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With new safeguards rule, cybersecurity programs become even more critical for higher ed

University Business

JULY 27, 2023

Federal regulators have enhanced their requirements that colleges and universities have a comprehensive cybersecurity program in place. If they don’t, they may be unable to participate in Title IV programs and award federal financial aid. Months later, the college received notice that the U.S.

Program Review

Program Review Department Of Education Department Guidance

Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university

EAB

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The cost of running a college spiked 5.2% At the same time, 28 states continued to fund higher education at lower levels than before the pandemic, and the average tuition discount rate at private colleges reached an all-time high of 56.2% from FY21 to FY22, a 10.1% increase since FY19.

University

University Higher Education Administration Technology

Better Conversations and Faster Decisions: Understanding Buyer Psychology

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Navigating the Crossroads of Tradition and Modern Market Dynamics Colleges and universities have a long history of helping students transform their lives. In our digital age, every click, every web page, and every program review matters in buyer psychology.

Higher Education

Higher Education Academia Program Review Institution

How I Reduced the DFW Rate

Today's Learner

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Reading Time: 5 minutes Sandy Keeter is a Professor in the Information Technology department at Seminole State College What is a DFW rate? The term “DFW rate” refers to the percentage of students in a course or program who receive a D or F, or who withdraw (W) from the course.

Retention

Retention Learning Experience Degree Program Review

Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as program review, data strategy, budget models, enrollment growth, and more. Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

Arts And Sciences

Arts And Sciences Provost Retention Deans

Navigating Privacy Controls with Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

EAB

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Blogs Navigating Privacy Controls with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) By Adnan Sosic Adnan Sosic serves as the Director of Marketing Analytics in EAB’s Agency team, focused on helping colleges and universities design audience centric and action oriented.edu content strategy. Ready to find out more?

Retention

Retention Empower Engineering Model

Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom

WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

For former Mesa Community College student, Sam McFadden, a two-week, full-time “wire harness bootcamp quite literally changed my life, and has put me in a position to be successful in my career, and complete my education. The microcredential should demonstrate without ambiguity the students’ skill in critical thinking/problem-solving.”.

Community College

Community College Retention Recruitment Provost

How to lead change when the change requires buying a new technology

EAB

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Blogs How to lead change when the change requires buying a new technology A step-by-step guide for change champions Leading change in any context is hard. These realities, paired with recent initiative fatigue, mean that any change that involves bringing in a new technology can feel impossible. Does the person have veto power?

Technology

Technology Leadership Program Review Faculty

Institutional Accreditation is in Dire Need of Change: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 144 With Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton And Guest Ralph Wolff

The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And with an increasingly high number of professional accrediting bodies now touching and impacting many colleges and universities, now is the time for higher ed leaders to strive to support and understand how accreditation can improve overall to strengthen post-secondary education even more.

Institution

Institution Model Faculty Higher Education

Regular and Substantive Interaction Update: Where Do We Go from Here?

WCET Frontiers

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The Department thought the discretion to be important “since a reasonable treatment of a course as “distance education” in one type of program that accrediting agencies oversee (e.g., information technology).”. appeared first on WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies.

Guidance

Guidance Department Policy Department Of Education

Department of Education Announces Steps to Make Better FAFSA® More Readily Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Earlier this week, the Biden-Harris administration announced new steps that will make it easier for colleges and universities to process records and allow for more time being spent to help students. Institutions currently undergoing program reviews can also request extensions. Cardona said that by Feb.

Department Of Education

Department Of Education Department Education Program Review

OPM and Third-Party Servicers Update; Your Turn to Inform the Department of Ed

WCET Frontiers

MARCH 14, 2023

Also, our previous research shows that the price at public institutions is often set by their boards without reflection on the cost to build and offer the program. If there is a change, colleges and universities will need time to transition to a new model. And watch for more updates from WCET and its State Authorization Network.

Department

Department Guidance Department Of Education Advise

3 Tips to Streamline Community College Compliance Reporting

EAB

MAY 2, 2023

Blogs 3 Tips to Streamline Community College Compliance Reporting How to save time and move your data strategy from disparate to deliberate Community College IR and IE offices spend weeks (if not months) each year on IPEDS and other compliance reports. This allows different sources of data to “speak” to each other.

Community College

Community College College Empower Leadership

What does a data management platform actually do?

EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

5 ways a data management platform can benefit your college To anyone who doesn’t work with raw data directly, data management might seem esoteric. Read one EAB partner’s advice on improving your program review process 4. These valid security concerns can prevent institutions from making needed technology upgrades.

Retention

Retention Department Achievement Program Review

4 reasons your team won’t use data—even if they want to

EAB

MAY 1, 2023

They lack a technology to help them make the most of their data, or they lack the time to learn how to use the latest technology they’ve acquired. Or they’ve clicked around in a new technology and realized that their office lacks the requisite skill to capitalize on all that it has to offer. Here’s what we learned.

Retention

Retention Technology Department Equity

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With new safeguards rule, cybersecurity programs become even more critical for higher ed

Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university

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Better Conversations and Faster Decisions: Understanding Buyer Psychology

How I Reduced the DFW Rate

Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

Navigating Privacy Controls with Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom

How to lead change when the change requires buying a new technology

Institutional Accreditation is in Dire Need of Change: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 144 With Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton And Guest Ralph Wolff

Regular and Substantive Interaction Update: Where Do We Go from Here?

Department of Education Announces Steps to Make Better FAFSA® More Readily Accessible

OPM and Third-Party Servicers Update; Your Turn to Inform the Department of Ed

3 Tips to Streamline Community College Compliance Reporting

What does a data management platform actually do?

4 reasons your team won’t use data—even if they want to

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