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Making the Most of Your Academic Affairs Research Partnership

Orientation isn’t just for students. Join EAB for a (re)orientation to learn what’s in store with your EAB Academic Affairs membership and to make sure you’re taking advantage of all of the university research tools and resources to which your institution has access. This session is best suited for Provosts and Vice Presidents, Academic Affairs.

Special Joint Session for Provosts and Chief Research Officers

Please join us in Washington, DC next April for unique two-day meeting that will bring together Provosts and Chief Research Officers in a cross-silo conversation on the research enterprise. This session is limited to Provosts, Chief Research Officers, and Vice Presidents, Research.

Research and Services

Toolkit for Building an Anti-Burnout Workplace Culture in Academic Affairs

This toolkit is designed to help academic leaders continue their work in combating faculty burnout and promoting a culture of well-being in academic affairs.

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Building an Anti-Burnout Workplace Culture in Academic Affairs: On-Demand Materials

Explore the materials from this two-part series on ‘Building an Anti-Burnout Workplace Culture in Academic Affairs,’ which convened academic leaders in virtual forums to discuss the long-term strategic importance of bolstering support and fulfilling their role as an academic leader that builds a workplace that actively combats burnout.

Overcoming Historical and Systemic Barriers to Institutional Racism

Becoming an anti-racist institution involves conscious, active, and ongoing effort. In this webinar, participants will learn about the anti-racist behaviors and actions that span across unit and function to transform the experiences of ethnic and diverse populations on campus.

Compendium of inclusive tenure and promotion policy

This compendium features 8 institutional examples of equitable approaches to tenure evaluation. When adopted widely, these efforts can help improve BIPOC faculty retention.

Quick Reads

Two ways to integrate professional development into the liberal arts

Liberal arts graduates possess the soft skills necessary for management in abundance, but often lack the more technical skills or deep knowledge areas to find entry-level employment. Learn how two institutions built professional skills into their liberal arts curricula to better prepare students for the job market.

‘Mini MBAs’ for new department chairs

Department chairs are on the front lines of university decision making, but new chairs receive little or no training on program management. Learn how the University of Toronto’s day-long intensive training sessions help new chairs develop key financial management skills.

Six roles for faculty in student success

Faculty play a critical role in shaping the student experience, but they’re surprisingly absent from student success strategies. Our infographic outlines six ways that academic units and individual faculty members can help students successfully navigate their academic careers.

Experts

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Managing Director, Research Development
Senior Director, Strategic Research

5 mistakes in higher ed COVID-19 strategy

We’ve identified the five greatest mistakes in current COVID-19 response that are jeopardizing crisis recovery and post-crisis strategy.

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Academic Affairs Forum

Helping Provosts, Chief Academic Officers and their teams improve academic resource efficiency, program innovation, and faculty development through peer-tested strategies and insights.

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