Training Solutions for Higher Education.

Higher ed’s challenges don’t live in silos so we don’t either. Our programs serve professionals across the academic enterprise, enrollment management, student affairs, advancement and alumni relations, and the business office. We also offer extensive training and resources for developing leaders. Find what you’re looking for below.

October 24, 2017

Integrating Large-Scale Digital Displays in Academic Libraries

October 24, 2017

Integrating Large-Scale Digital Displays in Academic Libraries October 24, 2017 1:00 to 2:00 pm EDT Engage your campus, showcase special collections and research, and support digital scholarship. Learn important considerations for incorporating digital displays into your campus libraries. During this online training we will look at: Trends in digital displays Planning and managing your displays Assessing your capability […]

Writing Meaningful Contact Reports: A Handbook for Fundraisers

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Online All-Access Membership: Academic Affairs Pro

Get connected with expert training to help you identify best practices, replicable models, and practical solutions to the challenges you face at your institution. Whether you have day-to-day, “in the trenches” challenges or institution-wide initiatives you need help getting off the ground – we’re here to help. Access 100+ hours of online training in our […]

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FERPA Lessons and Quizzes

Digital Recording

This package of six 20-30 minute practice lessons with educational quizzes will help your entire front-line staff test their FERPA knowledge. Each lesson covers specific nuances of FERPA as they pertain to a department or campus area. FERPA affects every area of campus, so use these resources to train current and future faculty and staff […]

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Membership Plans and Pricing Explore multiple ways to access our research, publications, and trainings. Multiple options are available to accommodate every size of institution and budget. Individual Programs $350+ each Pay for each course individually Flexible formats- recordings, live webinars, 2-3 day intensive trainings Best in class satisfaction scores across online and in-person […]

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In Busy Higher Ed, 3 Ways to Foster Our
Own Learning

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We work at institutions of higher learning, but are we doing enough to foster our own learning? RELATED RESOURCES: 10 Tips for Optimizing the Return on Professional Development Scorecard: How Do Higher-Ed Institutions Leverage Professional Development? Full Report: The State of Professional Development in Higher Education (February 2016) by Mickey Fitch, Academic Impressions As professionals […]

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Retaining Online Students:
3 Expert Perspectives

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by Sarah Seigle, Academic Impressions; Kristen Betts, Drexel University; Mark Parker, Norwich University; and Tom Porch, University of Maryland University College In the wake of recent declines in online program enrollment across many institutions, renewed attention to online student success and retention has become especially critical. We wanted to hear the best current thinking on improving online […]

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How One Institution’s New Approach to Budgeting is Creating a Culture of High Trust

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Recently, AI’s program manager Grace Spivak and our director of research and publications Daniel Fusch had the opportunity to interview Steve Kreidler, the vice president of administration and finance at Metropolitan State University of Denver, a public institution enrolling 20,000 undergraduate students. Several years ago, Metro State underwent a transformational strategic planning process and instituted […]

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The Trump Effect on International Students: Early Indications & Insights

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by Amit Mrig, Academic Impressions Much has been written in the last few weeks about the possible negative consequences of the current administration’s policies towards immigration. The travel ban is the latest in a series of actions or statements that include policy changes affecting undocumented immigrants already in the United States and the plans to […]

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Four Stats That Will Impact Higher Ed in 2017

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by Amit Mrig, President, Academic Impressions 2017 has the potential to be a volatile year in higher education, and that was the case even before Donald Trump took office. Regulatory uncertainty, continued economic and demographic headwinds, and shifts in both domestic and international student enrollment trends are just a few of the rapids that higher-ed […]

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One President’s Advice: Focus on
Student Affairs

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Recently, we had the chance to chat with Karen Whitney, president of Clarion University, about the future of student affairs – you can read the full interview in our article “Student Affairs: Trends to Watch in 2017-19.” As a past student affairs administrator, Karen Whitney brings a unique perspective both to the presidency (you can […]

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3 Videos: Critical Skills for Admissions Officers

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Training of new admissions counselors is often, out of necessity, much too hurried and perfunctory. The training that new counselors receive has historically been focused on the everyday duties of the job (travel, reading and processing applications, CRM systems, etc.), accompanied by lots of “just in time” training where other key competencies are concerned. But […]

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Alternative Facts In Higher Education

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In higher ed, do we often offer “alternative facts” too, operative myths that don’t accurately reflect the realities of higher education? by Marcel J. Dumestre The term “alternative facts” used by President Trump’s counselor in an interview about the inauguration crowd size has become a media meme. The idea of an alternative fact being […]

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Checklist: Taking Support for Online Students to the Next Level

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by Lisa Endersby, Educational Developer, Teaching Commons, York University, National Chair, NASPA Technology Knowledge Community “It’s important… to remember that online is not a type of student, rather, it is a mode of delivery for academic coursework.” Susan Ohrablo, 2014 The changing reality of our student demographics means that the diverse demands of outside employment, […]

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The 21st Century Library: An Inside Look at Auraria Library

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by Daniel Fusch and Michelle Sponholz (Academic Impressions) with Sommer Browning, Marical Farner, Cynthia Hashert, and Jenny Filipetti (Auraria Library) We recently had the opportunity to visit the newly renovated Auraria Library. This unique tri-institution academic library is shared by the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and the Community College of Denver, […]

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Best of AI: 12 Recorded Webinars

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This holiday, sample a digital library of hundreds of higher-ed professional development webinars and recorded online trainings. You might know Academic Impressions from our comprehensive library of complimentary articles, papers, and reports or from our higher education professional development conferences and workshops. What you may not know is that our small program development team […]

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The Small College Turnaround: Counter-Intuitive Lessons from the Success of
Anoka Tech

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by Donald B. Lewis (Vice President of Finance & Administration, Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College) and Julie Myers (President, Faculty Union, Anoka Technical College) with Daniel Fusch and Amit Mrig contributing (Academic Impressions) The Story: A Remarkable Turnaround Anoka Technical College recently instated an annual collaborative budgeting process that took the college from […]

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FERPA Checklist: What Can Never Be Shared

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In Academic Impressions’ online training “FERPA Regulation Basics” (you can order this online training here), FERPA expert Helen Garrett, the university registrar and chief officer of enrollment information services at the University of Washington, and recent president of PACRAO (the Pacific Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers), gave a thorough review of the fundamentals of […]

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Title IX for Executive Leadership Digital Recording

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Learn your role in Title IX compliance and investigations as a leader on campus to avoid costly OCR investigations, lawsuits, and even termination. Experts Bev Baligad and Rabia Khan Harvey will walk you through: What Title IX covers across your institution Staffing and training your institution must have in place Best and worst-case scenarios involving […]

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2 Ways to Move Students Out of Academic Probation

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by Chris Robinson, M.A., M.Ed., Assistant Director, Academic Advising Office, Haworth College of Business, Western Michigan University Moving at-risk students out of academic probation quickly is a worthy challenge—and at Western Michigan University, two recent retention efforts at the Haworth College of Business (HCoB) have seen positive outcomes in this regard. Students who complete HCoB’s Phoenix […]

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Feasibility Checklist: The Science of Bringing New Academic Programs to Life

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Also in this series: Is it Time to Launch that New Academic Program? The Art and Science of Answering that Question Financial Modeling for New Academic Programs by Melissa Morriss-Olson, Bay Path University Once you have generated an idea for a new academic program, how do you sustain and implement that idea? The best ideas in […]

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Online Learning in the Middle East: One Chancellor Speaks

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by Daniel Fusch, Academic Impressions Recently I had the opportunity to attend several speeches by Dr. Mansoor al Awar, the chancellor of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) in Dubai, the Middle East’s first online university, founded in 2002. Dubai’s higher education model is very different from that of the U.S., yet there are lessons […]

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How Wake Technical is Taking a High-Tech, High-Touch Approach to Supporting At-Risk Students

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SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION SERIES The US Department of Education has awarded multi-million dollar “First in the World” grants to 18 colleges, universities, and organizations that are innovating to solve critical challenges with access, recruitment, retention, and student success. At AI, we have interviewed each of the recipients to learn more about the projects these institutions are […]

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How 2 Library Directors Have Transformed Their Academic Libraries

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As our article “The Library of the 21st Century” attests, the academic library continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and library administrators across higher education continue to wrestle with the question of how best to adapt their libraries to changing student and other user needs on campus. There is a lot of uncertainty about how […]

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How to Start a Foundation Stewardship Program from Scratch

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by Steven G. de Polo, Director of Foundation Giving at Grand Valley State University Attending Academic Impressions’ “Corporate Stewardship: Demonstrating ROI” webcast recently, I was provoked to think more deeply about what private foundation stewardship would look like. This question has been critical to my work at Grand Valley State. After eight years, I’ve built […]

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From Student Affairs Professional to Student Affairs Scholar: Taking Charge of the Change You Want to See

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THE CHANGE YOU NEED TO SEE AT YOUR INSTITUTIONS We’re excited to share this article with you because at Academic Impressions, we believe that the change you need to see at your institution is often within your own control, and that your professional development is key to building the skills and identifying the opportunities to […]

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A Conversation in Fundraising We Need to Have

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An interview with Jason McNeal (Gonser Gerber LLP) Writing Meaningful Contact Reports: A Handbook for Fundraisers. We asked Jason to share the philosophy behind this unique handbook and why he feels that training on effective contact reports can be — in the long term — a game-changer for development shops. AI. Jason, thanks for this conversation. […]

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Spotlight on Innovation: How Central Georgia Technical College Success Coaches Will Provide Collaborative Support to At-Risk Students

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SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION SERIES The US Department of Education has awarded multi-million dollar “First in the World” grants to 24 colleges and universities that are innovating to solve critical challenges with access, recruitment, retention, and student success. At AI, we have interviewed each of the recipients to learn more about the projects these institutions are […]

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Key Considerations for Learning Commons Design Digital Recording

Digital Recording

This online training will prepare you to design a learning commons that helps you achieve your programmatic goals. You will leave with: Programmatic considerations for implementing learning commons on campus The ability to connect programming goals to learning commons design choices Many examples of finished learning commons spaces to aid your own design Our expert […]

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The Library of the 21st Century

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by Patrick Cain (Academic Impressions) This past month in Philadelphia, nearly 60 library administrators, academic leaders, and facilities personnel gathered to discuss trends characterizing modern library spaces. These participants in our 2 ½ day Academic Library Planning and Revitalization Institute reached consensus on four key areas needed in order for modern academic libraries to better serve […]