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EAB provides in-depth research and services for higher ed business affairs leaders to meet their most pressing challenges, from streamlining costs and resource efficiency to overseeing hiring and talent management. Explore the Business Affairs Resource Hub for all the tools and insights you can access as part of your EAB partnership.
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EAB IgnitED
EAB's annual IgnitED summit will bring together presidents, provosts, chief business officers, and heads of strategy in working sessions with peers from other institutions.
Roundtable
Special Session for Leading Research Universities: 2025 EAB Chief Business Officer Roundtable
Please join EAB Managing Director Ann Forman Lippens and University of California, Berkeley’s Vice Chancellor, Administration, Marc Fisher for an intimate convening of Chief Business Officers from leading research institutions to engage on the pressing issues facing the higher education sector.
Roundtable
2025 Roundtable for Chief Business Officers
Please join us in Washington, D.C. this spring for our signature in-person roundtable for chief business officers.
Past Events
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Roundtable
EAB IgnitED
EAB's annual IgnitED summit will bring together presidents, provosts, chief business officers, and heads of strategy in working sessions with peers from other institutions.
Webinar
EAB’s Guide to Cost Containment Strategies
In this webinar, EAB experts will unpack our overarching approach to cost management and some of the most important new insights we have uncovered.
Roundtable
Build a High-Performing Workforce
Join this webinar to learn six key tactics to create a frictionless performance management infrastructure that prioritizes staff growth, accountability, and alignment with broader institutional goals.
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Research Report
The High Costs of Using Campus Space Inefficiently
Learn how the high costs of campus space and underutilization impact strategic priorities and can inform your institution's…
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
Tool
Succession Planning Toolkit
This succession planning toolkit helps university leaders identify and develop potential successors for critical roles across campus.
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
How Position Control Can Help Your Higher Ed Institution Reduce Labor Costs
This report provides an overview of how position control and vacancy review processes can reduce labor costs at…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
Aligning Institutional Budget Models to Strategic Goals
Learn three ways business executives should focus their redesign efforts to have the most impactful budget model that aligns to their…
Strategic Advisory Services
Tool
Cost Containment Playbook: 130+ Tactics for Immediate Cost Savings in Higher Ed
The cost containment playbook provides 131 tactics to consider implementing for cost savings in higher ed.
Strategic Advisory Services
Tool
AI Maturity Model for Higher Education
EAB’s diagnostic will help campus leaders evaluate their maturity aspirations in the five domains where AI is poised…
IT Strategy Advisory Services
Tool
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
Infographic
The Five Levels of Financial Performance to Guide Proactive Planning in Higher Education
Use this infographic to determine your college's or university's cost management strategy based on five levels of financial…
Strategic Advisory Services
Blogs
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Improve institutional effectiveness when traditional benchmarking fails
EAB's Administrative Effectiveness Index evaluates strategic capabilities and offers recommendations to improve institutional effectiveness.
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
IgnitED 2024 sneak peek: 3 major pressures that higher ed leaders are facing this fall
Preview three of the biggest challenges facing the higher education sector that we'll focus on during EAB IgnitED…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
"Higher ed makes glaciers look speedy": 6 insights from CBOs on financial resiliency
This blog outlines six takeaways from a discussion on fostering financial resiliency, each paired with teachings from EAB's…
Higher Education Strategy Blog