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Professional and Academic Services Resource Hub

EAB provides in-depth research and services for university leaders to meet their most pressing challenges, from driving a world-class student experience to expanding global research partnerships. Explore the Professional and Academic Services Resource Hub for all the tools and insights you can access as part of your EAB partnership.

Five ways to get the most out of your EAB partnership:

  • Contact your institution’s Strategic Leader to discuss how your EAB partnership can support you and your team.
  • Browse our Research Curated for You, which includes in-depth studies and toolkits designed to help you implement changes on your campus.
  • Learn about our current research initiatives and how your institution can get involved.
  • Sign up for a partner service or audit—our team will assess current policies or practices and give you tailored recommendations.
  • Register for an event to hear the latest insights from our research and connect with other leaders from across the sector.

Research Curated for You

Click on each topic below to explore research studies, toolkits, and more.

Student Experience and Success

Campus Operations

Academic Portfolio Management

Institutional Strategy

Strategic Talent Management

Current Research Initiatives

EAB partners have the opportunity to take part in our ongoing research by connecting one-on-one with experts for research interviews, serving as best-practice case studies, and more. We invite you to participate (or nominate someone on your campus to participate) in our current research initiatives:

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    Enrolment Strategy Research Project

    You are invited to participate in our research if you are involved in:

    • Enrolment and recruitment strategy or operations (domestic and international)
    • Student numbers planning/enrolment forecasting

     

    Contact Us to Participate

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    Navigating the Complexities of AI Adoption

    Three focus areas:

    • Governance – ethics and responsible AI, Privacy and Security, etc.
    • Enablement – training and organisational capabilities, vendor management, communications, etc.
    • Application – model selection, cost optimisation, tools and technical assets

     

    Contact Us to Participate

Upcoming Events

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Roundtable

Case Studies of Universities Shifting to New Academic and Administrative Models

Increasing financial sustainability and operational efficiency are central to universities across the globe.
Roundtable

Foster Multicultural Inclusion on Campus

Student success is an equity issue and ensuring that students from all backgrounds succeed at university often requires proactive and intentional support of particular student populations, such as international students.
Roundtable

Shaping the Market In the Age of GenAI

This hour-long session will interrogate the current and future realities of GenAI's impact across industries and workplaces.  
On-Demand Webinar

Making the Most of Your EAB Research Partnership

You and your senior team are invited to join EAB for a 30-minute webinar that will help you unlock the full potential of your EAB research partnership across the year.
Roundtable

Case Studies of Universities Shifting to New Academic and Administrative Models

Increasing financial sustainability and operational efficiency are central to universities across the globe.
Roundtable

Embed Employability Across the Student Journey

One of the key reasons for criticism or debates around the value of higher education is a growing perception that university is no longer the best path to good jobs.

Research and Insights

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Infographic

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
Tool

Employer Demand Profiles

These profiles provide a snapshot of the employer demand in each region of the U.S., U.K., and Canada…
Strategic Advisory Services
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

Construction Kit for Faculty AI Resources

This toolkit for crafting a faculty AI resource repository includes three tools to engage faculty with AI in…
Strategic Advisory Services
Infographic

The difficult balancing act of being a department chair

This infographic helps department chairs understand their academic and administrative responsibilities and shares strategies to excel in leadership.
Deans Advisory Services
Infographic

What distinguishes high-ROI advancement shops?

Download the infographic today to learn which areas your institutions should focus on to improve your ROI.
Advancement Advisory Services
Insight Paper

The Great Opt-Out

This report examines different reasons for the great opt-out and identifies problems that enrollment leaders can realistically hope…
Enroll360
Research Report

Early AI Governance Trends at Colleges and Universities

We uncovered the first steps higher ed leaders are taking to approach AI governance and early wins from…
IT Strategy Advisory Services
Blog

Navigating the road ahead, together: 3 takeaways for university leaders

Explore insights from our discussions with senior higher education leaders at EAB's Financial Sustainability Roundtable in Amsterdam.
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog

Breaking down higher education's financial frontier

This blog unpacks key findings across EAB’s analysis of IPEDS data and university budgets for public, private, and…
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog

Revitalize your athletics portfolio in a tumultuous landscape

Learn how to adapt the academic review process to foster a continuous improvement mindset in athletics and revitalize…
Higher Education Strategy Blog