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Student Experience and Well-being Resource Center
Retention and graduation remain among college and university leaders’ most important priorities. At the same time, today’s institutions are also struggling to tackle growing student disengagement and anxiety, integrate career preparation throughout the student experience, and embed proactive mental health support across campus. To help higher ed leaders with these goals, the Student Experience and Well-being Resource Center gathers our best practices and insights.
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If you’re just beginning to explore EAB’s student success best practices, start with EAB’s Student Success Strategy Playbook for an introduction to our framework.
Once you’re ready to dive deeper into student success best practices, explore our resources across five areas of expertise.
Retention and Advising
Admission is just the first step in a college student's journey. Without a focused effort on retention, students may get lost in the shuffle and never make it to graduation. Browse our resources for tactics to guide students through their time on campus and connect them with the right support resources.
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Eliminate Administrative and Financial Barriers to Success
While most academic leaders think of advising, academics, or student affairs when thinking about student success, the administrative…
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Develop a Student-Centered Academic Advising Model
Learn how advisors can use population health management and coordinated care to prioritize their time toward students with…
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Promote Teaching and Learning Strategies that Increase Course Completion
Large required courses with failure rates as high as 30-60% can create retention and time-to-degree issues for hundreds…
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Enhance First Year Onboarding and Success at Community Colleges
Despite efforts to improve customer service and create more welcoming environments, community colleges still require students to navigate…
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Experiential Learning and Career Outcomes
Today's students want experiences inside and outside the classroom that help them succeed in the job market. To prepare students for life after graduation, higher ed leaders need to embed sought-after skills into curricula and make it easy for students to access career development opportunities on campus and in the broader community.
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Scale Experiential Learning and Career Development
Today’s universities are under increasing public pressure to provide career preparation and support economic mobility. Learn how to…
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Student Mental Health and Well-being
Mental health has been a growing concern for the past few years, and it has become critical—and expected—for higher education institutions to provide robust mental health support. Colleges should examine how to better support not only the mental health, but the holistic well-being, of their students.
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How to Better Engage Faculty in Student Mental Health and Well-Being Support
Our report shares five strategies to boost faculty engagement in student mental health support.
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Expand Services to Address Financial Insecurity on Campus
Financially insecure students cannot succeed academically or holistically. This roadmap details how to invest in this crucial priority…
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Address Student Basic Needs: Food and Housing Insecurity
Students can’t be expected to achieve academic success or personal wellness until their basic needs are met. Use…
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Student Belonging and DEIJ
College student populations are more diverse than ever before, and institutions must foster an environment that makes the college experience as welcoming as possible for all students. Explore our resource center and roadmaps for guidance on how to meaningfully improve inclusivity and belongingness on campus.
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Student Belonging Resource Center
Use this resource center to find research and best practices that will help campus leaders understand and improve…
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Improve Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Learn best practices to solve the persistent problem of demographic disparities by evaluating policies to improve student equity…
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Supporting First-Generation College Students
Learn how your institution can improve outcomes for first-generation college students, a group that typically must overcome a…
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Student Activism and Flashpoints
Every institution will experience student activism and flashpoints at one point or another. To protect campus climate, enrollment, and reputation, higher ed leaders need to support student activists and be prepared with a plan to address flashpoints appropriately when they inevitably occur.
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Student Activism Resource Center
From studies to on-demand webconferences and toolkits, peruse all of our student activism resources in one convenient hub.
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