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Student Activism Resource Center

EAB has assembled custom studies, expert insights, infographics, and other resources to help your institution navigate the new wave of student activism. Click on the sections below to start exploring the resources.

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    Read up on activism trends and insights

     

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    Plan

    Construct an agile activism response blueprint

     

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    Engage

    Strengthen relationships with activists

     

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    Respond

    Respond to a campus flashpoint effectively

     

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Learn: Read up on activism trends and insights

Research Report

Addressing Free Speech and Student Activism on Campus

EAB outlines five recommendations to assist university leaders in their preparation for the 2024 election.
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Podcast

Are You Ready for More Campus Protests?

Experts discuss recent campus protests and offer tips to university leaders on how to prepare for more student…
Research Report

Evolving Challenges in Student Activism

This briefing is designed to help inform institutional leadership about the evolving challenges in student activism and provide…
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Infographic

Student Activism Across the Past 5 Years

Discover key trends in student activism, diving into data related to racial justice, politics, and COVID-19 response in…
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Blog

Race, education, and protest: How one president leads boldly

President Fayneese Miller of Hamline University discusses nurturing a campus that sees racial justice not as an overnight…
Higher Education Strategy Blog

Plan: Construct an agile activism response blueprint

Tool

Free Speech Policy Audit

This free speech policy audit outlines three steps to audit your higher ed institution's current policy and awareness-building…
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Tool

Free Speech Policy Compendium

This free speech policy compendium includes policy examples from public and private higher ed institutions.
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Plan: Construct an agile activism response blueprint

Roadmap

Manage Campus Climate Flashpoints

Learn how to manage campus climate flashpoints that cause heightened levels of activism, media and public scrutiny, and…
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Insight Paper

Get Ahead of Climate Flashpoints with Proactive Risk Identification

Audit current assessments or create mechanisms for consistent risk elevation across campus.
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Research Report

Addressing Campus Climate Flashpoints

Explore EAB's five recommendations to improve preparation and response for climate flashpoints.
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Research Report

Navigating the New Wave of Student Activism Study

Student affairs administrators can facilitate dialogues on tough issues with the greater student body by rethinking current engagement…
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Tool

Controversial Events Template

Controversial speakers and events are common flashpoints on campus. Manage the institutional response to these events with this…
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Tool

Flashpoint Tabletop Case Study Compendium

This flashpoint tabletop case study compendium is built to prepare your institution’s key decision-makers to respond to various…
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Engage and support: Build trust and strengthen relationships with student activists

Resource Center

Build and Maintain Trust with Student Activists

EAB identified three imperatives to help student affairs leaders build trust with student activists. This resource center will…
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Tool

How to harness the power of social media for effective climate crisis management

Use this toolkit to introduce enrollment managers, senior student affairs officers, and their teams to the concept of…
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Infographic

Engaging Today's Student Activists

The four moments in this infographic highlight opportunities for institutions to provide targeted guidance and support to students.
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Blog

How promoting institutional values strengthens campus climate

Statements that isolate university free speech values may disharmonize students who question if the institution values diversity and…
Student Success Blog

Respond: Respond to a campus flashpoint effectively

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Higher Education Crises and Flashpoints Resource Center

EAB has assembled custom tools, briefings, research reports, and other resources to help your institution better prepare for,…
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Tool

Campus Activism FAQ Builder

To help frontline staff answer difficult questions from external stakeholders, build a cheat sheet with key information and…
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Blog

A lesson from Starbucks: How to address campus flashpoints

Colleges and universities are not the only organizations that experience climate "flashpoints": Incidents around diversity and inclusion, sexual…
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Blog

What institutional leaders need to know about responding to campus flashpoints

To help you and you team respond to and prepare for campus flashpoints, we sat down with our…
Student Success Blog
Research Report

Campus Bias Response Briefing

Whether you are currently considering launching a team, or evaluating an existing team, uncover four key lessons learned…
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Research Report

Responding to Bias-Related Incidents on Campus

This executive briefing is designed to help inform senior leaders across campus to consider Bias Response Teams (BRTs)…
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