Navigating the Growing World of Data Privacy in Higher Education

by JD Hysler | CIPP/E | Jun 11, 2024 | Administration, Higher Education

The landscape of data privacy in the United States has undergone significant shifts in recent years, impacting universities and colleges. Professionals in the higher education field must now consider data privacy and security as integral aspects of their institutional...

Sink or Swim: Tackling Higher Education Enrollment Challenges

by Maya Kvesic | Dec 5, 2023 | Administration, Higher Education

A sort of panic sets in when people in higher education hear any peep about enrollment challenges (and after writing this I see why). But I am here to tell you despite these feelings of uneasiness, there is hope.   The enrollment cliff is an obvious topic of...

Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: A Post-Op Implementation Analysis

by Troy Milligan | Oct 6, 2023 | Administration, Higher Education, Technical

WHEW! I can take a breath…I think. It was both a whirlwind and a perfect storm when Redlands Community College made the decision to move to Ellucian Colleague after a thorough, team-driven approach. Additionally, Evisions Argos was the reporting tool deemed a critical...

How I Came to Realize the Importance of User Acceptance Testing

by Jannatul Ferdous-Hypolite | Jun 6, 2023 | Administration, Higher Education, Technical

Testing is an important concept and practice when it comes to technology, regardless of what industry you’re in. When it comes to Higher Education, it defines the collaboration between IT and the various functional teams with whom they work. The aim is to maintain the...

Best Practices for Using Extract Reports

by Evisions | Aug 18, 2022 | Higher Education, Technical

Anyone involved with institutional reporting or sending data to other vendors will tell you that, when it comes to the end results, one report definitely does not fit all. Submitting reports to third parties—be they government agencies, financial institutions, or...

Cloud vs. Client: Where Do You Want to Keep Your Higher Ed Data?

by Peter Wilbur | Jul 12, 2022 | Administration, Data Everywhere, Higher Education

The abundance of data available to institutions of higher education is staggering. It’s found in ERPs, data warehouses, data marts, and other systems and databases used throughout campus. For years, these data sources were, in fact, on campus (aka, the client, on...