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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university. From 2018 to 2023, Latinx staff representation increased from 33% to 38%, and administrator representation increased from 17% to 25%, respectively. “We Edward’s University St.

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Legacy Admissions

Great College Advice

Legacy admissions is a policy that grants preferences to the children of alumni. The policy has been particularly important in the Ivy League and other elite, private schools. At these private, elite universities, alumni represent a huge chunk of the donors who regularly and generously give to the college.

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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With enrollment hovering at 13,885 as of fall 2023, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) is the largest historically Black university in the country. It involves seven state-supported universities and one private university, including UNC Chapel Hill, NC State, and Duke.

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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

EAB

Don’t stop engaging prospects During the pandemic and past disruptions, those partner institutions who chose to limit outreach to alumni/ae have consistently reported to EAB that they ultimately felt these decisions were mistakes due to the relationship-building time they lost as a result.

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Presidential Evaluations: How University Boards Strengthen Oversight: Structured evaluations strengthen governance, accountability, and institutional success

The Change Leader, Inc.

For example, from the WSCUC 2023 standards, CFR 3.7 How Boards Can Engage Stakeholders to Improve University Leadership Oversight Board independence doesnt mean isolation. Engaging stakeholdersfaculty, students, alumni, and the communitycan provide valuable perspectives that enhance board decision-making.

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3 Questions for Sue Lorenson, Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education at Georgetown

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I registered folx for Alumni Weekend. My younger son studies engineering at a large public university; I’m a dean for liberal arts education at a midsize private university. His experiences, and those of his friends, remind me of the blessings and limitations of elite private education. I was an RA.

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Building awareness of your law program is more important than ever

EAB

Sycamore University* , a large public university in the Mid-Atlantic, fell victim to this trend as they saw a decrease in their law school enrollments. For years, their enrollment team relied primarily on word-of-mouth marketing from their young alumni to source new leads for their law program. Here’s what they shared.