The Guides:
More Valuable Than Ever
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 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 two key areas:
- Data Use – Understanding data and using it to help students succeed.
- Caring Campus – Coaching colleges on specific behaviors leading to student engagement and success.
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 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
Seven Community Colleges Selected for Caring Campus Initiative — The Institute for Evidence-Based Change (IEBC) has selected seven colleges to participate in the 2021 Caring Campus – Faculty Initiative. Colleges around the country have been participating in Caring Campus-Staff work. This 2021 group will be focusing on Caring Campus and faculty. The expansion of Caring Campus has been made possible with the generous support of Ascendium Education Group. Read more here.
Caring Campus Welcome Week at Wallace State Community College rolled out its mix of online, campus and hybrid format classes and celebrated the opening of the spring 2021 semester. Read more.
Caring Campus Welcome Week at Wallace State Community College rolled out its mix of online, campus and hybrid format classes and celebrated the opening of the spring 2021 semester. Read more.
Don’t Miss — the IEBC Webinar Incorporating Racial Equity into Caring Campus where two college leaders and IEBC leadership discussed implicit bias, asset-based thinking, and equity-mindedness. Speakers shared their experiences in implementing Caring Campus through a racial equity lens. The webinar was based on Guide Three. View the Webinar here.
More Tools to Hear About — The Professional Classified Staff Front and Center webinar participants heard the impactful insights and experiences shared by a college president and professional staff experiencing Caring Campus. You can too. Check out the Webinar here.
The IEBC Commitment addresses the serious and numerous events occurring around the country and pledges to work with colleges, government, private sectors, colleagues and partners to ensure America’s educational system is an engine of equity and does everything possible to fulfill the dreams of all students.
Featured Publications
Caring Campus Stories – Across the country, faculty, staff and administrators are making sure they are reaching out and helping students feel connected. Read the stories here.
The Winter 2021 IEBC Newsletter presents Tools for Student Success with links to our most recent, well-attended webinars on Racial Equity, Professional Classified Staff and Caring Campus Guide Three, along with links to our previous guides. Read all of it here.
What Does it Mean to Be a Caring Campus During the COVID-19 Pandemic? When students drop out or stop out, everybody loses – the students, the college, and the community. Working differently to support the students they serve and championship of this work by college leadership changes this. How? Read it here.
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. Read more about Dr. Dear’s experience here.