2025 Master Class Series

Learn How to Make Better Academic Program Decisions 

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New for 2025!

Capture enrollment and win the competitor landscape with Gray Decision Intelligence Master Class in Data-Informed Program Decisions

Stop navigating enrollment droughts and budget drains in the dark. Join Gray DI’s FREE Master Class and unleash data-informed insights to transform your academic portfolio.

What will you gain?

  • Master the art of informed program decision-making: Ditch the gut-feeling guessing game and fuel growth with robust data analysis.
  • Spot enrollment goldmines: Identify booming fields and unmet student needs to launch programs that attract and retain future leaders.
  • Revive your existing offerings: Uncover hidden growth potential and optimize programs for maximum impact and student satisfaction.
  • Navigate tough choices with confidence: Pinpoint struggling programs in declining markets and make strategic decisions about their future.
  • Forge faculty-admin unity: Build consensus and eliminate silos for smoother program implementation and institutional harmony.
  • Safeguard your financial future: Make sound economic decisions at the program and course level, avoiding costly mistakes and maximizing your ROI.
 
Limited seats available. Enroll today and:
 
  1. Build a thriving academic portfolio that meets student needs and fuels institutional growth.
  2. Lead with confidence through data-informed insights.
  3. Become a champion for smart resource allocation and sound financial stewardship.
All who register will receive a copy of the recording and the presentation slides.

Master Class 1: Foundations of Academic Program Evaluation

March 4, 2025, 2-3 pm ET

Is your institution facing budgetary constraints or declining enrollment?  This class introduces data-informed academic program evaluation to help you increase revenue, reduce cost, and position your institution for success. Learn how to analyze market demand, evaluate program economics, and adapt to change.

Master Class 2: Fiscal Fitness to Fund Growth

March 11, 2025, 2-3 pm ET

Don’t let reactive cuts jeopardize your academic mission. In “Fiscal Fitness to Fund Growth,” you’ll learn how to proactively analyze program economics and optimize resources to ensure long-term financial stability while preserving academic quality.

This session provides practical strategies to:

  • Identify cost-saving opportunities
  • Improve resource allocation
  • Strengthen your institution’s financial foundation 
 

Master Class 3: Market Demand: The Key to Program Growth and Relevance

March 18, 2025, 2-3 pm ET
 

This class provides a practical framework for evaluating market demand for your academic programs, ensuring they align with evolving student interests, regional workforce needs, and competitive pressures. Learn how to identify high-growth opportunities and optimize your existing program portfolio. We will cover the data sources and methodologies needed to conduct a comprehensive market analysis tailored to your specific geographic region.

Master Class 4: Managing Program Evaluation and Using Data to Tell Your Story 

March 25, 2025, 2-3 pm ET

Learn how to effectively leverage data to inform critical decisions on program portfolio management and present your institution’s positive contributions. This class describes a streamlined, transparent, and collaborative program evaluation process. We’ll guide you through a practical framework that fosters stakeholder engagement, builds consensus, and drives strategic alignment across your institution.

Master Class 5: Embracing Innovation: The Future of Program Evaluation

April 1, 2025, 2-3 pm ET

 “Embracing Innovation: The Future of Program Evaluation” explores how artificial intelligence and machine learning can help you make key decisions that drive enrollment and optimize your institution’s resources. We will feature an admissions intelligence tool prototype to demonstrate how to maximize your enrollment funnel, scholarship allocation, and marketing initiatives for increased enrollment and student success. 

Sign Up to Gain Free Access to All Sessions of the 2025 Master Class Series


March 4, 2025, 2-3 pm ET

Foundations of Academic Program Evaluation

March 11, 2025, 2-3 pm ET

Fiscal Fitness to Fund Growth

March 18, 2024, 2-3:15 pm ET

Market Demand: The Key to Program Growth and Relevance

March 25, 2025, 2-3 pm ET

Managing and Sustaining Program Evaluation

April 1, 2025, 2-3 pm ET

Embracing Innovation: The Future of Program Evaluation

Reads to Get You Ready

How Universities Can Make Better Academic Program Decisions: A Data-Informed Framework

Academic program decisions have never been more complex, yet many institutions still rely on incomplete signals or long-standing assumptions. Enrollment shifts, evolving workforce needs, and growing pressure to demonstrate outcomes are forcing leaders to rethink how programs are evaluated. Discover the key signals and strategic framework institutions are using to make smarter academic program decisions.

Why Enrollment Declines Don’t Automatically Mean Program Cuts

When enrollment declines, the instinct to cut can feel like the safest financial move. But what if that decision actually creates a larger budget hole? Many smaller programs remain contribution positive, support high-volume general education, and hold untapped growth potential, while teach-out costs and ripple effects across student credit hours can quietly erase projected savings. Before reshaping your academic portfolio, it may be worth asking whether the real issue is the program, or the data behind the decision.

An AI Infrastructure Boom Fueling Opportunities for Higher Education

AI is not just reshaping classrooms and careers, it is reshaping the physical world. A historic surge in data center construction is driving new energy demands, workforce shortages, and emerging academic opportunities that few institutions are fully prepared for. The question is not whether this infrastructure moment will impact higher education, but how quickly you will respond.

Have questions or just want to connect? Reach out to info@www.graydi.us/