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Top 10 Academic Affairs Issues
Each year, EAB asks academic affairs leaders to tell us about the challenges on their campuses. Based on those results, we identify the most pressing issues in order to execute actionable research studies. While provosts are intimately familiar with their own campuses’ issues, they lack confirmation that they have identified all potential threats or that […]
How to bridge the gaps in your early-alert program
For over a decade, colleges have relied on early alerts, submitted by faculty, to surface at-risk students and ultimately prevent them from slipping through the cracks. When successfully managed, early-alert programs can improve academic outcomes as well as retention and graduation rates. But too often, these programs have critical gaps that make them uncoordinated and […]
Future Higher Education Economics
It’s almost become old hat to say that the higher education economic model is “broken.” Unstable future revenues. Ballooning costs. For some, it’s survival at risk. But even the most fortunate are concerned that there won’t be sufficient budget to sustain excellence, much less fund new ambitions. Yet despite all the talk about an economic […]
How must we evolve to remain relevant to the student of tomorrow?
Ask any college or university what they’re doing to create the student experience of tomorrow, and they will rattle off the same experiential or highimpact practices: active learning, internships, undergraduate research, service learning, and the like. In the near term, higher ed leaders are focused on scaling these efforts to improve learning, persistence, and career […]
The Complex Adult Learner Journey to Enrollment
Finding and enrolling right-fit students for your graduate and online programs is challenging in part because every adult learner has unique motivations, expectations, and timelines. Some prospective students research their options for three years and still choose employment over enrollment, while others will move from research to application in three months. To recruit adult learners, […]
Barriers to Student Success
When institutions analyze their student success data, they often focus on common student success metrics like first-year retention and graduation rates. As these metrics are lagging indicators of institutional and student performance, academic leaders may not know the root causes of any given demographic disparity in their data. To help solve this problem, EAB has […]
7 ways to project confidence & warmth while presenting
The best speakers find ways to make their speeches feel both authentic and authoritative at the same time. Whether you’re presenting to a room full of campus leaders, fellow researchers, or first-year students, here’s how to manage your nerves and keep your audience’s attention.
The Art of Focused Feedback
Use the FOCUS feedback method to provide faculty with observations that are quick, clear, and actionable to improve their professional practice.
How Our Brains Learn to Read
This infographic orients kids to the science behind brains learning to read.
Addressing the Challenge of Classroom Disruptions
Educators need help. Learn more about managing behavioral disruptions in the classroom.