Financial Pressures in Higher Ed Are Growing—AI Can Help, So Why Isn’t It?
Higher education institutions are grappling with mounting financial pressures—rising operational costs, shifting enrollment patterns, and increasing competition. These challenges are exacerbated by recent executive orders, creating additional uncertainty around funding, regulatory compliance, and workforce dynamics. Yet, when we recently surveyed institutions, one trend stood out: the majority have not yet implemented AI-driven solutions to tackle […]
Higher Education Financial Resilience: Is Data Analytics the Key?
Revenue shortfalls and looming fiscal clouds are causing many colleges and universities to realize that financial resilience partly hinges on having insight into every aspect of the student journey. The financial instability among institutions has been precipitated by a confluence of issues, including enrollment declines that have not recovered post pandemic, the much-covered demographic cliff, […]
Generative AI: Overview, Use Cases, and Cautions for Higher Ed [Webinar]
Each week there seems to be an announcement about a new partnership or advancement with generative artificial intelligence (AI). This includes solution providers, who are identifying ways to incorporate natural language processing and generation technology into their offerings to meet customer demands. What do generative AI and these shifts in solution offerings mean for higher […]
Making Technology Career Transitions
When is the right time for an IT leader to move on to a new role at a new institution? How much should location matter versus potential for career growth? Aisha Jackson answers these questions and shares insights from her experience navigating the first year as a new technology leader since joining the University of […]
CASE DRIVE 2023: A Critical Forum for Advancement Technology Practitioners
The annual CASE DRIVE conference convenes higher education advancement practitioners to discuss their daily work and the technology they use to support it. The 2023 event was back in person with a sold-out attendance, and it was energizing to come together to share ideas, discuss issues, brainstorm, and talk to colleagues in a safe environment. […]
Workday AI/ML Innovation Summit 2023: AI, ML, and Energy
With the topics of AI and ML being top of mind across all industries, it was timely that Workday focused its 2023 Innovation Summit for analysts on the topic, highlighting how the company is using AI and ML across its solution suite today and how it envisions the future of its use. Attendees had an […]
Student Analytics: Focusing on a Critical Issue as a Catalyst for Creating a Data Culture
Institutions have been using terms such as “data driven” and “data informed” with regard to decision making for decades, but, as Tambellini research noted in a recent blog post, the issue of poor data hygiene impedes any meaningful progress for many institutions. So, while many aspire to create a data-informed culture, significantly fewer have the […]
Looking Back and Planning Forward: 2022 Technology Trends and Predictions for 2023
Vicki Tambellini, President and CEO of Tambellini Group, kicks off the new year with her annual take on the top technology trends for 2022, along with her predictions of the drivers that will have the biggest impact on the higher education market in 2023. Listen in for Vicki’s insights on how factors including budget pressures […]
The Data Problem in Higher Ed
For higher education leaders, the speed and criticality of strategic decisions that must be made to ensure institutions’ long-term health and viability are unrelenting. However, many leaders we speak with do not have the trusted data and analysis they need to make these decisions confidently. The problem is that most institutions do not have the […]
Simple Data Governance – 3 Do’s and 3 Don’ts
Data governance is a subject that comes up in our conversations with institutions every day. Many institutions suffer from the effects of issues like data silos, varying data definitions for similar fields, inconsistent data access criteria and processes, and poor data quality. In this blog post, we’ll discuss some ways to get started with data […]
