Value of Campus Assets

June 22, 2023

In this two-part series, EAB will unpack how institutions can deploy and repurpose the physical plant and campus infrastructure to bring in consistent, reliable sources of money. Sessions are best suited for Chief Business Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Senior Facilities Officers, and Senior Estates Officers.

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.

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

5 Lessons from the Inaugural Financial Sustainability Collaborative

August 20, 2021

In Spring 2020, we brought together the inaugural cohort of the Financial Sustainability Collaborative (FSC). Thirty institutions gathered monthly and followed a four-month, EAB-created curriculum to confidentially discuss the myriad challenges associated with budgetary and financial perspectives within the academic enterprise.

4 takeaways for navigating flexible work policies and space utilization in higher ed

June 30, 2021

EAB gathered chief human resource officers and senior facilities officers from 24 institutions to discuss return-to-work policies. Read this expert insight for the takeaways on what makes a more flexible work policy effective and how these changes might impact space utilization and employee engagement.

How universities are planning return-to-work policies and guidelines

June 29, 2021

As the pandemic subsides, college and university leaders must decide how their campuses will operate in a post-pandemic world. To better understand the return-to-work decisions being made, EAB deployed a survey across mid-May to analyze early movers and planned changes on the future of flexible work arrangements for university administrative employees.

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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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