Saying no is not retreat; it is how leaders protect the few priorities that can move the needle. Learn how courageous leaders decide what to stop, not from instinct alone, but from evidence about whether a program produced enough impact to earn another year of attention and funding. Dr. Michael Lubelfeld and Dr. John Gatta discuss the construct of Academic Return on Investment (ROI) as a leadership approach to drive student outcomes. Participants will leave with an understanding of how to use prediction models to set evidence-based thresholds for program impact, promoting clearer decisions about which programs to keep and which to cut.