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Experiential Major Maps Collaborative

EAB’s Collaborative will help you scale the experience of your most engaged students through structured pathways available to all.

Students often struggle to navigate siloed academic, cocurricular, and career development opportunities on campus. College and university leaders, faculty, and academic and career advisers can guide students in their decision-making by clearly articulating how these opportunities fit together.

To promote a cohesive, well-rounded educational experience, institutions can create experiential major maps that help students make informed coursework decisions, encourage integration of complementary activities, and drive engagement throughout the pathway to degree.

Challenges to making progress

  1. Institutions struggle to communicate their role in workforce and economic development to employers and public officials
  2. Students rarely connect learning to the broader skills and experiences they need to thrive in careers and communities
  3. Students are arriving on campus less academically and socially prepared to find or leverage opportunities and services outside of the classroom

A four-year academic plan looks like a list of hurdles, but the four-year maps feel more like an experience.

VP of Strategic Planning and Initiatives

About the collaborative

EAB’s Experiential Major Maps Collaborative is geared toward public and private regional comprehensive institutions and will help you develop and embed experiential major maps that illustrate academic, co-curricular, and career preparation pathways across your institution’s departments and programs.

Through EAB’s new collaborative experience you will:

  • Help students explore majors, identify skills, gain hands-on experience, and create success pathways from classroom to career
  • Promote your institution’s majors and programs through a holistic lens
  • Identify pilot team roles and responsibilities; and create a template and project implementation plan
  • Expand your skills and capacity with 1:1 expert coaching and project management support

Successfully implement experiential major maps in your institution through four expert-led workshops

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    1. Why Your Institution Needs Major Maps

    January 27, 2027 | 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET

     

    Sample activities:

    • Differentiate major maps from traditional degree plans
    • Articulate the value of major maps for diverse campus constituents—students, advisors, faculty, and staff
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    2. Cultivate Your Major Maps Strategy

    February 17, 2027 | 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET

     

    Sample activities:

    • Create project plan, process, and timeline
    • Name college and cross-campus stakeholders
    • Diagnose common obstacles and identify solutions
    • Customize EAB’s major map template
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    3. Hallmarks of Effective and Impactful Major Maps

    March 10, 2027 | 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET

     

    Sample activities:

    • Inventory characteristics of successful maps
    • Identify KPIs and qualitative metrics to assess the usage and impact of major maps
    • Create an annual review and update plan
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    4. Learn From the Experts and Share Next Steps

    April 7, 2027 | 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET

     

    Sample activities:

    • Panelists from fellow research institutions answer your questions about implementation, design, and engagement
    • Share your progress and get live feedback from fellow participants
    • Troubleshoot challenges and celebrate successes

How to Participate

Using the form below, please nominate two academic leaders to participate in the Collaborative:

  1. One Executive Sponsor (ES): This person will offer leadership-level support and advice to the Implementation Leader as they lead the charge to implement major maps in the college. Required role: Provost or equivalent
  2. Two Implementation Leaders (ILs): These team members will participate in the collaborative on your college’s behalf. To benefit most from this experience, the Implementation Leaders are expected to come to each synchronous session of the collaborative and complete 30-60 minutes of work between each session. Required roles:
    • One Cross-institutional lead (e.g., AVP, VP for Student Success, Director of Career Services, or equivalent) to serve as project lead, and guide implementation with an eye toward institutional scale.
    • One School-based lead (e.g., Dean, Associate Dean, or equivalent) to apply the curriculum in practice, serving as a test case and champion.

We strongly encourage Executive Sponsors to attend the first session, which sets the goals, priorities, and decision framework that will guide the institution’s subsequent work. Implementation Leaders should plan to participate throughout the four-session Collaborative.

If you are not yet a partner, learn more about Strategic Advisory Services.