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Transforming the IT Organization: An Exploration of University of Sheffield’s Product-Led Structure

IT units in the HE sector have long faced a “boom and bust” cycle of funding. IT projects receive a large influx of funding during implementation, but then face a funding shortfall during the maintenance phase. To address this, the University of Sheffield’s Director, IT implemented a new IT organizational structure in 2021.

Edify Data Strategy Series

The Edify Data Strategy Series consists of four interactive sessions focused on popular Edify Accelerators. Accelerators are workspaces with flexible multi-source analytics designed to answer a common set of higher ed business questions. Additional sessions will be scheduled, and their registration is not yet open.

Research and Services

Fostering the Next Generation of IT Talent

This report outlines seven tactics for IT departments to develop the most effective student employment programs as possible.

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Cybersecurity Diagnostic for Education Leaders

Cybersecurity attacks among education institutions are on the rise. This diagnostic will help campus leaders identify key opportunities for improving cybersecurity protections in an environment of rapidly escalating attacks targeting education institutions.

How Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification will impact your institution

EAB’s IT Strategy Advisory Services hosted a Q&A panel with three senior IT leaders with experience navigating Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) at their institutions. Explore key takeaways from the roundtable event.

How IT Leaders are Adapting to Remote Work: A Conversation with Peers

In several recent roundtable discussions convened for higher education CIOs, we asked IT leaders to tell us how they are addressing workplace trends and post-pandemic institutional needs.

Quick Reads

4 key takeaways from an analysis of the U.K. IT labour market

To help U.K. higher ed leaders better understand the current IT labour market, we compared technology job postings in HE to all other sectors.

How Carleton College’s CTO increased staff diversity in IT

Carleton College’s Chief Technology Officer, Janet Scannell, sat down with EAB’s IT Strategy Advisory Services to share her strategies for diversifying the IT workforce. These strategies helped IT backfill half of FY22’s eight vacancies with BIPOC candidates. Read on to see three strategies that have made Carleton successful in increasing staff diversity in IT.

5 key takeaways from an analysis of the U.S. IT labor market

To compete in today’s cutthroat IT labor market, higher ed leaders need to understand the latest labor market trends from higher ed and across industries to inform how they advertise jobs and recruit talent. Read EAB’s analysis of nationwide IT job postings in higher ed and explore our five key takeaways from this data.

Experts

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Director, Strategic Research

Here’s how to sunset technology

This executive brief compiles best practice research to help IT leaders leverage data and principled tactics to mitigate risks, eliminate legacy and redundant technologies, and recoup valuable IT costs and resources.

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