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Why the Right Infrastructure for Higher Ed AI Workloads Might Be Hybrid

Higher education IT teams are turning to hybrid environments to meet their needs for a variety of artificial intelligence use cases.

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How Higher Ed Institutions Can Control AI Spending Without Curbing Innovation

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From Human Speed to Machine Speed: How Higher Ed Security Is Using AI to Fight Agentic Attacks

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Why AI-Driven Modern Classrooms Require a Major Security Conversation

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How University IT Leaders Can Budget for Volatile AI Pricing Models

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Risks and Rewards of IoT in Higher Education

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Microsoft Report Highlights Trends in Higher Education AI Adoption

The interactive media lab is totally becoming a point of marketing and differentiation for the college, a tool for recruitment and retention.”

Professor Dan Cuffaro, Industrial Design, Cleveland Institute of Art

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How Colleges Are Using Technology To Attract Students on Campus Visits

Digital Workspace

Year-Round Education Requires Year-Round IT Support

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What Could Brain-Computer Interfaces Mean for Students With Disabilities?

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Are Colleges Ready To Support the AI Workforce?

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What Shadow IT Can Teach Higher Ed Tech Leaders About the Faculty Experience

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AWS Program Gives College Students Access to AI and Cloud Resources

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Why Trust Matters as Higher Ed Adopts AI Tools

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Why Higher Ed CIOs Should Embrace a Federated Data Governance Strategy

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Technology Powers University-Industry Research Partnerships

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How Can AI Agents Support Lean Higher Ed Security Teams?

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Risks and Rewards of IoT in Higher Education

Shadow IT is flooding college and university networks as students move back to campus. Here’s how higher ed IT leaders can secure their networks without impacting the student experience.

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Security

Centralized Cybersecurity Operations Keeps Community Colleges Protected

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AI-Enabled Ghost Student Fraud: How IT Leaders Are Fighting Back

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Why Higher Ed IT Can't Afford To Wait on Quantum Security

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Cleveland Institute of Art's Interactive Media Lab Redefines What an Art School Can Be

Part community hub, part creative lab, the college’s Interactive Media Lab puts some of the most innovative and boundary-pushing creative tools in the hands of faculty and students.
EDUCAUSE 2025: Make it Simple, Make it Scalable

Higher education institutions can design learning environments that evolve with student and faculty needs by emphasizing flexibility, scalability and inclusivity. All are essential to supporting both in-person and hybrid learning.
Higher Ed Strengthens Incident Response With AI and Practice

At EDUCAUSE 2025, CDW experts Jeff Falsetti and Pat Sullivan shared how higher education leaders can modernize security operations, use artificial intelligence-driven forensics and make tabletop services routine to build faster, smarter incident response strategies.
EDUCAUSE 2025: Inside the CIO Playbook – Trust, AI and Incident Response Readiness

University CIOs share practical approaches to incidence response planning in the face of cybersecurity threats that are growing in complexity and frequency.
EDUCAUSE 2025: From Cloud to AI: How Higher Ed Leaders Are Building Communities of Excellence

University IT leaders work together to share knowledge and draw on existing frameworks of established community-based organizations to address collective IT challenges in higher ed.

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Universities Use Video Walls as Storytelling Tools

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How and Why Higher Ed Institutions Should Elevate Digital Fluency

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Q&A: Stan Waddell Shares How to Balance Cybersecurity with a University’s Mission

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How Temple University Created an Artificial Intelligence Policy

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What Can Smart Buildings Do for Higher Ed Campuses?

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