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I remember walking across campus late one night when I was a university web director. I realized something fundamental had changed on campus as I walked through a computer lab that used to be packed and found almost no one there. Years earlier, that room was a bottleneck. Students waited for stations. Access was managed. Space mattered. That night, the lab was clean, fully powered on, and nearly empty. Nothing was broken. Students were still learning. They just no longer need

Here's a date you need to burn into your calendar: April 24, 2026. That's when the excuses run out. That's when "we're working on it" becomes legally insufficient. That's when public colleges and universities must prove their digital properties (websites, LMS platforms, mobile apps, the whole ecosystem) meet federal accessibility standards. For decades, accessibility in higher education meant concrete and steel: ramps, elevators, captioning. In 2024, the federal government ma

As we close out 2025, it's worth looking back at a year that felt different for higher education. The conversations shifted. The pressure points became clearer. And a handful of leaders stepped up with frameworks, tools, and ideas that actually moved institutions forward. This wasn't a year for grand proclamations. It was a year for practical solutions. Students showed up with higher expectations and shorter attention spans. Search behavior evolved faster than most content st

Your team just launched a gorgeous homepage redesign, polished visuals, sharp messaging, and flawless branding. Leadership loves it. Faculty champions it. It is everything a modern university homepage should be. But here is the shift marketers are not talking about loudly enough: Today’s prospective students rarely walk through the “front door” you have spent months perfecting. They slip in through side doors such as search results, program pages, FAQs, and content deep in yo

Higher education stands at the edge of its most challenging chapter yet. The demographic cliff has arrived, with a 15% enrollment decline between 2010 and 2021. Meanwhile, budgets shrink, political scrutiny intensifies, and students expect digital experiences that rival Silicon Valley's best. This perfect storm isn’t just reshaping higher education, it’s an awakening. The institutions that thrive will reimagine their digital foundations and embrace future-proof digital campus

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Discover why 53.6% of universities haven't adopted AI yet. Complete 2025 guide comparing ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot & more LLM platforms for higher education.

On May 22, 7,000 international students at Harvard University became pawns in a political game that threatens to undermine America's greatest competitive advantage.

"During major deployments, we found ourselves working through the night," Paul Babin, Web Systems Manager at UCLA's David Geffen School...