When Campus Technology conducted a virtual roundtable with higher education IT leaders, the top ed tech trend to watch was data-driven decision-making. 

The student information system is the core platform for a higher education institution’s operations.

Failing to implement an engagement strategy, maintain an alumni database, follow marketing best practices and track ROI are common problems.

It’s no secret that information security is the number one concern of IT leaders in higher education.

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More than 98 percent of college-aged students use social media, according to consumer research from Experian.

Implementation of a data governance framework will address many of the provisions of the GDPR.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was created to protect the personal data and privacy of European Union (EU) residents and provide a single set of rules for international businesses and organizations that process this data.

Higher education institutions are seeing a mixed bag of results from their IT investments, according to the National Survey of Computing, eLearning and Information Technology.

Just like businesses need to manage customer relationships effectively to stay competitive, colleges and universities need to manage relationships with students, parents and alumni to optimize recruitment, retention and alumni relations strategies.

Competition for recruiting and retaining students in higher education has never been more intense.

According to IDC research, IT spending across industries will grow 4.5 percent this year and another 4 percent next year, with cloud and mobile largely responsible for those increases.

Until fairly recently, most business decisions were based on historical trends, high-level data and gut instinct.

Another day, another security breach. The most recent, high-profile breach involving Equifax exposed the sensitive personal data of 143 million Americans.

October 1, 2017, marked the beginning of the 2018-2019 filing season for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Community colleges continue to play an important role in helping both high school graduates and adult learners move up to a four-year institution.

Although hurricanes, floods and other disasters can be extremely disruptive, colleges and universities with a robust learning management system (LMS) in place are typically better prepared to weather the storm.

The number of adults seeking additional education and training is higher than it has ever been.

Because a traditional degree doesn’t tell a complete or specific story of a student’s ability, the skills and knowledge gained through nontraditional coursework are becoming increasingly important.

We no longer live in a world where new students are made up almost exclusively of fresh-faced teens who walk from the high school graduation stage to the college campus.

Chief business officers at colleges and universities recognize the seriousness of the current financial crisis in higher education, according to the 2017 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Business Officers.

An LMS makes it easier to reuse and update learning materials, simplifies the distribution and accessibility of online content, encourages collaboration, and allows instructors to seamlessly blend in-person and online learning.

We all grew up with the traditional grading system. In high school, every student would receive a letter or numeral grade for each class for the current semester or marking period. You had simple letter grades (A-F).

A 2015 study from Pew Research found that Millennials already represented the largest percentage of the U.S. workforce at 35 percent, ahead of Generation X (34 percent) and Baby Boomers (29 percent).

Enrollment in higher education has been on the decline for five consecutive years, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

Coventry University in the UK recently announced that it will offer 50 online degrees over the next five years.

Not to make you feel old, but the majority of today’s higher education students who enrolled right after high school graduation were born in the mid to late 1990s.

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The higher education market has changed dramatically over the past decade, with increasing competition among traditional, for-profit and online options.

Today’s students want a centralized, online system for tracking information and managing their activities.

The competition for students in higher education is fierce. Traditional student enrollment has declined, and there has been an increase in online education, adult learners seeking to complete a degree, transfers between institutions, and international enrollments.

Colleges are challenged to supplement traditional methods such as campus visits and open houses with more personalized outreach via mobile and social media.

Because students are applying to more schools and transferring more frequently, manually reviewing applications and related materials is becoming more time-consuming, complex and costly.

Years ago, students largely relied upon their own talents and effort to achieve college success.

Colleges and universities are akin to small cities. In addition to academic programs, athletics, and social and recreational opportunities, they are called upon to provide students with a host of ancillary services: housing, food, healthcare, banking and IT, just to name a few.

Many institutions are spending millions of dollars annually to meet regulatory compliance requirements — money that’s diverted from educational, research and financial aid programs.

Flipped learning is on the rise in higher education and poised for widespread adoption, according to the 2015 Horizon Report from New Media Horizons and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative.

Memos. Invoices. Contracts. Presentations. Reports. Budgets. The backside of the office prankster. Remember when all of these things appeared on paper?

Stanford University recently launched an online-based initiative to promote the responsible use of student data in higher education.

The Yahoo data breach that compromised the passwords of about half a billion users is just the latest but perhaps largest cybercrime incident.

Higher education has its collective head in the cloud, and that’s not a bad thing.

Instead of simply providing students with access to education, colleges and universities have a vested interest in supporting students through graduation.

According to a recent Gallup survey, employee engagement is a problem for the majority of colleges and universities.

According to a survey of more than 2,000 college students by software maker Unit4, mobile access to campus applications and information is in high demand.

Making the transition from college student to working professional often involves a stressful mix of excitement, anxiety and uncertainty.

Anybody can download and install an application with a few clicks. Software vendors go out of their way to make it easy to use their apps.

The past year has been one of innovation for educational technology as new vendors and tools have entered the market, promising to improve teaching and research.

To put it mildly, faculty members and academic IT administrators view online education quality very differently.

The fifth annual Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology from Inside Higher Ed has revealed some eye-opening insights into perceptions of technology in higher education.

The most exciting technological advances are often the ones that enable machines to do what we all assumed only humans could do.

Each year, Educause releases its Top IT Issues report, a study detailing the most pressing technology issues and trends in higher education, with input from IT leaders about why each issue is important.

In higher education, an LMS is used to administer, document, track and report on online coursework and assess student performance.

College and universities are placing increased emphasis on student success, new learning models and the use of data.

Colleges and universities can use data classification to reduce the risk of breaches and compliance violations.

Data volumes continue to explode, creating both opportunities and challenges for higher education.

In a recent interview, Malcolm Brown, director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, was asked what higher education should do to support technological transformation.

Higher education is being hit hard by ransomware. Although the retail and healthcare sectors are thought to be the main targets due to the valuable data housed in their organizations, education is targeted more frequently.

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology recently released Reimagining the Role of Technology in Higher Education, a supplement to the 2016 National Education Technology Plan (NETP).

The collection and analysis of big data is critical to improving student success and graduation rates, recruitment, academic advising processes, and the monitoring of student behavior and performance.

Mobile devices have become an indelible part of the technology landscape in higher ed.

The IoT is a network of desktop and mobile devices, objects, sensors, machines, humans, animals and other Internet-connected “things.”

Colleges and universities are using Internet-connected devices to improve energy efficiency, security, and educational outcomes.

Colleges and universities are under constant pressure to meet and maintain enrollment objectives while addressing evolving student demands.

In February, the IRS issued an urgent alert about a W-2 scam that made its way from corporate America to nonprofits, local school districts and higher education.

The college transcript still plays an important role in the lives of both students and graduates.

Collaborative education supported by technology that combines in-class learning with digital tools is one of the top tech trends in higher education, according to New Media Consortium’s annual Horizon Report.

According to a new report form the Business-Higher Education Forum, there is a massive shortage of data scientists to meet the growing demand for analytics in both higher education and corporate America.

Telepresence and video conferencing enable meaningful engagement that was previously lacking from distance learning and online classes.

MIT researchers created a robotic system that can 3-D print a 50-foot wide, 12-foot high domed structure in 14 hours.

According to the 2017 International Student Survey from Hobsons, there’s a correlation between the successful recruitment of international students and the popularity of a school’s social media channels.

Some skills shortages are more perceived than real.

According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, enrollment in colleges and universities dropped 1.4 percent in 2016, continuing a downward trend that began in 2012.

Unlike recent high school graduates, adult learners come from different age groups and have different family, career and financial situations.

Alumni relations are critical to the strategic growth and competitiveness of colleges and universities.

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