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 to help students become better writers. Join us to learn important considerations for how international students attribute authorship differently as well as how to implement a proper training program at your institution. While the focus of this program is to support international students, the fundamentals of proper citation in writing can be applied to all student populations.
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 detracting from academic mission and overall competitive position. Join us for a webcast that will provide your institution with the keys to developing academic program cost and demand metrics. These metrics can help your institution control cost and subsequently improve mission quality and reputation among peer institutions.
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 your FERPA documentation and practices are sound. You will leave with ideas for seven focus areas for your audit, as well as the key questions to ask within each area. Near the end of the training, we will review sample documents in use on some campuses and offer tips on how to improve them.
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 model for growing and retaining your alumni donors. You will be introduced to Illinois Wesleyan University’s “giving circles” model, which upon its launch saw a 300% increase in participation and converted 15% of participants from young alumni non-donors. Along with a comprehensive program overview, you will learn tactics for: Selecting and training program “influencers” Integrating the program into your current efforts Building buy-in for the program Monitoring progress Scaling the program for your institution
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 Join us online to explore three different methods of evaluating academic advising, as well as the changes that can result based on your assessment. Using a case-study approach, this event will walk you through several different assessment examples to demonstrate how your campus can make a case for improvements in academic advising.
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 University of Michigan has strategically integrated student involvement in their capital campaign with the use of an official student campaign committee. From identifying, recruiting, and selecting students for the committee, to training them and empowering them to assist with campaign work, our expert instructors share a comprehensive case study that will leave you equipped to better involve and educate students on your campus.
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 addressing adult learners Managing efficient student support
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 to high-impact recruitment events Learning from trial and error
The work of campus marketing and communications departments continues to evolve and expand. This often results in an increased pressure to demonstrate impact and value. Many campus marketing teams are decentralized, in need of reorganization, struggling with the impacts of digital and social media, and lacking the resources needed to accomplish the tasks that are now considered “critical” in higher education. Join nationally recognized higher-ed marketing experts Elizabeth Scarborough and Jason Simon online to explore new ways of organizing your marketing team to maximize results. We will discuss required skills and opportunities for revisioning your department’s role and purpose, examples of various institutions’ marketing organizational charts, and how to decide which structure might be best for your campus.
Learn critical updates for your Title IX first response and investigation procedures. Agenda What’s Changed? Title IX and the OPS Agreement Sworn vs. unsworn officer implications Streamlining Communication Plans Local law enforcement MOUs Title IX coordinator division of labor Responsibilities of Campus Safety Victim-centered first-response protocol Investigative considerations Documentation for Clery Act reporting What Now? Ongoing compliance efforts: policy, training, and prevention Action steps to get you started today Final Q&A
Many academics are searching for new strategies to showcase evidence of student learning. At the same time, students increasingly desire coursework that reaches beyond the boundaries of their campus to showcase academic and personal growth. The use of blogging in ePortfolios is a perfect solution to meet assessment and student engagement needs. Join us for a webcast as we examine seven key strategies for incorporating personalized learning into ePortfolios with the use of student blogging. Our expert instructor will walk you through the process of integrating blogging into the ePortfolios of both courses and programs. Further, we will examine the major challenges you stand to face, including: Determining the appropriate hosting platform Prompting quality student reflection Providing efficient instructor feedback Leveraging blogging to influence learning assessment
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 Learning activity case studies
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 to get you started today Ongoing compliance efforts Final Q&A
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 model using one course as an example Applying the framework to different subject areas Instructor requirements and response in the various subject areas Logistical considerations (recruiting students, training, paying, expectations, role, etc.) Why does it work? Analysis and research that supports this approach Q&A
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 deliver high quality programs in an efficient manner. Join our expert instructor for an online training to learn innovative approaches for efficiently managing your course workload in online instruction. We will discuss time efficient strategies for: Designing courses and assignments Providing personalized student feedback Facilitating productive discussion boards Integrating just-in-time course improvements
An effective social media policy can reduce your legal liabilities and strengthen your institution’s brand. View this pre-webcast recording on developing your social media policy. This presentation will provide a great starting point for developing your own comprehensive social media policy and prepare you for the implementation phase covered in this webcast. Agenda Review of Essential Elements of a Social Media Policy Training of Your Policy Facilitation options Resources Policy Deployment and Implementation Messaging Planning for ongoing changes Change management processes Ensuring Compliance Best practices to have staff comply Ongoing enforcement
A vibrant leadership annual giving program not only serves as the core of a successful annual fund, but it can be one of the best tools to build the pipeline to major gifts. Yet, institutions struggle with how to create a separate identity for their leadership giving programs, and how to best communicate the opportunities available and their impact on the institution. In this online training, our expert instructors will show you how they strategically restructured their leadership annual giving program communications with enhanced branding, specific and targeted solicitations, and a more robust stewardship strategy.
First-Year Student Experience (FYSE) programs have been identified as a high-impact practice for increasing student persistence and success. Yet, many student populations remain at risk for attrition because they aren’t getting connected to critical resources when and how they need them most. Are your FYSE programs doing everything they can to strategically support at-risk students to ensure they return to campus for their second year? Join us for an online training to learn how to maximize your FYSE program’s effectiveness for at-risk student populations. Our expert faculty will walk you through national trends and how to create a localized plan of action on your campus. In addition, you’ll learn how to measure, evaluate, and report outcomes data to ensure your FYSE program is having the greatest impact on student success.
Are you able to measure how your social media efforts impact recruitment and admissions for your institution? Agenda Setting social media metric benchmarks and goals Research / Case studies Connecting activities and department goals Auditing your efforts Establishing a baseline Tracking time investment Identifying what to measure and track and when Qualitative measures Quantitative analytics Reporting styles Quarterly and annual reports Calculating ROI Establishing communication benchmarks How to calculate the “cost†of your social media efforts Tracking the impact of your social media efforts Linking “cost†and impact to determine worth How to use this information to make efficient social media choices going forward Allocating resources Refining content strategies
Many institutions report that retention and graduation rates for students are declining due to a “stop-out” phenomenon. Employment, family, and financial issues are just some of the complex logistical concerns contributing to students’ suspension of study. Institutional stop-out programs offer the support, counseling, and procedural engagement that help these students return to school and complete their degrees. However, implementing a stop-out program carries challenges from gathering the right data to strategic outreach and creating campus-wide buy-in. Learn about the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s 49er Finish Program, an effective stop-out project in action; start taking the steps to create a program on your campus.
