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The ever-persistent ROI question: What is my degree worth?

EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

Blogs The ever-persistent ROI question: What is my degree worth? As a small, private, liberal arts institution in Spartanburg, South Carolina, our resources are not infinite. Offices across campus collect what they need for reporting or assessment purposes, but there is no dashboard to share data or even answer what is being collected.

Higher education

Higher education Faculty Collaboration Leadership

3 reasons your colleagues don’t want to use data—and how to change their minds

EAB

APRIL 7, 2023

Your office spent weeks collecting data, building reports, and setting up a new dashboard for your colleagues. This blog post series will explore the question: Why doesn't my team use data? Over time, instances where datasets, dashboards, and predictive models miss the mark can lead to ambivalence and decrease confidence in data.

Communication

Communication Retention Inclusion Facilitation

5317, Discussion 3

The Advisor That Cares

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Salman Khan’s dashboard-style data would be valuable if applied to advising topics and discussions and allow feedback and clarity of the materials covered in micro-lecture formats (2011). I understand the value of having multiple formats and the freedom to choose delivery based on my learning preferences and needs.

Advising

Advising Instruction Communication Mentoring

Are you losing grad and adult enrollments at the last minute? Try these 4 strategies.

EAB

APRIL 24, 2023

Use deadline campaigns to drive deposits One of my favorite strategies to improve conversion from admit to enrollment is to offer multiple admissions deadlines for your programs. Our Adult Learner Recruitment partners have 24/7 access to our Insights Dashboard, where they can see how leads are converting at every stage of the funnel.

Financial aid

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 2

EAB

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

When I took my role at Utah Tech University, I worked closely with the President and the executive team to situate the executive director role at the appropriate level of influence within the organization, reporting directly to the President. Analysts may also specialize in particular tools.

Database

Database Compliance Facilitation Higher education

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

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

Retention

Retention Higher education Student success Equity

Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

While most of the commentary on the NAEP scores has been rightly focused on what needs to be done to help K-12 students catch up, my attention has been on what happens when these students reach college age. We need to prepare now for when this cohort begins entering college in four years.

Student success

Student success Success Placement Developmental education

Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

While most of the commentary on the NAEP scores has been rightly focused on what needs to be done to help K-12 students catch up, my attention has been on what happens when these students reach college age. We need to prepare now for when this cohort begins entering college in four years.

Student success

Student success Success Placement Developmental education

Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 12, 2023

A study published in Personnel Psychology found that in fields with few women, researchers were more likely to agree with the statement “men are often more suited than women to do high-level work in [my discipline].” Bringing that to light is critical.” While the grants give Rincon hope, she says she, too, knows that it will take more.

Grant

Grant Equity Mentoring Faculty

TSU’s Systematic Approach to Student Success

EAB

MAY 16, 2023

They also touch on the role of technology in identifying struggling students quickly and connecting those students with the right advisors and resources to get them back on track. My name is Joanie Garcia and my role here at EAB is serving as a strategic leader for our platform Navigate. So give these folks a listen and enjoy.

Student success

Student success Success Students Tutoring

Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Similarly, I have attended department meetings across the organization, from finance to human resources to facilities, to understand the challenges that they face. For these professionals to maximize their returns, however, they must have access to adequate data resources and systems that will allow them to perform these analyses.

Facilitation

Facilitation Compliance Literacy Higher education

The 4 most common barriers to higher ed data and analytics success

EAB

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In our survey, nearly half of respondents reported that their faculty and staff cannot easily access reliable data. “ __ on my campus cannot easily access reliable data.”. Often, an existing report or dashboard IR created to serve another purpose can provide unexpected insight into a question the Cabinet is wrestling with.

Success

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3 Tips to Streamline Community College Compliance Reporting

EAB

MAY 2, 2023

Northampton’s data leaders are also excited to empower their campus with self-service access to the data they need through customizable dashboards in a drag-and-drop workspace. Ready to find out more?

Compliance

Compliance Community college Leadership Facilitation

Improve your program review process with these 4 data tips

EAB

MAY 25, 2023

Here are some highlights from my conversation with Dr. Slimak, including his tips for other leaders embarking on program review and other large-scale data projects. I spent the first two years of my time at WVU working with the University Assessment Council, an advisory board I formed to help with this work.

Literacy

Literacy Faculty Communication Compliance

Our partners implemented strategic advising campaigns at 40 schools in 27 states. Here’s what we learned.

EAB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Improving retention of undecided freshman & sophomore football players A private university in the Midwest used Navigate’s Population Health Dashboard to narrow its focus to the 2022 Spring Freshmen and Sophomore students classified as undecided and playing on the football team. We recommend 30 to 75 students.

Advising

Advising Tutoring Student success Retention

Student Success Central

The ever-persistent ROI question: What is my degree worth?

3 reasons your colleagues don’t want to use data—and how to change their minds

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5317, Discussion 3

Are you losing grad and adult enrollments at the last minute? Try these 4 strategies.

Creating a data-informed campus: part 2

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

Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

TSU’s Systematic Approach to Student Success

Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

The 4 most common barriers to higher ed data and analytics success

3 Tips to Streamline Community College Compliance Reporting

Improve your program review process with these 4 data tips

Our partners implemented strategic advising campaigns at 40 schools in 27 states. Here’s what we learned.

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