After a difficult year, schools of education enter 2010 facing a variety of challenges. Deans of schools of education across the country use their Eduventures membership to access best practices and data to support their decision-making in areas such as evaluating student outcomes, influencing education policy, and improving student recruitment. Learn more about our Schools of Education Learning Collaborative.

Perspective: Kristen Fox and Mindy Hershberger discuss how the Schools of Education Learning Collaborative will be helping schools of education dictate their value proposition to key stakeholders and use statistical data to drive decision-making in 2010. (Video, 1:18 min)

Eduventures provides guidance and insight to colleges and universities in improving the effectiveness of their institutional advancement efforts. Deans play a critical role in fundraising as they help set the vision for the institution and set fundraising priorities; however, many institutions struggle in effectively engaging deans in fundraising efforts. In a recent Eduventures poll, 60% of participants stated that the biggest challenge in engaging deans is a lack of knowledge from deans in how fundraising works. The Development Learning Collaborative is helping its members develop strategies to better involve deans in development activities. Learn more about our Development Learning Collaborative.

Perspective: Program Director Jennifer Zaslow discusses a resource recently developed by the Development Learning Collaborative, Leading College Fundraising: A Dean’s Toolkit. The Toolkit helps deans better understand their role in fundraising and provides tools and resources to use with directors of development to focus and improve unit fundraising success. (Video, 2:38 min.)

Eduventures provides guidance and insight to academic leaders on improving student retention and other pressing issues. National data reveals that up to one-quarter of undergraduate students do not enroll for their second year and due to the recession the problem is getting worse. Eduventures is sharing data and best practices to our nationwide network of members to help them improve student persistence. Learn more about our Academic Leadership Learning Collaborative.

Perspective: In a recent webinar, program Director Tim Mann and Senior Fellow Don Hossler share data on student retention and best practices for creating an effective campus-wide retention management culture. Access a replay of the webinar to learn more.