Course Category: Free for All-Inclusive Members

Creating a Culture of Collaborative and Data-Informed SEM on Campus Webcast Recording

Learn how York University has successfully created a culture of data-informed Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) on their campus through careful planning, meaningful partnerships, and ongoing dialogue with the campus community. Throughout this online training, we will explore how you can build off of the lessons learned at York University to engage your own campus stakeholders and meaningfully advance the conversation around SEM. Specifically, we will focus on how you can: Use storytelling and student personas to begin the conversation Develop a strong partnership between enrollment management and institutional research Build a cross-campus SEM committee and governance structure Continuously analyze and report your process to further refine SEM strategies

Engaging Alumni Through Athletics Webcast Recording

Athletics are an organic opportunity to deepen and strengthen alumni engagement. During this online training, you will learn how an intentional collaboration across athletics and alumni relations offices can: Better engage alumni with your institution Open your donor pipeline to a wider alumni base Save on resources for both your athletics and alumni relations departments Increase giving to your institution Attend this online training to learn how you can better align your alumni relations and athletics fundraising teams to engage alumni and ultimately increase giving. This training focuses on understanding strategic alumni engagement opportunities, but will not go into event planning specifics.

Collecting User Data to Improve Your Learning Commons Webcast Recording

Gain tangible, flexible, and evidence-based methods to immediately begin collecting and using data to inform your learning commons design. Kristin Meyer, User Experience Librarian, will show you how Grand Valley State University collected user driven data to improve its spaces. You will learn how you can adapt those methods to your unique institutional context and improve your own learning commons. Throughout the online training you will have the opportunity to look at photos of learning commons spaces to better visualize the topics discussed.

First Steps in Residential Goal Alignment Webcast Recording

Ensuring alignment between institutional goals, residence life programming, and student learning outcomes is critical. A practical method for doing so is the process of goal mapping. In this webcast, you will learn a quick and practical approach for mapping departmental goals to institutional goals as part of a larger assessment plan. Throughout this training, we will focus on: Identifying and understanding divisional and departmental goals Mapping key programs, services, and activities Identifying and remediating potential learning gaps Included with every registration is a template rubric to work from as you map your own department.

Connecting with Advisees from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Webcast Recording

Learn how you can better connect with students who come from different backgrounds than your own. Throughout this training we will look at practical guidelines for bridging cultural barriers. After establishing those guidelines we will discuss how you can use them to connect with students who represent diverse: Religions Ethnic Backgrounds Gender Identities

The $10,000-a-Year Bachelor’s Degree That Works Webcast Recording

Get an in-depth look at how National Louis University built an innovative, scalable, and financially sustainable bachelor’s degree program that is helping close the achievement gap for low-income and first-generation students. Our instructor will give you an insider perspective of the “nuts and bolts” of running this comprehensive program, as well as how the program allows the institution to successfully balance mission and market goals. You will learn: How an in-house innovation space made inception of the program possible The financial model and operational efficiencies that make the program sustainable The ins and outs of the program’s academic curriculum and corresponding support services You will leave with considerations for how the various aspects of this program can be applied and scaled at your own institution.

Academic and Financial Partnerships: Creating a Comprehensive Engagement Plan for
Budget Implementation

Learn how to better focus your budgeting process to engage finance and academic leaders in the research, design, and implementation of a budget model. We will highlight phases of an academic leadership engagement plan for authentic collaboration. Following this webcast, you will be better prepared to: Structure your budget timeline to allow for collaboration Provide training and support for committee members and leadership Build guiding principles to ensure the budget meets your strategic priorities Use visual displays to build consensus and improve transparency Create a continuous improvement feedback cycle for ongoing monitoring This program is designed for financial and academic leaders who are considering a new or improved budget model within their department and/or institution.

Key Decisions for Decentralized
Budgeting Implementation

Join us online to discuss the pros, cons, and impact of critical decisions related to revenue and expense allocation in a decentralized budget model. Featuring lessons learned from Miami University and South Dakota State University, this training is perfect for institutions who are preparing to implement decentralized budgeting at their institution but want to do so in a deliberate and planned manner. This training will help you determine your own method for: Establishing provisions for specialized programs Determining recovery and chargeback for facilities and administrative costs Accounting for off-campus provisions and cross-listed courses Ensuring appropriate oversight, decision making, and communication

Creating Brand Awareness in the Adult
Student Market

Learn how you can increase your brand relevance and become “part of the conversation” among a growing adult student market. Through numerous institutional examples, this webcast will teach you how you can position your specific programs and services to appeal more directly to prospective adult students. Whether your institution is looking to begin bringing in adult students for the first time, or is trying to strengthen your existing brand awareness among adult students, you will leave with ideas for applying what you learn to both improve and better position your own offerings.

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