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Facilities Resource Hub
EAB provides in-depth research and services for facilities and estates leaders to meet their most pressing challenges, from managing space utilization and maintenance to improving employee engagement and stakeholder communication. Explore the Facilities Resource Hub for all the events, tools, and insights you can access as part of your EAB partnership.
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We want to hear from you! EAB is conducting research interviews to uncover how Facilities leaders are optimizing campus to better meet current and future needs. If you’re interested in participating, please contact [email protected].
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Roundtable
Fundraising for Facilities Teams
As institutions face growing deferred maintenance backlogs, one of the biggest challenges is securing funding to address critical needs.
Roundtable
From Backlog to Balance: Deferred Maintenance Strategies for Campus Leaders
After labor, physical space is the largest expense item on most campuses, and it has only grown in the last couple of decades. As student populations have expanded, the activities of academic and administrative units have changed, and material costs for space and infrastructure have ballooned, with institutions spending $600 per sqft for construction on the average higher ed building—more than double what it was a decade ago.
Roundtable
Sustainability Focus Group for Senior Facilities Officers and Sustainability Directors: A Special Session on Climate Action Planning
A Climate Action Plan serves as an institution's essential roadmap for achieving long-term reductions in greenhouse gases and harmful emissions. It signifies an institution's commitment to progress and outlines actionable strategies across policy, research, facilities, and community engagement.
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Partner Service
Remote Work Policy Audit
Partner Service
Campus Sustainability Plan Review
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Facilities Dashboard and Scorecard Review
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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
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
Video
Reckoning with Relevance: 2024 Higher Ed State of the Sector On-Demand Webinar
Watch EAB's on-demand webinar to learn about the six trends that are shaping the higher ed state of…
Strategic Advisory Services
Resource Center
Administration, Finance, and Operations Resource Center
Explore EAB research and tools to help higher ed leaders increase institutional efficiency, manage campus space, achieve growth…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
Create a Higher Ed Workplace Culture Where Faculty and Staff Want to Stay
To tackle the emerging employee attrition crisis, higher ed cabinet leaders must include institutional climate in their retention…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
Recruitment Strategies to Win Over Top External Talent
This report outlines the urgency drivers for why higher ed must modernize its recruiting and onboarding strategies to…
Strategic Advisory Services
Infographic
Campus 2030: Envisioning Tomorrow’s Multi-Modal Campus
Explore our infographic to learn about the future of the multi-modal campus and how seven spaces will change…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
How higher ed can bridge the Facilities talent gap
In a series of working groups, EAB convened Facilities leaders and HR directors to discuss the unique barriers…
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
2022 Higher Ed State of the Sector
This year’s State of the Sector research explores how these competitive forces are redefining five key terrains, as…
Strategic Advisory Services
Blogs
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Embracing the new normal: 5 takeaways from EAB's hybrid and flexible work surveys
Read our top findings from higher ed business, HR, and Facilities leaders to understand how hybrid and flexible…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
Campus facilities operations are approaching a fundamental shift
EAB uncovered the top challenges Facilities leaders are facing in a survey on the impact of recent changes…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
3 things we learned from our focus group of campus sustainability leaders
Discover key findings on metrics and data, funding, and stakeholder engagement from our focus group of higher ed…
Higher Education Strategy Blog