EAB Research
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.
For comprehensive partners, find more resources in our terrain hubs
Research Curated for You
Click on each topic below to explore research studies, toolkits, and more.
Student Experience and Success
- Infographic: Meeting the Needs and Motivations of Working Professional Students infographic
- Executive Brief: Adapting Student Career Development for the Gen Z Era
- Infographic: 8 ways to court the cost-conscious international student
- Infographic: 5 ways to increase academic staff efficacy in student success
- Research Report: Total student experience: a holistic approach to addressing today’s student expectations
- Infographic: Navigating the Student Journey with an Experiential Course Map
- Tool: Enhance the Student Experience and Career Readiness with Course and Major Maps
- Infographic: Six Aspirations for Designing the Modern Student Experience
- Infographic: Five Components of Student Belonging
- Student Belonging Resource Centre
- Infographic: Barriers to Student Success and Attainment
- Infographic: Gen Z Student Personas
- Infographic: Four Tactics to Support First-in-Family Students
Campus Operations
- Executive Brief: Aligning Institutional Resource Allocation Models to Strategic Goals
- Tool: Cost Containment Playbook
- Infographic: Unlocking AI’s Potential in Higher Education
- Infographic: 10 Trends to Guide University Leaders in Growing Industry Partnerships
- Diagnostic: Cost, Efficiency, and Operations Self-Assessment
- Infographic: Campus 2030
- Resource: 3 ways to keep pace with growing sustainability strategies in higher ed
- Resource: Compendium of Sustainability Initiatives in Higher Education
- Study: Sustainability Action Plans for Colleges and Universities
- Roadmap: Boost Process Improvement Success by Starting with the Right Projects
- Resource: Shared Services Primer
- Cost Containment Resource Centre
Academic Portfolio Management
- Infographic: 14 Metrics for Adaptive Course Planning
- Launching an Online Education Programme? 5 Questions and Recommendations from EAB Experts
- Infographic: Designing an Online Education Strategy–and How EAB Can Help
- Research Report: MOOCs as a recruitment tool: the University of York’s approach to ‘try-before-you-buy’ courses
- Blog: Stem programme proliferation by actively managing your campus’ portfolio
- Tool: 38 Approaches to Maximize Instructional Productivity
- Infographic: Mistakes and Solutions in New Course Launches
- Study: Academic Vital Signs
Institutional Strategy
- Infographic: 10 Issues Facing University Leaders Across the Sector
- Executive Briefing: Dynamic Strategy
- Diagnostic: Dynamic Strategy Diagnostic
- Research Report: For digital transformation success, start with a digital strategy that advances the university mission
- Diagnostic: Digital Transformation Capabilities Assessment
- Infographic: Signals of Digital Transformation Success
- Infographic: Five Hidden Enemies to University Strategy
- Research Report: Explore new international opportunities and expand existing transnational collaborations
- Infographic: The Enrolment-Optimised University Strategy
- Executive Briefing: Five Threats of Silos
- Infographic: 3 Roadblocks to Setting Useful Goals in Strategic Planning
Strategic Talent Management
- Infographic: 6 Elements of an Inclusive Job Advertisment
- Employee Recruitment and Retention Resource Centre
- Tool: Higher Ed Job Description Checklist
- Partner Service: Remote Work Policy Audit
- White Paper: Guide to Behavioural-Based Interviewing
- Infographic: 105 Tactics to Improve Employee Engagement
- Infographic: The Business Case for Investing in Higher Education Talent (and Risks for Those Who Don’t)
- Executive Briefing: 5 Realities Reshaping Higher Education’s Competition for Talent
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
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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
Your Team
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Upcoming Events
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Roundtable
2025 EAB Roundtable for Senior University Leaders
Join EAB on 26-27 August at University of Queensland for a roundtable gathering of senior university leaders.
Roundtable
Autumn 2025 Roundtable for Senior Leaders
EAB invites you to an executive gathering on 5 - 6 November co-hosted at The University of Sheffield to discuss the latest challenges facing our sector.
Roundtable
Roundtable Recap: New Economics of International Student Research
Please join Senior Director Vashae Dixon to discuss EAB's new research on international student enrolment and support.
Past Events
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Roundtable
2025 Roundtable for Senior Advancement and Fundraising Leaders
We invite heads of advancement, fundraising, and alumni relations from higher education institutions across the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Europe to join EAB for an executive-level roundtable on 16 May in London.
Roundtable
2025 Campus Space Strategy Summit
The Campus Space Strategy Summit will focus on innovative strategies to optimise the built environment and ensure alignment with institutional strategic goals.
Roundtable
2025 AI Strategy Summit
The AI Strategy Summit will explore actionable strategies to integrate generative AI into the curriculum, foster campus-wide experimentation, establish robust AI governance, and evaluate your institution’s AI maturity.
Partner Services
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Partner Service
Enterprise Data Management Collaborative
EAB's Enterprise Data Management Collaborative develops and implements an enterprise-wide data strategy for higher ed institutions.
Partner Service
Achieve Your People and Workplace Culture Goals with Support of an EAB Presentation
Explore sample Partner Intensive topics focused on higher ed talent
Partner Service
AI Strategy Workshop for Higher Ed Cabinet Leaders
EAB's AI strategy workshop helps higher ed leaders craft a unique institutional AI strategy and navigate their most…
Research and Insights
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Interdisciplinary Program Starter Kit
The Interdisciplinary Program Starter Kit offers insights to help you achieve institutional and student-focused outcomes.
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
AI Applications in the New Frontier of Process Improvement
Learn how to surmount common process improvement roadblocks and maximize university efficiency with AI.
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
Process Improvement Primer
Use this resource to identify opportunities to rethink your institution's existing processes. We detail a five step process…
Strategic Advisory Services
Tool
Space Productivity Metrics Toolkit
This toolkit supports higher ed leaders in using data to optimize campus space productivity and utilization.
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
How Will Agentic AI Show Up in Higher Education?
This report defines agentic AI and explores how it will reshape AI applications in higher education.
Strategic Advisory Services
Infographic
How to shift your institution’s cost containment strategy from reactive to proactive
Explore short- and long-term cost containment strategies necessary for financial sustainability in three key areas.
Strategic Advisory Services
Research Report
The University of Auckland's Blueprint for Improving Administrative Efficiency
Transform your institution's administrative structure and streamline institutional processes with takeaways from the University of Auckland's model.
Strategic Advisory Services
Infographic
Understanding the revenues and costs of UK universities
Use this infographic to educate campus stakeholders on the importance of various revenue streams and containing growth across…
Professional and Academic Services Forum
Research Report
A Modern Anchor Institution in Action
Download this modern anchor institution case study to explore top external priorities for higher ed and four priority…
Strategic Advisory Services
Blogs
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Blog
Now is the time to rethink your multi-campus strategy
Learn why managing multiple campuses today requires far more than logistical coordination.
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
4 reasons your university should invest in a permanent process improvement team—and how to maximize its impact
Learn why dedicated process improvement teams are key to reducing inefficiencies and improving performance across campus.
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
'No net new': What stuck with university leaders at our Campus Space Summit
Read the blog for insights from our recent Campus Space Strategy Summit in London.
Higher Education Strategy Blog