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Integration: What it is, and why it matters for higher education

As higher ed attempts to respond to the growing need for digital innovation, attempts to keep pace will bring new technologies into diverse corners of every college and university. Learn how IT can provide a non-technical explanation of technology integration to campus leadership to gain stakeholder support.

Despite the rapid adoption of technology across campus, university and college offerings continue to fall short of student expectations. As higher education institutions respond to the growing need, attempts to keep pace with digital innovations will bring new technologies into diverse corners of every college and university.

This means that higher ed IT organizations must work to enable seamless connections between the many campus systems and applications and educate their campuses on integration.

Kick-start integration conversations with the campus leadership brief and plug-and-play board presentation. Both resources include a non-technical exploration of integration, a compelling case for why it matters in higher education, and a call-to-arms for institutional peers on any campus.

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This resource is part of the Reduce Integration Complexity Between Campus IT Systems Roadmap. Access the Roadmap for stepwise guidance with additional tools and research.

Most colleges and universities build integrations to meet short-term IT project demands as quickly and cheaply as possible, and little consideration is given to how the integrations will affect the broader institution. Use this brief to explain integration and its associated challenges to non-technical stakeholders and enable campus leadership to advance strategic goals with a shared understanding of integration.

This presentation is a ready-made educational tool for CIOs to engage non-technical constituents in mission-critical technology initiatives. Use this resource to achieve campus-wide engagement in digital strategy, including executive…

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