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AI is Reshaping Higher Ed Workplaces

An EDUCAUSE report finds that many employees remain unaware of their institution's policies and lack training to develop their skills.

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Why Schools Are Embracing Hybrid Cloud Solutions

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Internet

A Guide to the ADA Title II Accessibility Rule: Deadline Extended to April 2027

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Q&A: How the University of North Dakota Became a Leader in Online Education

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Continuous Threat Exposure Management Enhances Higher Ed Cybersecurity

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Review: Box Facilitates Secure Collaboration Across Campus

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Digital Workspace

Review: Cisco Webex Desk Pro Will Make You Look Forward to Meetings

This is the group that I rely on. No one institution has AI all figured out. But in this room that we created, the answer’s in there.”

Brandon Rich, Director of AI Enablement, University of Notre Dame

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Best Practices for Outdoor Campus Safety Planning

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5 Considerations for Building an AI-Ready Infrastructure

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Intentional Classroom Design Supports Modern Learning Environments

Cloud

The Connected Campus: A Secure, AI-Ready Digital Ecosystem for Higher Education

Artificial Intelligence

Case Western Reserve University Deploys Google Gemini

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Open Campuses Require Strategic Security Planning

Classroom

How To Keep Hybrid Learning Cutting-Edge

Artificial Intelligence

Q&A: Old Dominion University Redefines AI Literacy Through MonarchSphere

Cloud

Cloud Security Monitoring in Higher Education: Minding the Visibility Gap

Classroom

What IT and Academic Leaders Need to Know About Collegiate Esports

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Continuous Threat Exposure Management Enhances Higher Ed Cybersecurity

This security approach helps universities stay one step ahead of cyberattacks.

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Security

Best Practices for Outdoor Campus Safety Planning

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Security

Open Campuses Require Strategic Security Planning

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What Is Quantum Cryptography and Why Does it Matter to Higher Education?

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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.
EDUCAUSE 2025: ‘Future-Embracing’ Higher Ed with AI

Despite uncertainties and challenges in the higher education space, university IT leaders are anchoring themselves in the shifting tides by using artificial intelligence and unified data to “future embrace” change.

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