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Engaging Faculty to Improve Corporate Relations Webcast Recording

Effectively engaging corporate partners can be challenging for academics. Differences in philosophy and work design lead to gaps in partner expectations. Understanding the mindset and goals of your corporate partners is key in creating more effective industry relationships for your institution. Join us for an online training that demonstrates the 7 “industry approved” strategies to more effectively work with corporate research partners. Our expert instructor will provide practical tips for: Unifying working processes Adapting to corporate expectations Developing partnership growth Aligning future research paths Who Should Attend This online training will highlight the most important tasks for academic representatives when engaging in private corporation research partnerships. Faculty developers, corporate relations officers, and academic leadership will walk away with a clear outline of the best practices in building a lasting relationship with a corporate partner. Learning Outcome After participating in this online training, you will be able to develop faculty and academics on ten key behaviors required to improve corporate relations. Agenda Definition and demonstration of practical strategies 10 key behaviors for improving corporate relations Aligning expectations Making yourself a valuable member of the company team Being responsive on their terms Preparing to over-deliver Cultivating company “champions” Adapting your communications style Expanding the company/university relationship Explaining […]

Taking a Case-Study Approach to Improving Academic Advising Assessment Webcast Recording

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. Who Should Attend This online training is ideal for institutional teams that are working on a plan to assess the impact of academic advising on student success. Learning outcome After participating in this online training, you will be able to improve your ability to identify and use assessment information to make decisions for your advising program.  Agenda The assessment flowchart A framework for assessment in academic advising Reviewing key definitions Examining programmatic efforts, student learning outcomes, and ROI measures Process outcome method Review of the process delivery outcome model Example of programmatic assessment […]