IEBC – Our Commitment

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

Committed to the expansion of Caring Campus as a practical and effective strategy for increasing student success, IEBC and NISOD are sharing this message nationwide. Read the news release here.

Caring Campus Stories – In their own words. The IEBC Summer newsletter shares some stories from across the country as faculty, staff and administrators, even during these Covid-19 times, are making sure they are reaching out and helping students feel connected. Read the stories here.

Supporting Community College Professional Staff – IEBC’s Guide provides concrete ways to support staff as they work to go beyond meeting students’ needs to foster a sense of connectedness that helps students and staff stay connected to, and supported by, our colleges. Read Guide Two 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

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.

Drake State is one of 10 community colleges across the U.S.
selected for the Institute for Evidence-Based Change (IEBC) Caring Campus Initiative. “We’re thrilled to have been selected by the IEBC to participate in this innovative and intentional approach to student engagement,” said Dr. Nicole Bell, interim dean of Student Services. “It’s exciting to see the impact it can have on our students and their academic success.” Read the full article 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. 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.