Viewpoints

Here you'll find opinion pieces and expert commentary on a variety of topics.


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College Transfer Initiative Drives Higher Degree Completion Across Illinois

Here in Illinois, we have addressed the issues surrounding collegiate student transfers with innovative legislation, technology and initiatives designed to ease the transfer process and ultimately help more students attain their degrees.

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9 Thoughts for Dealing with Online Learning in a Crisis

Colleges and universities everywhere are rushing to move courses online and keep teaching and learning going during the coronavirus pandemic. Here's how to cope with what may feel like an impossible task.

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Massive Operational and ERP Risks in the COVID-19 Crisis

IT operations might be the farthest thing from your mind during the coronavirus pandemic, but it's more important than ever to focus on equipment, systems, security and IT support.

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Why We Are Using Blockchain for Digital Credentialing

East Coast Polytechnic Institute is giving students full control over their academic records with blockchain-enabled digital credentials that are sharable and verifiable anywhere in the world.  

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Is Your ERP Platform Burning?

As legacy ERP solutions begin to show their age, the difference between "cloud-enabled" and "cloud-native" software is becoming a flash point for many higher education institutions.

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Interventions that Work

At this year's Educause Annual Conference in Chicago, Bridget Burns, executive director of the University Innovation Alliance, outlined five initiatives can that really make a difference in student success.

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5 Keys to Student Success

A report from Strada Education Network offers five best practices for promoting student success in online learning environments — ideas that could benefit on-campus learners too.

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Has Technology Made State Regional Universities Obsolete?

While SRUs do some things well, the current model is not sustainable, with students taking on enormous debt and receiving relatively little income benefit in return. Here's how technology can help change the equation.

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4 Ways the Higher Education ERP Industry Must Change

It's time for a new approach to enterprise resource planning in higher ed — one that involves transparency, cooperative contracts, a cloud-native strategy and more.

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Why Students Cheat

Contract cheating companies often claim that students use ghostwriting services as a cry for help in a higher education system that is not listening to their needs. Is there some truth to that message?