Learn to coordinate existing student services to accommodate graduate students. Agenda Staffing and budgeting models to consider for coordinating services Onboarding grad students Managing expectations Creating impactful orientation experiences Supporting the social and emotional needs of grad students Isolation and mental health Understanding prior commitments Serving as champions and advocates for students Engaging graduate students
Although the FERPA regulations have not changed significantly in the last several years, new violations and compliance challenges have arisen. In this webcast, you will hear how several institutions handled challenging FERPA cases and learn to successfully navigate FERPA challenges of your own. During this training, Dr. Helen Garrett, also known as the FERPA Princess, will walk through the facts of each case, what action was taken, and how you can avoid potential pitfalls of your own. After participating you will be better prepared to comply with FERPA cases, including nuanced and difficult scenarios.
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.
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.
Join us for a webcast that will showcase the admissions ambassador programs for campus visit at Oklahoma State University and Hendrix College. Our instructors will provide details about how their programs are structured, and how student tour guides are trained, managed, and evaluated, including: How the recruitment, interview, and selection process for admissions ambassadors works What topics are included in ambassador training and examples of materials used How disciplinary situations with ambassadors are handled How performance is evaluated You will leave the webcast with new ideas for improving your own admissions ambassador program on your campus.
Many institutions incentivize retirement as a reaction to unstable fiscal situations rather than proactively managing the process to find a mutually beneficial solution for the institution and employees. In this online training, you will learn how Cedar Crest College approached this thorny faculty issue by implementing a respectful and phased approach to retirement. Similarly, you will hear how the college was able to provide its staff financial freedom to retire. You will leave this training with an understanding of the structure that made this mutually beneficial arrangement possible, including the timing of the roll-out as well as the financial and academic impact of the retirement incentives program.
Learn how to strategically create, use, and promote video in your recruitment marketing plan. Agenda During this webcast, we will address how to best use both live and pre-produced video that is specifically positioned towards prospective and admitted students. We will explore each of the following questions as they relate to YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat: How much new content should I be creating? What kinds of videos are other institutions creating and sharing with prospective students? Which channels should I be prioritizing for both the creation and the sharing of video? What results have other institutions seen from using video in their recruitment marketing efforts?
Join us for an online training program that will provide faculty with critical information about FERPA, the federal statute that governs nearly all student records. Beginning with an overview of the FERPA framework, we will address issues that faculty commonly face—often without realizing the implications and risks—including: Posting grades Emailing with, and about, students Writing recommendation letters Using online tools and collaborative pedagogies Speaking with (helicopter) parents Administrators requesting student information If you are searching for relevant scenarios and practical tips for better understanding how FERPA applies to everyday work of faculty, this online training is right for you.
This training provides the insights needed to create effective gift agreements that appropriately align both your donors’ intents and your institution’s needs. Understanding the elements of a legally sound agreement and exploring key case studies will equip you with the tools to create an enriching donor experience that avoids putting your institution at risk. We will also take a closer look at critical partnerships and how best to partner and collaborate with gift officers.
When looking to improve campus safety, many institutions immediately turn to high-tech solutions that may not be affordable. However, your campus can meaningfully affect campus safety by more actively addressing a number of smaller, yet critical campus safety issues without necessarily spending a lot of money. Many campuses find this list of smaller updates to be overwhelming and this can result in staff not knowing where to start. Learn how your institution can create the partnerships and processes needed to identify, communicate, and resolve fundamental campus safety issues on your campus. You will leave this training better able to impact four major areas of campus safety, including: Access and points of entry Grounds safety Vandalism and broken items Policy and protocol
Learn how you can boost the impact of your annual giving emails. Agenda Fully Leveraging Digital in Higher Ed Looking to nonprofit and corporate examples Seeing Email as a New Channel and Making it a Priority Shifting communications to digital mediums Removing the stigma of sending frequent emails Proactively planning emails to complement other vehicles Integrating Efforts Short-term email campaigns Planning campaigns throughout the year Pairing with other efforts: follow-up via social media, calling, etc. Results and Next Steps Understanding the ROI in the shift in thinking Truly responsive marketing What’s on the horizon
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
Learn a more strategic approach to budgeting within your department. Agenda Resources Download the presentation slides (PDF) Download the additional resources (PDF)
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.
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.
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
Gain the skills you need to address and mitigate common challenges that deans face. Agenda The Academic Leader’s Role Four Leadership Best Practices Common Challenges for Academic Leaders: Scenarios Understanding the issue What would you do as a dean? Speaker’s experience and result Assessing the leadership practices Resources
Gain strategies to engage and direct at-risk students on a path to success. Agenda Making the most of critical timing in your outreach points Improving interdepartmental communication Using data and predictive modeling to inform your practice Engaging students through coaching Maximizing content and delivery in student meetings
Learn to develop a program that harnesses your students’ potential, pairs their skills with your shop’s vision and other student philanthropy efforts, and supports their own professional goals. Whether you are beginning a new effort or bolstering an existing program, this webcast will equip you with next steps and an arsenal of templates and resources to get the most out of your student foundation. Throughout the training you will hear how the College of William and Mary was able to successfully combine three dormant and unsuccessful student philanthropy groups into one strong student foundation by: Establishing a rigorous student selection process Providing extensive and specific training Setting transparent and firm expectations
Learn practical ways to prepare your institution for an activity-based costing (ABC) model. During this training, we will walk you through how this model works, ways to assess your readiness to make this shift, and key considerations for the implementation process. You will leave better prepared to answer questions such as: How is ABC being deployed for financial and academic decisions? What’s the best way to determine cost/revenue drivers? How can I prepare for the full ABC implementation cycle? What are the system requirements for a successful ABC implementation?
