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, […]
Oracle CloudWorld 2023 Highlights Rapid Innovation
During the 2023 Oracle CloudWorld Conference in Las Vegas, a spotlight was on Oracle Fusion Cloud Student for the estimated 300 higher education institutions that attended. The conference provided insights into Oracle’s product strategy across its infrastructure, applications, and data and analytics products and its progress on Oracle Student. It was also an opportunity to […]
Best Practices for Overcoming Recruitment Challenges
Higher education recruitment and admissions professionals faced strong headwinds and a forthcoming enrollment cliff long before the pandemic hit, with National Student Clearinghouse data showing that total postsecondary enrollment declined by nearly 2 million students between 2011 and 2020. Though institutions were already using a wide array of technology tools to help in their efforts […]
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 […]
The Evolution of the Chatbot: Introducing Generative AI
To meet expectations around timely, relevant, and personalized communications amid budget cuts, staffing shortages, and other pressures, many higher education institutions are turning to chatbots—more recently, generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. Institutions have been using chatbots for years now. However, recent solution advancements that utilize generative AI have profound implications for higher education, which has […]
Modern Integration Strategy Is a Must for Modernization
As higher education institutions’ application portfolios have exploded in size during the last decade, data integration between those applications has evolved from a necessary evil to a competitive advantage when it’s done well. Institutions that struggle with modern integration methods and tools may find their journey toward modernization frustrating. Modern strategies and tools have matured […]
Community Discussion Webinar: Higher Education Technology Selection Trends of 2022
Need to modernize your student, finance or HCM systems? Or are you concerned that your current platform is aging? Understanding the technology selection trends of 2022 is the best information to build a strong support case for your strategic technology plan. In this free webinar, Tambellini expert Analysts, Mary Beth Cahill and Dave Kieffer will […]
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. […]
Remove the Taboo from Centrally Managed Visualization Tools – Free the Data!
Do institutions provide centrally supported visualization platforms? Our work with higher education tells us that most institutions that have been successful in democratizing data analysis have made this move by using modern toolsets. (What are the modern toolsets? Check out our research!) Even as recently as five years ago, visualization tools that were easy to […]
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 […]
