Design thinking can help build cross-university partnerships
Discussions of the redesign and reinvention of higher education are abundant. Inspired by the challenges of this past year, leaders across higher education seem preoccupied with two sets of issues: 1. In the short term, how do we address the immediate issues posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the public health crisis on our core programs and services? 2. In the long term, how do we rethink the work of our institutions to ensure the viability and relevance of our institutions and promote the common good?
Higher education is facing an equity crisis
Financial mismanagement and the student debt crisis are dominating headlines. The pandemic brought most classrooms off campus and into student, educator, and family homes.
How can higher ed fix troubling gaps in student support?
There exists a significant gap in critical student support services for at-risk and minority students at their institutions, according to a survey from Blackboard Inc., conducted in consultation with Qualtrics.
How to choose the best third-party solution provider for your school
More institutions are turning to third-party payment solution providers for processing and PCI compliance, which is a set of guidelines businesses must follow to protect customers and cardholders as credit card transactions are processed.
Leveraging digital testing to build student confidence
Year after year and in study after study, we see the same thing: Confident students are better students. But, as one student pointed out in a 2019 survey, that confidence is easily shaken.
Post-pandemic, where do education leaders go?
Education institutions have remained admirably fluid over the past year and a half through the rollercoaster of remote and hybrid learning and teaching environments–scaling systems, devices, and processes for a learn-from-anywhere structure.
3 tips to help your institution prioritize cybersecurity
Colleges and universities are taking a hard look at the past year and the many data challenges they’ve faced amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Using tracking sites to bring current events to students
There is a lot of conversation about supply chains and logistics in the news these days. As a picture is often worth a thousand words, maps and tracking sites that allow students to visualize the traffic making up these supply chains can be helpful.
The best strategies for the best network defense
Higher-ed IT leaders are constantly faced with challenges surrounding the best ways to protect campus networks. Then came COVID.
Modernizing Campus Communications From the Middle: It’s Complicated
College and university IT directors are increasingly finding themselves in a dilemma. They are trying to balance the high-tech aspirations of their students and staff without eclipsing the pace of change that the rest of the organization can assimilate.
