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Are you prepared to recruit ‘Gen P’?

Here are three key insights for enrollment leaders about recruiting this new generation of students.
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The top 5 ways prospective graduate and adult learners are finding your programs

Our Adult Learner Recruitment team recently surveyed more than 3,800 graduate and adult learners to learn more about…
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30 Student success priorities for the 2020s

This blog explores three major trends in student success and outlines 30 student success priorities for the 2020s.
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Most strategic plans fail to set useful goals. Why these mistakes make it impossible to meet institutional objectives.

This blog outlines the importance of clear strategic goals and identifies three most common failure paths for strategic…
Higher Education Strategy Blog

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    How academic units can show alignment with and measure progress towards university goals

    This blog explores how one of EAB's rising higher education leaders fellows created a strategic plan data model. This model was used to evaluate goal progression and produce succinct reports showing CCI’s alignment with university goals.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Fiscal literacy for department chairs

    While management of financial resources is one of their top responsibilities, often department chairs who are charged with stewardship of a significant portion of the university’s resources are provided the least amount of training to do so.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Cross-departmental collaboration for innovation and impact

    Persistent year-over-year declines in federal funding has forced a fundamental change in activity. In the current era of big bets, institutions have shifted to competing for outcomes-focused funding directed to large-scale collaborative research projects with a clear social benefit. Modern students are also seeking the type of societal impact that spans disciplines.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Building a department chairs’ academy–no longer a forgotten chair

    An academic department chair is a significant member of the university’s leadership. They serve as the academic leader for the department and are tasked with advancing and supporting the department’s mission while providing strategic direction for the faculty, staff and students within the department. But how do faculty members, who are well trained in their disciplines, teaching, research, and service navigate their way to managing budgets, providing administrative oversight, scheduling classes, and managing conflict?

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    Academic program stewardship

    As institutions look to create new programs and/or enhance existing programs -it is important to ensure that all efforts are aligned with the overarching mission and direction of the institution. Rankings and other discipline-specific reputational markers also influence the creation of new programs.

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  • Enrollment Blog

    Tips for yielding first-generation and lower-income students

    In this era of expanded test-optional policies, college application behaviors are more varied, making deposit decisions even less predictable for enrollment leaders. Students who graduated high school in 2021, especially first-generation and lower-income students, enrolled in college at a much lower rate than previous years. So, to increase your yield rate this year, it will be critical to address the unique needs of underserved students.

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  • K-12 District Leadership Blog

    3 cognitive biases that can derail strategy work at independent schools

    Pulling from cognitive psychology, EAB researchers point to some specific cognitive biases that hamper strategy work at independent schools and how to overcome them.

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  • Adult Education Blog

    Why you should be ramping up your graduate and adult growth strategy now-and how to do it successfully

    From my recent conversations with institutional leaders, it’s clear that many are grappling with tough questions about their graduate and adult enrollment strategy.

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  • Higher Education Strategy Blog

    10 higher ed podcasts to stream in 2022

    From big picture analysis of the evolving higher ed landscape to practical advice on avoiding burnout, we've got a podcast recommendation for everyone in your office.

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