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Budget Survival Strategies

Budget Survival Strategies

With higher ed budgets putting IT organizations under strain, 3 IT leaders explain their strategies for handling the heavy lifting demanded of them.

4 Reasons Why Admissions Should Be in the Cloud

For schools taking their first steps into the cloud, the admissions department may be the perfect place to start. Here's why.

Mastering the Move to Google Mail

After migrating its entire campus to Google Mail, Santa Clara University shares its experience and offers advice to schools considering a similar move.

Tackling Plagiarism

Faculty members at Brevard Community College fight plagiarism on the same battlefield that has spawned a proliferation of copying, borrowing, and improperly citing information sources.

Architecting Student Success: Integrated Software for the Community College

Known primarily for its success as a recommendation engine, Sherpa is actually South Orange County Community College District's "sandbox" of integrated software systems that provides many new tools for student success.



Top 7 CRM Trends

Constituent relationship management has undergone a serious makeover: Here are 7 ways that today's CRM systems can manage your school's relationships in a more personal and effective way.

Finding Your Way With Digital Signage

Touchscreen technology is turning digital signs into interactive route planners, giving users customized directions based on everything from time of day to weather conditions.

Moving Exams Out of the Classroom

Removing the test from class time to a dedicated testing center frees up time for more instruction, plus allows for more frequent testing. But what are the challenges of on-campus testing centers--and how can institutions successfully tackle these issues?

Training Next-Gen Data Superheroes

Faced with a shortage of professionals capable of taming Big Data, schools are launching data science programs to train a new generation of data specialists.

Going Behind ITs Back

Going Behind IT's Back

In an era of consumer IT, faculty and staff are increasingly deploying their own technology solutions, which is fine--except when it comes to data management.