Quantifying cyber risk in terms of financial exposure helps higher education IT teams justify their spending and make the case that security is an enterprise-critical endeavor. This approach pushes districts to audit existing security…
Prospective students and their families have been known to judge an institution based on first impressions. In fact, 86% of higher education enrollment leaders said campus visits are the defining factor in securing enrollment, with…
Fueled by factors such as chronic absenteeism and pandemic learning challenges, students’ reading scores have been trending downward for years. A biennial National Assessment of Education Progress test found that approximately a third…
When schools talk about students using artificial intelligence, the conversation often begins with assignments. Are students using AI to brainstorm, summarize or complete work they should be doing themselves? Those questions matter, but…
Digital devices used for K–12 learning have traditionally provided access to productivity software, research and digital assignments. But now, artificial intelligence technology is enabling devices to generate instructional material,…
Building a drone fleet for a K–12 education program isn’t a one-time purchase. Rather, it’s a multiyear investment, and the funding source used to pay for it carries compliance consequences. Selecting drones requires balancing…
Just south of Seattle, Highline Public Schools serves an area of rich cultural diversity — for example, its 17,290 students speak nearly 90 different languages. For Teshon Christie, that’s an opportunity to tailor support to every…
As higher education institutions become more experienced with using artificial intelligence in their workflows, they are looking to optimize operations with the technology infrastructure that best meets their needs. For a growing number…
Universities are expanding access to generative artificial intelligence just as vendors are starting to shift more services from predictable per-user subscriptions to consumption-based pricing. They must accommodate faculty autonomy,…
As someone who spends his days talking with higher ed CIOs, CISOs and security teams, I’m watching their world shift from human speed to machine speed almost overnight. There’s an asymmetrical gap that I’m seeing. Many security teams at…
When I walk into a modern classroom now, I don’t just see audiovisual gear. I see endpoints. The pan-tilt-zoom camera at the back of the room isn’t only for lecture capture now; it’s a sensor on the network. The speakers in the ceiling…
For many higher ed institutions, budgeting for artificial intelligence lately can look a lot like dropping quarters into a magic Zoltar fortune teller machine: You put your tokens in to get an answer, but you have no idea what it’s…
Artificial Intelligence use in higher education continues to be hotly debated, but there’s no doubt it’s widely used: About 9 in 10 students, educators and education leaders say they’ve already used AI for school. That comes from…
With the vast selection of educational technology on the market today, it can be difficult for IT leaders to know what is appropriate for their institutions. The organizations at the helm of the EdTech Quality Collaborative — Digital…
Managing device repair in a K–12 environment is rarely straightforward, making it harder to identify the best school device repair option. Most districts aren’t dealing with a single, clean fleet. Instead, they are juggling devices at…
When an artificial intelligence system makes a “bad decision,” most organizations can’t really explain why. They aren’t entirely sure which data trained it, where the error was, which version it was running or which third-party…
Picture this: A college student sits at their desk, staring at a cursor blinking on a blank document, and suddenly, words start appearing on the screen — without the student touching the keyboard. It’s not science fiction; it’s…
For decades, colleges prepared students for a predictable workforce. Students chose a major, learned a defined set of skills and entered a career path that changed slowly over time. Artificial intelligence has ended that arrangement.…