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Academic Affairs Resource Hub
EAB provides in-depth research and services for higher ed academic affairs leaders to meet their most pressing challenges, from academic resource efficiency to faculty retention and mental health. Explore the Academic Affairs Resource Hub for all the tools and insights you can access as part of your EAB partnership.
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Summit
EAB IgnitED
Join fellow presidents, provosts, chief business officers, and heads of strategy for EAB’s 2025-2026 IgnitED summit.
Roundtable
2026 Roundtable for Provosts
Join EAB experts and fellow provosts for our annual roundtable in Washington, D.C. in spring 2026.
Past Events
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Roundtable
Reimagine Faculty Workload in an Era of Budgets and Burnout
Provosts and other academic leaders are increasingly confronting the complex challenge of recalibrating faculty workload policies in the face of persistent budget deficits, faculty dissatisfaction, and shifting institutional priorities.
Summit
EAB IgnitED
Join fellow presidents, provosts, chief business officers, and heads of strategy for EAB’s 2025-2026 IgnitED summit.
Roundtable
The Modern Anchor Institution
Join fellow leaders at Canadian institutions to address public apathy towards higher education and redefine universities as modern anchor organizations.
Partner Services
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Partner Service
Achieve Your People and Workplace Culture Goals with Support of an EAB Presentation
Explore sample Partner Intensive topics focused on higher ed talent
Partner Service
Virtual Student Services Website Audit
This audit will help higher education leaders bring the virtual experience for student services out of the pandemic…
Partner Service
How EAB Supports Stakeholder Education on Administration, Finance, and Operations Topics
Explore sample Partner Intensive topics focused on cost containment, space utilization, process improvement, and more
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Modern Anchor Institution Investment Prioritization Toolkit
Prioritize strategic investments to become a modern anchor institution based on current performance, community needs, and external stakeholders’…
Strategic Advisory Services
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Compendium of AI Applications in Higher Education
This compendium serves as a reference book of generative AI applications designed to help higher education leaders begin…
Strategic Advisory Services
Tool
Federal Policy Status Index for Higher Ed
Stay informed about the latest changes to federal policy that will affect higher education.
Strategic Advisory Services
Tool
Interdisciplinary Program Starter Kit
The Interdisciplinary Program Starter Kit offers insights to help you achieve institutional and student-focused outcomes.
Strategic Advisory Services
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Federal Policy Digests
EAB's federal policy digests provide a comprehensive overview of recent developments, highlighting key policy changes and their possible…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
How Will Agentic AI Show Up in Higher Education?
This report defines agentic AI and explores how it will reshape AI applications in higher education.
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
A Modern Anchor Institution in Action
Download this modern anchor institution case study to explore top external priorities for higher ed and four priority…
Strategic Advisory Services
Infographic
10 difficult (but critical) decisions for achieving academic cost
10 difficult (but critical) decisions for achieving academic cost
savings goals
The infographic is designed to help provosts, deans, and CFOs make decisions about where and how to achieve…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
How Keele University Successfully Sustained a Large-Scale Organizational Transformation
Learn how Keele University implemented an institutional transformation that touched academic, student, and professional services—and what lessons every…
Strategic Advisory Services
Blogs
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University research is at a crossroads. Here are three key questions academic leaders must answer.
Read this blog for top areas higher ed leaders are focused on around the future of the research…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
The top challenges for Canadian postsecondary leaders—and how to overcome them
Discover three themes presidents raised in our listening tour with Canadian postsecondary institutions.
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
How provosts are approaching policy pressures and academic program innovations
Read this blog for four takeaways from EAB's gathering of provosts on academic program innovations and their role…
Higher Education Strategy Blog