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Community College Resource Hub
EAB provides in-depth research and services for community and technical college leaders to meet their most pressing challenges. Explore the Community College Resource Hub for the tools and insights to make progress against enrollment goals, DEIJ efforts, student success initiatives, and more.
Connect With Our Experts
EAB 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.
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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- Overcome Entrenched Org Structures and Outdated Advising Policies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
Enrollment
- The Three Enrollment Forces of Today
- Strategies to Enroll the Next Generation of Students
- Blueprint for Growth: Opportunities and Challenges for Community and Technical College Recruitment
Guided Pathways
- Meta-Major Map Design Workshop
Leadership Training
- Hidden Enemies to Strategy: Five Mindsets to Defeat Incrementalism
- Compassionate Leadership Seminar
- Resilient Leadership
People and Workplace Culture
- Competing for Talent: Securing Competitive Advantage Amid Historic Staffing Shortages
- How Deans Can Help Combat Burnout and Support Faculty Well-Being
- Introduction to Employee Value Proposition
- Crafting an Employee Value Proposition Workshop
State of the Union
- State of the Sector: Reckoning with Relevance
Strategy
- Strategic Differentiation Workshop
- Overcoming Hidden Enemies to Strategy
- Future Visioning
- Leading Transformative Change Initiatives Objectives
Student Success
- Designing Programs for Returning Stop-Outs
- Closing the Part-Time Student Success Gap
Upcoming Events
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Webinar
Preparing Students for the Future of Work
Every day brings new headlines about how workplaces are using AI, from eliminating roles entirely as they attempt to replace human workers with automation, to expecting employees to use a range of AI tools to become more productive in their daily tasks.
Roundtable
Unpacking the Crisis of Confidence in Higher Education
Higher education institutions are facing no shortage of challenges, ranging from post-election polarization and culture wars to growing skepticism about higher ed's relevance.
Roundtable
Reclaiming the Narrative
In today's rapidly shifting educational landscape, the importance of community colleges cannot be overstated.
Past Events
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Roundtable
2025 EAB Community College Roundtable
Join us on July 30-31 in D.C. for our signature in-person roundtable for community college presidents and senior vice presidents.
On-Demand Webinar
Key Takeaways from EAB’s Presidential Experience Lab at OpenAI
In early June, EAB had the privilege of co-hosting our annual Presidential Experience Lab—this year in partnership with OpenAI, a global leader in artificial intelligence research and development.
Roundtable
Momentum in Adversity: Strategies for Staying Aligned with Your Vision
In moments of uncertainty (or crisis), institutional leaders bear the responsibility of shepherding their enormous flock of students, staff, and faculty to a place of stability and safety.
Partner Services
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Partner Service
Resilient Future Planning for Cabinets
EAB's facilitated workshops help institutions navigate critical uncertainties in the federal policy landscape.
Partner Service
Financial Performance Collaborative for Provosts
EAB’s Financial Performance Collaborative will help you safeguard future spending or fund emerging priorities through resource allocation savings.
Partner Service
Enrollment Analytics Portfolio for Higher Ed
Research and Insights
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Research Report
Capturing Alternative Revenues
This report examines lessons and tactics for increasing nontraditional revenue.
Strategic Advisory Services
Tool
Policy Status Index
Stay informed about the latest changes to federal policy that will affect higher education.
Strategic Advisory Services
Tool
Federal Policy Digests
EAB's federal policy digests provide a comprehensive overview of recent developments, highlighting key policy changes and their possible…
Strategic Advisory Services
Insight Paper
Case Studies: AI-Powered Data Management in Higher Ed
Generative AI has sparked widespread interest across industries. But in higher education, its adoption has been cautious. As…
Edify
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
Video
How Gateway Technical College Built an Agile Data Warehouse with Edify
Learn how Edify is an essential part of Gateway Technical College’s data management. Thanks to EAB, Gateway’s data…
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
Blogs
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Blog
OBBB passed, but key federal decisions for community colleges are still ahead
Read the blog for an outline of what has already changed for two-year institutions and their students, and…
Community College Blog
Blog
Why are more higher education leaders interested in public-private partnerships?
Discover three trends in public-private partnerships and promising P3 case studies from colleges and universities.
Higher Education Strategy Blog
Blog
3 strategies for leading your university through unprecedented change
Read this blog for strategies that help higher education leaders navigate institutional change and translate challenges into growth…
Higher Education Strategy Blog