Upcoming Webinars
Archived Webinars
A twelve-week (40-hour) course designed for institutional staff who collect, analyze, and act on data—including those responsible for developing KPIs, supporting strategic planning processes, and building or maintaining institutional effectiveness systems.
Gain essential grounding in best practices for establishing or enhancing your institution’s effectiveness and planning cycle. Led by Dr. Ray Rodriguez, DEAC’s Director of Institutional Research.
Presented by higher education law specialists from the Duane Morris Education Group, DEAC’s semi-annual Title IV seminar provides the latest information on current laws and regulations in place, as well as recent developments and trends and priorities in federal higher education law and policy.
This webinar provides instructions for DEAC-accredited institutions completing the 2026 Annual Report using their 2025 data. Jess Lucey, Dr. Ray Rodriguez, and Dr. Debra Woods describe updates to the online annual report submission portal in a step-by-step walkthrough of each section. The video includes a deep dive on determining the correct cohort of students to use in reporting program outcomes, explanation of new data requests such as units completed and FTE faculty and students, and how DEAC analyzes and uses the data received.
Presented by higher education law specialists from the Duane Morris Education Group, DEAC’s semi-annual Title IV seminar provides the latest information on current laws and regulations in place, as well as recent developments and trends and priorities in federal higher education law and policy.
Dr. Leah Matthews, DEAC Executive Director and CEO, joins WASC President Dr. Maria Toyoda, Author Alison Griffin, and Dr. Kathryn Dodge of Stevens Strategy to discuss how institutions and accreditors can leverage technology to enhance quality assurance.
Dr. Leah Matthews (DEAC Executive Director) and Dr. David Srygley (Chair of the DEAC Standards Committee) presented the Standards Committee’s semi-annual update to the community on November 11, 2026 via webinar. On behalf of the Standards Committee—the institutional representatives and Commissioners charged with monitoring and proposing any needed changes to DEAC’s accreditation standards—they shared how feedback continues to shape meaningful reflection on the evolution of DEAC accreditation standards, particularly the two proposed standard revisions for which Call for Comment responses have recently been received 1) A new category of degree program for reduced credit applied bachelor’s degrees, and 2) Standards for subscription-based tuition models.
Your DEAC annual report represents hours of data collection, analysis, and institutional reflection—but does it end up filed away once submitted? Led by Dr. Ray Rodriguez, DEAC’s Director of Institution Research, this interactive session will transform how you view and utilize your annual report process, addressing how to supplement your annual report data with other common data sources and seamlessly integrate annual reporting processes into your ongoing quality improvement efforts.
This online workshop series—built around the five guidelines of the AI International Center of Excellence (AIICOE) framework—provides an opportunity for academic and administrative staff to co-design a campus-ready AI roadmap. Bringing together perspectives on technology, instructional design, operations, regulatory mandates, and workforce readiness, the workshop will showcase real examples from DEAC peers adopting AI strategies and empower participants to draft a Quick-Start Action Plan to guide responsible AI integration aligned with quality standards.
Join DEAC and experts from the Duane Morris Education Group on June 17 for the latest federal developments affecting Title IV, plus recent updates to law and policy affecting distance education.
DEAC offered a webinar that reviews the role of English proficiency tests in admission practices and considers best practices for multilingual international student support post-enrollment.
