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Adapting Student Career Development for the Gen Z Era

October 10, 2023

Pressure continues to mount for higher education to do more to enhance students’ post-graduation outcomes. Specifically, university leaders must recognize that Gen Z students considering whether to enroll in higher-ed are increasingly concerned about “life success,” which includes traditional measures like job security but also fulfillment and an overall sense of thriving.

Preparing for the Impacts of Gen Z

August 29, 2023

Something—or someone—is different on campus. Higher ed leaders are seeing shifts in student mindsets and behaviors. Students are skeptical of the value of higher ed; mental health challenges are at an all-time high; and others are acting more like activist stakeholders, asking tough questions and making uncompromising critiques of institutional decisions and strategy.

Research and Services

Adapting Student Career Development for the Gen Z Era

September 29, 2023

This report explores how to embed student career development across the college experience with direction and attention from cabinet leaders.

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How to support students’ financial needs throughout the college journey

June 29, 2022

As institutions reimagine how to support students in response to these challenges, they must contemplate how to shift the price conversation. Now more than ever, university leaders must consider how to provide adequate financial support not only at enrollment, but across the entire student lifecycle.

Help students find common ground for productive discussions on campus

April 26, 2022

Colleges and universities are uniquely positioned to foster a climate for civil discourse. Follow EAB’s framework to find common ground for productive discussion among students and the broader campus community.

Hallmarks of an Antiracist Institution: The Behaviors and Actions that Promote Racial Justice in Education

March 9, 2022

The ongoing national conversation about the deadly impact of racism has created an urgency around the need for dramatic change at all levels of society.

Quick Reads

4 tips to improve your college’s behavioral intervention team

January 23, 2023

Use these 4 tips to ensure your institution has a high-functioning behavioral intervention team that is equipped to support the campus community.

Modern Student Experience Diagnostic for Community Colleges

January 13, 2023

Community college student demographics are shifting, nontraditional is the new norm, mental health is in crisis, and learning flexibility is a growing demand.

6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023

January 12, 2023

EAB analyzed 100 institutions’ student affairs organizational charts to learn how the reporting structure is changing to reflect today’s needs.

Roadmaps

Expand Services to Address Financial Insecurity on Campus

September 28, 2020

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

December 17, 2019

Navigating Student Activism

December 16, 2019

Develop Student-Centered Well-Being Support

December 16, 2019

Facilitate Student-Centered Course Redesign

December 9, 2019

Scale Experiential Learning and Career Development

December 9, 2019

Minimize Financial Attrition

December 3, 2019

Maximize Counseling Center Operations and Efficiency

December 3, 2019

Supporting First-Generation College Students

December 3, 2019

Increase Faculty Diversity and Inclusivity on Campus

December 2, 2019

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Associate Director

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