EAB Research
Community College Resource Hub
EAB provides in-depth research and services for community and technical college leaders to meet their most pressing challenges. Explore the Community College Resource Hub for the tools and insights to make progress against enrollment goals, DEIJ efforts, student success initiatives, and more.
Connect With Our Experts
EAB can bring our research to your team, for a single focused session or multiple sessions adapted to different audiences. If you are interested in having EAB experts present to a group on your campus or facilitate a discussion, we recommend reaching out to your Strategic Leader at least a month or two before a virtual session. For some especially popular times of year (e.g., the start of the semester, around spring and fall board retreats) we recommend reaching out three months in advance, or as early as you can.
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Advising
- Overcome Entrenched Org Structures and Outdated Advising Policies
- Advising and Population Health
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice
- Introduction to the Hallmarks of an Antiracist Institution
- Creating a Shared Understanding of Institutional Racism
- Uprooting Systemic Racism at Your Institution
- Confronting Your Historical Racial Legacy: How to Get Buy-in, Mitigate Risk, and Avoid Change Management Barriers
Enrollment
- The Three Enrollment Forces of Today
- Strategies to Enroll the Next Generation of Students
- Blueprint for Growth: Opportunities and Challenges for Community and Technical College Recruitment
Guided Pathways
- Meta-Major Map Design Workshop
Leadership Training
- Hidden Enemies to Strategy: Five Mindsets to Defeat Incrementalism
- Compassionate Leadership Seminar
- Resilient Leadership
People and Workplace Culture
- Competing for Talent: Securing Competitive Advantage Amid Historic Staffing Shortages
- How Deans Can Help Combat Burnout and Support Faculty Well-Being
- Introduction to Employee Value Proposition
- Crafting an Employee Value Proposition Workshop
State of the Union
- State of the Sector: Reckoning with Relevance
Strategy
- Strategic Differentiation Workshop
- Overcoming Hidden Enemies to Strategy
- Future Visioning
- Leading Transformative Change Initiatives Objectives
Student Success
- Designing Programs for Returning Stop-Outs
- Closing the Part-Time Student Success Gap
Upcoming Events
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Roundtable
Key Disciplines for Strategic Enrollment and Portfolio Growth
As institutions grapple with changing demographics and enrollment challenges, maintaining key disciplines for portfolio management is essential.
Roundtable
Community College Leadership Development Series
This is a level-setting presentation where participants learn how inherent cognitive biases inhibit strategic thinking.
Webinar
State of the Sector for Community Colleges
This session focuses on how rapid AI adoption is reshaping the labor market and raising the stakes for community colleges.
Past Events
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Webinar
EAB’s Higher Ed State of the Sector: Navigating Upheaval on Four Fronts
Watch the broadcast premiere of EAB’s 2025-26 State of the Sector, where EAB experts will examine the four fronts reshaping higher education and what they signal for institutions preparing for the sector’s next era.
Roundtable
Online Big Bets: Applying Principles of Scale to Grow in a Crowded Market
Join us for a focused discussion on the realities of today's online learning landscape and what it takes to achieve sustainable growth.
On-Demand Webinar
Making the Most of Your Community College Research Partnership
Kick off the new year with an inside look into what's ahead for your EAB partnership.
Partner Services
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Partner Service
Cost Savings Locator for Higher Ed Leaders
Align your leadership team on cost containment strategy by uncovering your institution's top savings opportunities and identifying the…
Partner Service
Higher Ed State of the Sector: Executive Presentation for Campus Leaders
A customized presentation and strategy session designed to help leadership teams navigate unprecedented disruption and long-term transformation in…
Partner Service
Resilient Future Planning for Cabinets
EAB's facilitated workshops help institutions navigate critical uncertainties in the federal policy landscape.
Research and Insights
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Infographic
A blueprint for instruction in the age of AI
This infographic highlights 18 practical tactics for faculty that help connect disciplinary content to new workplace realities—and ultimately…
Strategic Advisory Services
Infographic
The six attributes of agile institutions
This infographic identifies six attributes of agile higher education institutions and the core capabilities that distinguish them.
Strategic Advisory Services
Tool
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
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
Breaking down the true costs of new campus space
Uncover the total cost of ownership paid by colleges and universities for adding different types of campus space.
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
The Higher Education Leader’s Guide to Real Estate Optimization
Explore the five most common real estate optimization strategies recommended by consultants, encompassing 18 tactics for minimizing costs…
Strategic Advisory Services
Infographic
Alternative revenue strategies for higher ed leaders
Review 150+ proven alternative revenue strategies and assess feasibility based on lifetime revenue potential and time to ROI.
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
Putting the Built Environment to Best Use
Uncover space management tactics to reduce costs, disrupt growth, improve utilization, and creatively source funding.
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
Capturing Alternative Revenues
This report examines lessons and tactics for increasing nontraditional revenue.
Strategic Advisory Services
Blogs
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Blog
How to use state demand data to launch or revitalize programs
When designing new academic programs, faculty and institutional leaders often fall back on the familiar: develop a specialization…
Adult Education Blog
Blog
Why advising reform can’t wait—and what colleges and universities must do now
Learn why current advising models fall short for today's college and university students and how appreciative advising can…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
EAB experts reflect: The conversations that defined higher ed in 2025
Explore the trends, questions, and breakthroughs that defined EAB's work with higher ed leaders in 2025.
Higher Education Strategy Blog