What Comes Next for the Academic Enterprise for Community Colleges?
Shaping EAB's State of the Sector Research
Partner Event
Get a sneak peek at EAB’s annual analysis of the forces shaping higher education and share your perspective on how these trends are affecting academic leadership at two-year colleges. During this discussion, we’ll preview key themes shaping our State of the Sector research and seek your input on questions such as:
- Making sharper academic portfolio decisions amid enrollment and financial pressure
- How are colleges determining which programs to grow, redesign, consolidate, or sunset? How are changing student demand, workforce needs, transfer pathways, and program costs influencing those decisions?
- Preparing students and academic programs for an AI-transformed economy
- How should colleges adapt curricula, credentials, learning experiences, and faculty practices as AI changes the skills students need to transfer, enter the workforce, and advance in their careers?
- Meeting rising expectations for workforce relevance and student outcomes
- How can provosts balance responsiveness to employers and regional workforce needs with transfer preparation, academic quality, and the broader educational mission? How are expectations for completion, employment, and return on investment reshaping academic strategy?
- Building the institutional agility to move from strategy to implementation
- What changes to resource allocation, data, faculty engagement, and decision-making would help colleges respond more quickly to changing student and community needs while maintaining academic quality and institutional support?
Join us to explore these and other consequential questions shaping the future of two-year colleges. Your input and feedback are essential to sharpening our analysis and ensuring the State of the Sector addresses the most critical decisions confronting academic leaders today.
Session
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Attendance is limited to provosts. Registration is limited to one attendee per institution.
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
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