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Meacie Fairfax

Associate Director, Strategic Research

Areas of Expertise
  • Student Retention and Success
  • Student Success Management
  • Student Support and Wellness
Washington, DC
Specialties
  • Community Colleges
  • First Generation Experience
  • Market Research
  • Student Experience
  • Student Mental Health
  • Student Success
  • Underrepresented Students
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Background

Meacie Fairfax is a Senior Analyst with EAB. As a member of the Navigate strategic research team, she focuses on the needs of the community college and four-year sector, examining topics such as student success supports, equity and inclusion practices, and strategic communication across campus groups.  Before joining the firm, Meacie worked at College Success Foundation providing low-income unders

Meacie Fairfax is a Senior Analyst with EAB. As a member of the Navigate strategic research team, she focuses on the needs of the community college and four-year sector, examining topics such as student success supports, equity and inclusion practices, and strategic communication across campus groups. 

Before joining the firm, Meacie worked at College Success Foundation providing low-income underserved students the academic, social, emotional, and financial supports they needed to graduate high school, complete college, and thrive in life. Over the past decade, she has worked in a variety of roles to support students’ social, emotional, and academic support needs. Locally she volunteers with The Washington Home & Community Hospices, fosters animals for the Humane Rescue Alliance, and works to further cultural competency through her work with Youth for Understanding.  

 

Education

Meacie is a first-generation student, TRIO, and McNair Scholar Alum. She holds a B.A. from Michigan State University where she majored in Communication studies and a M.A. from Emerson College.

Research and Insights

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