Where Oracle Is Taking Higher Education: Key Themes from Knoxville
Reflections from the Oracle Higher Education Summit in Knoxville This week I attended the Oracle Higher Education Summit at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The event brought together institutional leaders and technologists to explore where the market is heading, with a strong focus on AI, platforms, and the future of enterprise systems in higher education. […]
AiPEX Center Launch: Higher Education Just Leapfrogged Into 2026
Drivestream just opened a new hands-on center designed to showcase what AI can actually look like in practice. Last week, Hampton Shive and I had the opportunity to spend time at the launch of Drivestream’s AiPEX Center in Leesburg, Virginia. Why This Felt Different I’ve been to a lot of conferences, seen countless demos, and […]
Academic Operations Is Becoming the Next Battleground in Higher Education Technology
For years, the center of gravity in higher education technology strategy has been relatively clear. Institutions invested heavily in student information systems, learning management systems, and CRM platforms to modernize the student lifecycle. Vendors built ecosystems around these core platforms. Technology roadmaps often revolved around replacing or upgrading one of these major systems. And in […]
Comprehensive Capital Campaigns: What Makes Sense Today?
For long-term success, higher education leaders can’t treat capital campaigns as standalone fundraising drives. They need connected, data-led strategies that align advancement, finance, and academic priorities. In this episode, Salesforce’s Chris Clark and Tambellini’s Novita Rogers show how AI, structured data, and strong governance turn one-off asks into personalized engagement that drives long-term institutional growth. […]
The Hidden Thinking Tax of AI: How to Stay Cognitively Sharp
AI tools are changing how we work. Left unchecked, they’ll change how we think too. You’re staring at a blank document. A strategy memo is due by the end of the day. Instead of wrestling with the problem, sketching out arguments, weighing the trade-offs, you open your AI assistant and type: “Write a strategic memo […]
[Webinar] Does Your Technology Ecosystem Support Your Revenue Goals?
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Colleges and universities are betting their future on revenue growth while working with technology ecosystems that were built for a different era. Donors now expect seamless, personalized giving experiences, but many campuses still rely on siloed systems, incomplete data, and manual processes that slow advancement and limit insight. This webinar focuses on how the right […]
The Vicious Fractal of Complacency: When Leadership Trades Agency for Comfort
Complacency is one of those words we think we understand immediately—usually as a character flaw. It conjures images of laziness, low standards, or people who simply don’t care. But in the real world, complacency is rarely that simple. More often, it’s what happens when friction becomes familiar. When complexity becomes “normal.” When the path of […]
Enterprise Planning—Take the Reins
Most institutions and their vendors are still framing technology conversations around transactions, analytics, and user experience: better HR, cleaner financial reporting, faster close, fewer manual touches. That work matters, but it is not the operating capability that will differentiate institutions in our current climate of volatility as a constant. Over the next five years, the […]
[Webinar] Rebuilding the Recruitment Funnel: How Technology Turns Interest into Enrollment
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Higher education leaders are under increasing pressure to deliver predictable enrollment amid shifting demographics, changing student expectations, and intense competition. At the same time, the technology landscape is evolving quickly, offering new ways to understand prospective students, personalize engagement, and focus limited staff time where it matters most. This on-demand webinar looks at the recruitment […]
Bhusri Returns as CEO: Can Workday Accelerate Innovation Pace?
Workday reset its leadership model. On February 9, 2026, Workday announced that co-founder and executive chair Aneel Bhusri is returning as CEO, effective immediately, replacing Carl Eschenbach, who stepped down the same day. This is the third act in the following timeline: During this time, Aneel was still very present as the board chair with […]
