5 questions to ask before launching an IT strategic planning initiative
Big challenges confront today’s colleges and universities. Board members and senior leaders alike worry that declining enrollments, tight funding, and disruptive new educational models threaten their institutions’ sustainability. In response, institutional agendas are crowded with ambitious strategic goals for student success, enrollment growth, and resource stewardship. Although IT has a critical role to play in…
Embrace AI to solve old campus problems in new ways
Excitement over artificial intelligence (AI) continues to spread across campus, but despite the growing buzz around possible applications, creative adoption still lags. To coax your campus into taking exploratory steps with AI, opt for a problem-first approach: Market machine learning (ML) as a solution to strategic imperatives rather than just another flashy technology gimmick. To…
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A new report from the European Commission sets out eight different scenarios for the application of blockchain technologies in education administration. In this blog post, the IT Forum explores the potential for some of these scenarios to disrupt status quo models for colleges and universities in North America. Despite the hype, blockchain’s transactional speeds are…
Transform your campus experience with location services
Although the IT Forum’s 2018 national meeting research uncovered a variety of universities fostering and scaling digital innovations, some of our most popular content presented strategies to meet modern students’ desire for a mobile, personalized, and digitalized campus experience. For most colleges and universities, location-based services are a natural first step for innovation as physical…
Is your research computing really ""high performance""?
This past spring, the IT Forum partnered with the University Research Forum to create EAB’s Research Computing Functional Collaborative. Over 40 heads of research computing came together around the virtual table to discuss common pain points, looming strategic decisions, and high-visibility projects. This dialogue gave research computing leaders the chance to ask, “What is everyone…
Bring VR / AR technology to your campus without breaking the bank
As more Teaching and Learning heads start to talk about virtual and augmented reality (VR / AR), have you been left scratching your head? If so, you’re not alone. VR / AR are exciting emerging technologies that leave many wondering, “Is this technology worth the investment on my campus?” To help our members answer questions…
Improve your IT talent pool with candidate-centric recruiting
Hiring is easier when candidates know who you are as an employer or when they feel a connection to the culture, management, mission, and professional growth that an employer promotes. Companies with a weak employer brand pay twice as much to hire staff as employers with a strong employer brand—and must increase salaries by 10%…