Predictions for Higher Ed Technology in 2021

Vicki Tambellini, President and CEO of the Tambellini Group, speaks with Katelyn Ilkani about the current state of higher education and what to expect in the coming year. Tambellini discusses the high-stress environment in which many of us find ourselves as a result of the pandemic and how it is affecting the workplace and decisions for the future. Her predictions touch on the adoption of more sophisticated budget and planning tools, the move to the cloud, and institutions combining operations.

Highlights include:

• How are staff at higher education institutions adapting to the high-stress environment brought on by COVID-19?
• What effect is the pandemic having on institutions’ decisions to move operations to the cloud?
• Why might an institution consider combining operations with other institutions? What could result from such agreements?