How are you prioritizing investments in your annual giving operation? Agenda Evaluating your core annual giving operations Donor retention Donor reactivation New donor acquisition Donor upgrades Building the pipeline Assessing the effectiveness of your annual giving vehicles Direct mail Phonathon E-solicitations Crowdfunding/Day of giving Personal solicitations Making smart investments in your annual giving operations Determining […]
Turnover is an inevitable part of contemporary admissions work, but not all of it is out of your hands. Proactive and ongoing training, management, and evaluation of your admissions staff can go a long way toward promoting employee retention, thereby cutting cost and increasing the overall productivity of your office. Join us for an online […]
Student success initiatives are often widespread, and they impact multiple areas of a single institution. However, campus administrators often don’t have enough program information to strategically allocate resources to the initiatives that create the most impact. This can lead to wasted resources and misaligned attention on programs that do not contribute to student success. Join […]
Gain the buy-in you need to improve the transfer credit process for your institution and potential transfer students. Agenda Brief Background on Case Studies Conducting a Self-Audit of Your Process What does your process look like? Who are the stakeholders involved? What data do you currently collect? What data do you need? Separating policy from […]
Supervising staff in residence life is challenging–there is often a trade-off between process-driven management decisions and time-intensive mentoring. Spending too much time on the former undermines staff motivation and satisfaction, while the latter may leave little room for other duties. When faced with staff attrition and stretched resources, is your residence life supervision strategy as […]
Implementing collaborative and team-based learning in large, diverse classes has proven to be an effective tool for improved student engagement and learning. The challenge is designing and facilitating your course to effectively identify students’ current knowledge and craft activities that promote a deeper understanding of the subject matter. Join us online to learn how to […]
International students studying in North America are often criticized for excessive plagiarism, with faculty wringing their hands in frustration. There are a number of legitimate reasons why students may be unable to properly cite sources in their writing. Faculty need to understand international students’ confusion, and institutions must support faculty with effective training and policy […]
The cost disease facing many institutions is made even more challenging in the arena of academic programs. The notion of “mission creep” continues to plague institutions already facing structural deficits, and many institutions are struggling to justify academic program realignment to faculty. What is needed is a metric-driven lens to view programs as promoting or […]
Your FERPA policies and procedures should be reviewed, updated, and communicated regularly to ensure compliance and to assist your campus in the event of a potential violation. Yet, managing this process and communicating updates effectively to the campus community can be overwhelming, especially when changes to the regulations occur. Join us online to help ensure […]
Help your students save on textbook costs by implementing open educational resources in your courses. Agenda 8 Steps to implementing Open Educational Resources Tasking your key stakeholders: Champions, chairs, faculty, and librarians Evaluating and selecting OER providers Managing course design and objectives Improving faculty adoption Exploring financial considerations Managing the student experience Measuring and assessing […]
Campuses continue to struggle with coordinating and solving campus-wide retention and enrollment challenges. Yet, the University of Tennessee used a problem-solving approach to pull together key partners to address an enrollment challenge. This approach worked so well that they have continued to meet to solve enrollment and retention challenges across campus, such as: Understanding why […]
Capital campaigns can be a source of excitement for the campus community, but can also be a source of questions, particularly from student organizations and leaders. How do campaign priorities get selected? Are tuition dollars being used to fund the campaign? Where is the campaign money coming from? Join us online to learn how the […]
Academic advising is an effective process to improve student success and completion. However, making the connection between advising and retention eludes many administrators who do not have the comprehensive data they need to demonstrate this connection. To comprehensively evaluate the success of academic advising, you must examine: Programmatic outcomes Student learning outcomes Return on investment […]
A strong and diversified alumni giving pipeline can increase your annual giving numbers and help your shop insulate itself from future fundraising downturns. One way to diversify your annual giving portfolio is to create an affinity-based giving circles program, which helps to alleviate donors’ doubts about unrestricted giving. Join us online to consider a new […]
Improve degree completion rates by redesigning your developmental courses. Agenda Introduction Why Austin Peay redesigned their developmental courses Why institutions are redesigning developmental courses in general Utilizing data to set goals and measure the success of your redesign Redesigning developmental courses using the Linked Workshop model Outline of the basic framework of the SLA/Linked Workshop […]
Do you have the clarity you need to update your Title IX grievance procedures? Agenda Grievance Procedures Decoded A checklist for the Dear Colleague Letter’s “musts,†“shoulds,†and “prohibitions†Interpreting the 2014 updates One size DOES NOT fit all Case Studies How does this impact your day-to-day? Institutional examples and application What Next? Action steps […]
Using Twitter to enhance student engagement and learning. Agenda Faculty best practices in building a Twitter presence Tweet frequency, timing, and content Build your personal learning network Twitter tools Preparing your course Student accounts Informing students on privacy and safety Creating course lists Facilitating peer communication In-class strategies Out of class uses Increasing student-faculty engagement […]
Learn strategies for better targeting your student recruitment efforts and maximizing ROI. Agenda Managing your enrollment funnel Data collection Technology and touch points Defining student success at your institution Pinpointing your market (demographic, geographic, academic) Leveraging available recruitment resources Budgetary Institutional community Targeting your recruitment investment Specifying your message Personalizing contact with potential students Keys […]
Learn techniques for designing your online courses to promote adult student engagement. Agenda Defining trends in adult learning Setting engagement goals through learning objectives Building relevant activities and assignments Leveraging work experience Experiential learning Scaffolding depth of content Designing peer engagement and communication Building interactive discussions Choosing web 2.0 tools Engaging through faculty interaction Appropriately […]
Facilitating successful online courses can be major time drains for instructors if not approached correctly. As the number of online courses that each faculty member is asked to facilitate increases, effectively managing and maintaining course quality becomes difficult. Utilizing best practices for the design, management, and facilitation of online courses will improve instructors’ capacity to […]
