Experts discuss: Implications of the NACAC vote
This week, two of EAB’s foremost enrollment-management experts and a distinguished enrollment leader from one of our partner colleges met to discuss the recent changes to NACAC’s Code of Ethics and Professional Practices (CEPP). We shared the conversation with the broader enrollment community through a live webcast. Key issues covered in the conversation included: Whether…
What is Proactive Caseload Management and what does it mean for students?
During the first three years of my professional life, I taught middle school English Language Arts in Baltimore. The students I taught were talented, funny, and intellectually curious. Unfortunately, many of them were also behind academically. Getting into a good high school required them to study and perform well on the dreaded Maryland State Assessment,…
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MoreWhat we learned about the future of advising
At NACADA’s Annual Conference last week, our booth theme was Advising for the Future—a play on “Back to the Future” and an opportunity to go crazy with ’80s nostalgia like neon fanny packs, Ferris Bueller references, and a Pac-Man arcade machine. For me, the theme could have been “Back to NACADA.” This trip marked my…
Why many enrollment leaders struggle with “student-centric” adult learner program design
What do strategic enrollment planning and extreme sports have in common? More than you might think, according to Kevin Shriner, an expert on market research and adult learner program design at EAB and a former faculty member and associate dean of institutional research. Kevin has worked with faculty to develop over 200 graduate, online, and…
3 ways to align tenure criteria with your institutional strategy
The “what you measure matters” mentality sparks some ambivalence in academia to put it lightly. But in our current era of skepticism toward higher ed’s return on investment, being accountable often means being quantified—whether we like it or not. When it comes to tenure criteria however, the activities that get counted are often based on…
Forget the games—give students smartphone apps that will benefit them
A version of this article originally appeared on LinkedIn through our #100SuccessStories Campaign. Every Thursday, I spend an hour reading with Janae, a 4th grader at a local D.C. public school. As with many kids her age, it can be challenging to keep Janae focused on the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid for a full 60…
It matters who is teaching your 101 classes—and how
High failure rates in critical gateway courses are one of the biggest (and often under-prioritized) obstacles to student progress. It’s not just a matter of repeating one class—failing an essential introductory course can lead to student attrition or increase time-to-degree for hundreds or thousands of students at a single college or university. And while student…
Think your college has nothing to learn from Oxford’s “Blockchain University”?
While many institutions are assessing the viability of blockchain for accreditation and credential validation, one group used the buzz around this emerging technology to plant the seeds of a radically redesigned educational experience. With Woolf: A Borderless University, scholars from the University of Oxford in the UK are attempting to use digital technologies to scale…
Laziness is a myth: how to equip students to navigate the hidden curriculum
A version of this article originally appeared on LinkedIn through our #100SuccessStories Campaign. Social psychologist Devon Price’s article Laziness Does Not Exist is the article that I haven’t been able to stop revisiting, again and again. Price, who teaches psychology at the Loyola University of Chicago, observes that when a student doesn’t complete assignments on time, teachers…
