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EAB provides in-depth research and services for community and technical college leaders to meet their most pressing challenges. We’ve surfaced best practices to help support your enrollment goals, DEIJ efforts, and student success initiatives.

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Featured Resource

Strategic Goals Impact Assessment for Community Colleges

As the higher ed market becomes increasingly volatile, it is imperative that community colleges develop and implement impactful strategy that advances institutional success and sustainability. In response to EAB partners’ desire to create transformational strategy, the Community College Executive Forum has developed a Strategic Goals Review, which assesses partners’ top-line strategic goals.

Upcoming

Roundtable

Higher Ed State of the Sector for Community Colleges: The Fight to be Chosen

In this roundtable, we share insights from EAB’s latest research on the community college sector, as well as key opportunities for these critical institutions to redefine and articulate a value proposition that speaks directly to the needs of current and future stakeholders. These sessions are best suited for community college presidents and members of their cabinet.

September 13, 2022

Past

Conquering the Enrollment Challenges of Rural Community Colleges

With rural community college enrollment down nationwide and the number of college-going high school graduates expected to decline in coming years, the need to enroll, retain, and graduate more students has never been greater.

How IT Leaders are Adapting to Remote Work: A Conversation with Peers

In several recent roundtable discussions convened for higher education CIOs, we asked IT leaders to tell us how they are addressing workplace trends and post-pandemic institutional needs.

Partner Services

Personalized audits and diagnostics

Strategic Goals Impact Assessment for Community Colleges

Virtual Student Services Website Audit

Colleges and universities had no choice but to quickly adopt virtual operations during the pandemic. Participate in EAB’s Student Services Virtual User Experience Audit to adapt the virtual experience for student services for the post-pandemic era.

Remote Work Policy Audit

Use the remote work policy audit to compare your institution’s policy to best practices across a wide spectrum of employers and data-driven research, and receive concrete suggestions to improve your policy that are specifically tailored to higher education.

360-Degree Student Equity Audit

Use our 360-Degree Student Equity Audit to keep equity at the center of your COVID-19 response and recovery plans to help build a more equitable future.

Web and Mobile Presence Audit

In response to community colleges’ growing interest in optimizing their online presence, the Community College Executive Forum has developed Web and Mobile Presence Audits that evaluate partners’ unit websites and program landing pages. View a sample audit to learn how we can help improve your website’s usability, content, and mobile optimization.

Customized presentations

In partnership with Strategic Leaders, EAB’s Research Advisory Services experts work actively with partners to find best practices that suit your institution, and to help you make sound decisions that attract institutional support. We can bring our research to your team, for a single focused session or multiple sessions adapted to different audiences.

If you are interested in having EAB experts present to a group on your campus or facilitate a discussion, we recommend reaching out to your Strategic Leader at least a month or two before a virtual session. For some especially popular times of year (e.g., the start of the semester, around spring and fall board retreats) we recommend reaching out three months in advance, or as early as you can.

Advising

Overcome Entrenched Org Structures and Outdated Advising Policies
Advising and Population Health

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice

Introduction to the Hallmarks of an Antiracist Institution
Creating a Shared Understanding of Institutional Racism
Uprooting Systemic Racism at Your Institution
Confronting Your Historical Racial Legacy: How to Get Buy-in, Mitigate Risk, and Avoid Change Management Barriers*

*New in 2022.

Enrollment

Strategies to Enroll the Next Generation of Students
Blueprint for Growth: Opportunities and Challenges for Community and Technical College Recruitment

Guided Pathways

Achieving Pathways Goals with Student Centered Design
Meta-Major Map Design Workshop

Leadership Training

Resilient Leadership

State of the Union

State of the Union: Imperatives for the Post-Vaccine Institution

Strategy

Overcoming Hidden Enemies to Strategy
Future Visioning*
Change Management*

*New in 2022.

Student Success

Closing the Part-Time Student Success Gap

The DEIJ Resource Center

Discover a curated list of resources from EAB experts to guide your diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice initiatives on campus.

The Industry Future Series: Exploring the Next Era of Professional Programming

Discover resources that will help colleges and universities understand the most impactful ways to adjust academic programming to keep pace with technological advancements in the Digital Revolution.

Mental Health Resource Center

Create a campus-wide culture of well-being and meet the escalating demand for mental health support using EAB best practice research and tools.

Streamline Onboarding and Promote First Year Student Success

Despite efforts to improve customer service and create more welcoming environments, community colleges still require students to navigate complex processes and policies when it comes to admissions and onboarding. Follow the steps in this Roadmap to facilitate the onboarding process and ensure continued student retention through the first year.

Strategic Cabinet Resource Center

To rise to the oncoming challenges facing community colleges, presidents have expressed a surprising need: an empowered cabinet that helps lead strategic change. Explore the Strategic Cabinet Resource Center for insights and tools that will help cabinet members develop strategic thinking skills and lead change.

Design Student-Centered Guided Pathways to Achieve Strategic Goals

Guided Pathways was developed as a solution to stagnant completion rates, but implementation of this model varies widely. Use this roadmap to launch or improve upon your Guided Pathways efforts.

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