EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

Blogs What universities should do now in the uncertain OPM landscape Recent releases from the Department of Education have put Online Program Managers (OPMs) front and center of the news cycle. Headlines about student debt and poor student outcomes have prompted federal attention.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Blogs Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university Higher ed's budget woes are becoming harder to ignore. The number of prospective students will continue to drop after that, permanently falling another 21% by 2100, despite a slight bump in the 2030s. The cost of running a college spiked 5.2% from FY21 to FY22, a 10.1%

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Today WCET Frontiers welcomes Kelly Otter, Dean of the School of Continuing Studies at Georgetown University, to discuss the University’s program to assist refugees in the Middle East. Thank you to Kelly for sharing this great work! Enjoy the read, Lindsey Downs, WCET. Begin with On-Site English Courses.

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EAB

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Rather than moving from high school to college, students are finding different avenues to create a career without acquiring large student debt. As university leaders contend with changing the narrative around the value of higher education, they must also deal with their very real financial needs as well.

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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. Prospective students now approach higher education opportunities with the savvy and skepticism of seasoned buyers.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 15, 2023

Institutional accreditation is a quality assurance process that provides colleges and universities access to critical resources once attained: federal financial aid, the ability to transfer and accept student transcripts and credits, and the increased likelihood of degree acceptance from employers and other higher ed institutions.

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Continuous Learning Institute

MAY 15, 2022

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn why classified professionals play a critical role in student success and college operations. We are the ones speaking with students on a day-to-day basis, and we have the information to be able to support student success." This is about how do we collectively support students. AB1725 - 10+1.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Image: Utica University’s president on Jan. A member of the provost-appointed Academic Program Review Taskforce, which created the report, said the members expected the report was going to become public. As of fall 2021, the university had about 2,990 undergraduates and 1,260 graduate students. She said 4.4

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: The Education Department is planning to use undercover agents—known as “secret shoppers”—to monitor colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid for potentially deceptive practices. The Office of Federal Student Aid has not used secret shoppers before.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 7, 2024

On this episode from the Weekly Wisdom podcast series, we spoke Dr. Charles Welch , President and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). I had been president of the student body in high school, and then I became president of the student body at the University of Arkansas.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Amidst uncertainty, it’s also critical to be able to show senior university leaders ROI numbers for all Advancement investments, including engagement activities. A large private university reported to EAB that their donor counts in FY’20 had been closely tracking their 2019 numbers. See an example from the University of Memphis here.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Reading Time: 9 minutes As social media evolves, how students, parents, and the community communicate and share feedback about educational experiences is also changing. This year, for example, we will see a growing reliance on social media platforms for customer service and as valuable sources for school and program reviews.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 20, 2023

This cemented in place the perception that individual economic gain took precedence over the perception that higher education was for the public good and turned students into consumers. This shifting of the burden of a college education to students has resulted in them taking out loans to pay for their tuition and expenses.

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EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

What benefits do staff, faculty, and students gain from better data management? Edify serves as a data hub for all of the systems that higher ed already uses, from enrollment and fundraising CRMs to student success platforms. Read one EAB partner’s advice on improving your program review process 4.

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Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

And no wonder—in 1990, state-per-student funding was almost 140% more than that of the federal government. But in the last two decades, the gap between state and federal funding narrowed, with state funding per student only 12% above federal levels in 2015. housing, university bookstores, etc.) Trying to increase giving?

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

“The limitations that we’re going to have on us as faculty to make important decisions, and to really shape the institution as it develops into the future, will profoundly influence the student experience.” ” Faculty members, Neilson continued, “are on the ground.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Institutions and training providers use microcredentials to adapt to a number of trends such as decreasing student enrollment and workforce degree requirements and increasing acceptance of online learning, employer demand for skills training, and public demand for greater return on educational investment (Higher Learning Commission, 2022). “One

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Dr. Missy Alexander

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As Provost, I’ve expanded my focus from the assessment of programs to the assessment of general education, the development and assessment of university outcomes, and the appropriate measures of our academic success programs. Still, there are some things that students must know. It is assessment all day every day.

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EAB

MAY 2, 2023

El Camino College (ECC) used Edify , EAB’s data and analytics solution, to combine and standardize data from their LMS (Canvas) and SIS (Colleague) into a unified student record. Having a single source of truth for student data has empowered campus decision-makers to be more strategic in the way they support their students.

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EAB

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The good news is that it’s possible—and often the right move for today’s colleges and universities. groan, but they point to an underlining need for newer and better technologies to scale our efforts and provide a modern student experience. But if you demonstrate that it helps students succeed, maybe I’ll give it a try.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Assessing online courses—OSCQR rubric August 9, 2023 George Rus Assistant Dean for Online Education, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB. Interested in the Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship?

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 14, 2023

We hope that you will take one or more of the opportunities described below to ask questions, share the impacts on students, and generally apprise the Department of practical information about the use of OPM’s and Third-Party Servicers at your institution. This provides students more choice. The sessions were open for public viewing.

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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.

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EAB

MAY 1, 2023

If you hear: What does your report mean when it says "student"? You might say: In the data dictionary, we defined ‘student’ as, “anyone enrolled in coursework, after census, in the Fall of this year.” This investment paid off with nearly 3,500 students re-enrolled over a 4-year period. Here’s what we learned.

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WCET Frontiers

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

What this means is that institutions offering more than 50 percent of their total course offerings via correspondence education or enrolling more than 50 percent of their students in correspondence courses are not eligible to participate in Title IV financial aid programs. Last year, we wrote about our analysis of the U.S.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 5, 2023

EQUIS is a rigorous and comprehensive accreditation system that assesses the quality of an institution's management education, including its programs, faculty, research, and operations. It has been awarded EQUIS Accreditation multiple times, recognizing its commitment to excellence in management education.

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Creatrix Campus

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Ministry of Education (MOE) advises universities to apply for institutional and program accreditation through the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (NCAAA), an independent organization that answers directly to the Council of Higher Education. There is a greater emphasis on value education everywhere.

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