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Higher Ed’s Reckoning with Relevance: Preview of EAB’s State of the Sector
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Most strategic plans fail to set useful goals. Why these mistakes make it impossible to meet institutional objectives.
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Americans’ trust in higher ed has reached a new low. Here’s how to navigate the ongoing confidence crisis.
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Growing undergraduate online enrollment
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Going beyond program review: Utilizing converging data sources to strategically assess departments
This blog explores the use of cross-campus data to amplify department/program assessment, as part of the Rising Higher Ed Leaders Fellowship.
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Removing institutional barriers to student success
This project, part of the Rising Higher Ed Leaders Fellowship, explored the question “Does Missouri State University have institutional barriers to student success making it more difficult for students to progress?”
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4 key takeaways from an analysis of the U.K. IT labour market
To help U.K. higher ed leaders better understand the current IT labour market, we compared technology job postings in HE to all other sectors.
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Where higher ed leaders agree (and disagree) on the biggest barriers to DEIJ progress
Higher ed leaders overwhelmingly agree that an unclear vision is one of the biggest barriers to DEIJ progress. They disagree, however, about the most critical actions to invest in to drive progress on their campus. EAB's Institutional Strategy Index for DEIJ evaluates the current state of your institution's efforts against best practices and provides next steps to close gaps.
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How Carleton College’s CTO increased staff diversity in IT
Carleton College’s Chief Technology Officer, Janet Scannell, sat down with EAB’s IT Strategy Advisory Services to share her strategies for diversifying the IT workforce. These strategies helped IT backfill half of FY22’s eight vacancies with BIPOC candidates. Read on to see three strategies that have made Carleton successful in increasing staff diversity in IT.
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3 competencies that take a chief human resource officer from tactical to strategic
The last few years have uniquely burdened chief human resource officers, from the intensity of hiring and turnover to the scope creep caused by the pandemic – CHROs have more transactional responsibilities all while being increasingly relied upon by the cabinet for strategic partnership.
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Higher ed job descriptions can’t compete. Here’s how to fix them.
We identified three main ways higher ed job descriptions fall short compared to out-of-sector competitors.
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How flexible thinking and dynamic strategy can revitalize your institutional planning
In an operational context requiring greater agility, traditional methods for priority-setting and long-term planning fall short.
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