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Financial Performance Collaborative

March 22, 2023

Thank you for participating in EAB’s Financial Performance Collaborative.
You now have the opportunity to register for up to three modules of the Financial Performance Collaborative, based on your institutional priorities and team capacity across the next three months. As a reminder, each module will require an Implementation Leader (IL). Sessions are best suited for Chief Business Officers and Provosts.

EAB IGNITED

March 9, 2023

Please join us this fall for EAB IGNITED where we will bring together Presidents, Provosts, Chief Business Officers, and Heads of Strategy in closed-door, role specific groups followed by cross-cabinet working sessions with peers from other institutions. EAB will lead you and your peers through a series of case profiles and interactive workshops designed to activate learning around our latest organizational effectiveness research and the ramifications for the Higher Ed landscape.

Research and Services

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

March 2, 2023

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

July 25, 2022

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

June 2, 2022

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

Design policies to retain and support BIPOC faculty

April 29, 2022

EAB brought together provosts and chief diversity officers to discuss promotion, tenure, and workload policies for BIPOC faculty retention and career advancement. Explore the takeaways from the sessions that you can implement on your campus.

Quick Reads

Four components of effective sophomore retention efforts

March 11, 2016

As they enter their second year, students lose the structured support network of the first-year experience. A significant portion of attrition can occur during the second year as students move off campus, meet with their advisors less frequently, and enter the unfamiliar territory of their major coursework. Discover four components of an effective strategy to help students ease their transition during the second year.

Capture savings—without cutting programs

January 22, 2016

Learn how Indiana University-Bloomington moved beyond program cuts to focus on a new source of cost savings: faculty lines. By reallocating savings from faculty retirements, IU-Bloomington has saved $10 million in just two years.

8 questions to ask when evaluating the impact of student success programs

December 9, 2015

Measuring the impact of individual student success programs is a difficult endeavor. To better track impact, Purdue University’s Office of Student Success requires staff to answer eight key questions about academic performance.

Roadmaps

Create High Impact International Partnerships

June 3, 2021

Create a Community College Pipeline to Place Students in Right-Fit Careers

December 17, 2019

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

December 17, 2019

Develop Student-Centered Well-Being Support

December 16, 2019

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

December 9, 2019

Improve Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

December 9, 2019

Facilitate Student-Centered Course Redesign

December 9, 2019

Scale Experiential Learning and Career Development

December 9, 2019

Design Effective Academic Department Reviews

December 9, 2019

Minimize Financial Attrition

December 3, 2019

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Alexa Silverman

Associate Director

Colin Koproske

Managing Director, Research Development

David Bevevino

Senior Director, Strategic Research

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