Informing Decisions • Improving Practice • Increasing Student Success
Value We Provide
We provide value in these key ways.
- You – will have valuable information to use as a basis for decision making.
- Stakeholders – will have access to a new approach that makes information relevant and facilitates informed decision making.
- Faculty – will be empowered with new insights that strengthen teaching and learning.
- Staff – will be empowered with new insights that strengthen student connections and student success.
- Students – will have support, focus and direction, leading to greater success.
What We Do
We connect evidence-based data with education stakeholders — students, faculty, staff, administrators, policymakers, funders, and others — to support academic success and measurable improvements in education for all students. We focus on these three key areas:
- Data Use – Understanding data and using it to help students succeed.
- Caring Campus/Bright Spots – Coaching colleges on specific behaviors leading to student engagement and success.
- College Readiness and Success – Collaborating to analyze data, seek appropriate solutions and implement them well.
Who We Are
IEBC is a nationally-recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to helping education stakeholders — community colleges, universities, K-12 school systems, employers and others — use evidence-based data, collaboration and coaching to make informed decisions and craft solutions that improve practice and dramatically increase student success.
Our knowledgeable and personable team includes a wide range of respected leaders, researchers, analysts, academicians, and consultants with advanced degrees in valuable disciplines.
What’s Happening
December News covers Caring Campus nationwide expansion with a second grant from Ascendium Education Group; conversations with IEBC leaders; a Caring Campus coach’s experience; Community College Research Center and more. Read it here.
Fall 2019 found IEBC engaged around the country with multiple presentations, keynotes, kickoff sessions, workshops and localized coaching.
The Community College League of California (CCLC) convention ‘Caring Campus California’ panel brought Caring Campus work to life with Barstow President Eva Bagg, Southwestern College Professional Development Coordinator Janelle Williams Melendrez and IEBC Vice President Jordan Horowitz.
The California Association for Institutional Research (CAIR) welcomed IEBC President Brad Phillips who presented the Telling Your Story with Data workshop and moderated the plenary panel on Research in Action: Actionable Intelligence to Support Student Success.
In New Orleans at the AACC Guided Pathways Conference, IEBC President Brad Phillips and Odessa College President Gregory Williams spoke on Caring Campus and Guided Pathways and put this keynoted group to work.
Featured Publications
Ascendium awards new $2 million grant to IEBC supporting its ‘Caring Campus Initiative.’ Caring Campus recognizes and leverages the value of connectedness for increasing the likelihood that students will continue towards, and succeed in attaining, their educational goals. Ascendium Education Group is one of the nation’s leading higher education philanthropies. Read more in our News Release.
The research is clear: If we want students to stay and succeed, we need to connect with them. Read this article in the EvoLLLution magazine. I Don’t Care What You Know Until I Know You Care: Why Caring Campuses Retain More Students
Serendipity Leads to Student Success Thanks to IEBC Book. It’s one thing to write a book; it’s another to find out how many educators are putting it to work. In this interview with IEBC, Dr. Carley Dear of Mississippi, shares how Creating A Data-Informed Culture in Community Colleges provided her with a better way to support her colleagues. Read more about Dr. Dear’s experience here.
Creating A Data-Informed Culture In Community Colleges, published by Harvard Education Press. Read what others are saying about this book.