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The Essential Five-Step Recipe for Process Improvement
An institution’s work processes are its means of production. They determine how people operate. Simplifying and standardizing those processes can create efficiency, free up capacity, and even unlock opportunities to scale. Many formalized process improvement methodologies compete for attention, but you don’t have to decipher all the buzzwords. Regardless of which approach you adopt,…
Alternative Revenues in Higher Education
Due to increasing costs and flat or decreasing tuition revenues, members are seeking any and all nontraditional revenue opportunities—and many have been successful. Colleges and universities across the country have found ways to meaningful supplemental core revenue. While not every idea is suitable for every institution, there are a host of strategies for business leaders…
Account for market uncertainty in new program launches
Despite rigorous market demand evaluation, some program launches will not work out as planned. Two factors make hitting enrollment targets particularly difficult: 1. Market demand is inherently uncertain. Even with sophisticated data analyses, it is impossible to precisely anticipate student or competitor behavior. The best enrollment projections are still estimates, and estimates are prone to…
Stem program proliferation by actively managing your campus' portfolio
To remain financially sustainable alongside ever-present cost and enrollment pressures, colleges and universities must better manage a balanced program portfolio that advances the institutional mission, responds to market demands, and contributes to the bottom line. To this end, campus leaders are already beginning to think more critically about the programs that they launch, knowing that…
How one university centralized BI talent to achieve maximum strategic impact
Administrative and academic leaders alike want to make better decisions based on high quality, actionable data. But while many institutions are making significant technology investments to improve data quality these investments are useless without staff who can access and analyze this data and communicate trends to leaders. Related infographic 10 analyses to kickstart your BI…
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MoreState of the Union: Redefining Leadership in the Face of Market and Mission Shifts
About the Webconference This presentation, a summary of EAB’s most recent “State of the Union” address, is designed for leaders on both the academic and administrative sides of the institution to understand key trends shaping higher education in 2018. The presentation will feature insights into new student markets, including online, international, master’s, and degree completers.…
A Roadmap for Continuous Process Improvement
About the Webconference From prioritizing highest-payoff opportunities for profess redesign to considering longer-term investments in process reengineering capabilities, the Business Affairs Forum will present best-practices for building toward a continuous improvement mindset on campus. EAB brings implementation-ready advice and tactics from institutions with successful process improvement initiatives, including the University of Memphis, the University of…
2020 Business Affairs Forum National Meeting
Join us at a 2020 National Meeting Colleges and universities are facing unprecedented financial pressures while higher education itself is confronting substantial change—demographic shifts, declining middle class finances, and increased competition. These changes have started to erode the fiscal health of institutions across the industry. The Business Affairs Forum helps finance and administrative executives answer…