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Managing and Supporting Adjunct Faculty

Learn proven approaches for supporting adjunct faculty. From orientation to retention, you will gain practical ideas for improving your institution’s relationship with its adjunct faculty members. You will learn practical ideas for: Onboarding and professional development Classroom evaluations and performance reviews Retaining your best adjunct faculty “After attending this webcast, I feel like we have many ideas and resources we can use for supporting part-time faculty and helping them to feel a sense of belonging.” – Melinda Miller, Department Chair and Professor, Sam Houston State University “This session provided ideas that can be adopted at a manager level while working toward institutional goals.” – Gail Mireau, Program Manager of Continuing Education, Red River College

9 Formative Assessment Techniques for
Online Courses

Gain nine formative online assessment strategies to improve student learning outcomes. This example-packed training provides a guide for each assessment technique, allowing you to practically apply these techniques in your online courses to improve student feedback and more effectively address student challenges.

Measuring and Improving Admissions
Team Performance

Learn how you can identify and use metrics to better manage your admissions team. Gain proven strategies for fostering employee engagement, establishing individual and team goals, and conducting effective performance assessments. You will come away with specific examples of metrics and evaluation instruments that you will be able to use to improve admissions team management on your campus. Our expert instructor, W. Kent Barnds, will be available throughout to address any context-specific questions you may have regarding management or measurement of your own admissions team’s performance.

Practical Tactics for Building Academic Grit

Help students build their academic grit by identifying resiliency challenges and offering them practical solutions. Whether you are pointing students toward campus resources or coaching students directly, you will leave this training better able to promote success and persistence. You will learn interventions that you can start using immediately both in person and online to help students: Build self-efficacy in the classroom Improve faculty interaction skills Overcome life barriers Integrate into campus life and culture “Sue was very articulate and the flow of the webcast was excellent. I felt engaged and even though I have more than 10 years in higher ed, I took away new ideas.” Anne Marie Hodges, Chamberlain College of Nursing “It was very helpful! I especially appreciated the interactive activity. It was handled very well. Going through the specific questions or suggestions you might give to a student helped me ground the general advice that the presenter gave.” Carolina De la Rosa, Student Engagement Specialist, SUNY Plattsburgh

Conducting Internal Investigations in
Higher Education

Get the information you need to conduct efficient and effective internal investigations for complaints against faculty and staff. Whether you are new to internal investigations or new to higher education, join us online to walk through the process of what you must accomplish during an internal investigation. You will learn the necessities of internal investigations from an attorney and from a practitioner in higher education, including: What needs to be investigated, and who needs to be involved Critical components of every investigation Proper report-writing and documentation Communication strategies for internal and external parties Register for a recording of this webcast, and keep it in your training library to supplement your existing training of current and future investigators. Note: This program will not cover civil rights investigations related to Title IX.

Stewarding Your Annual Donors

Stewarding annual donors is notoriously difficult, but is also vital to retaining these donors. The key to stewarding these donors lies in using existing resources and opportunities to maximize your time, budget, and stewardship efforts. Watch this recorded online training to hear how the University of Tampa increased giving by 11% in their first year with intentional stewardship touches, without increasing their budget.

Integrating Annual Giving into Campaigns

Integrating annual giving throughout your campaign gives you the best chance to make the most of your donors’ potential and promote sustained annual giving following the campaign. Join us online to learn how to seamlessly incorporate your annual giving program throughout your current or upcoming campaign. Through examples of institutional best practices you will learn: Key strategies for growth and development in each campaign phase Cultivation and solicitation tactics for donors across giving levels Best practices for sustaining your success after your campaign closes

Tracking Spending to Minimize Research Grant Audit Risk

Federal agencies are increasing staff and planning to conduct more audits on federal research money for grants and contracts in 2016. This webcast will show you how to apply data analytics to proactively manage and monitor your research compliance efforts. You will leave with a better means for reviewing costs that may be red flags in the event that your institution is audited.

Online One-Stop: Improving Efficiency and
Quality of Service

This event will teach you how to create an efficient web-based one-stop shop for enrollment services using technology to increase speed and efficiency. You will learn how Thomas Edison State College was able to build an award-winning online one-stop center from scratch using phone, email, and an online database while simultaneously ensuring that students didn’t feel disconnected from the institution.

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