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Benefits of a FinOps Strategy for Higher Education Institutions

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Higher education IT departments have been taking advantage of the cloud for years, but as budgets tighten at institutions around the country, the long-term costs and benefits of cloud-based storage, applications and more have come under greater scrutiny.

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Is it reasonable to expect higher education institutions to be more business-like?

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Debbie McVitty puts the case for ditching the idea that being "business-like" is anathema to higher education's public purpose

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Charitable Giving to U.S. Higher Education Institutions Rises 3% Despite Economic Challenges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The annual CASE Insights on Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey reveals that higher education institutions received a total of $61.50 billion in charitable donations, demonstrating continued donor confidence despite economic fluctuations and increased scrutiny of higher education.

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Bridging Communities and Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Roshaunda Breeden Dr. Roshaunda Breeden never expected to become a faculty member at North Carolina State University (NC State), the very same institution where her journey in higher education began. The work, she adds, is so much bigger than the classes that are taught in the academy.

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New Report Highlights Hidden Costs and Privacy Risks of Digital Courseware for Higher Education Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report uncovers “troubling gaps in data privacy for students using digital learning tools in higher education.” For example, while students in higher education are required to use and pay for digital instructional tools, they lack the data privacy protections provided to K-12 students. Titled “ Paying Twice to Learn?

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Higher Education Faced Mounting Enrollment and Security Challenges in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from United Educators reveals that enrollment concerns reclaimed the top spot as the most pressing risk facing colleges and universities in 2024, with 71% of institutions identifying it as a major challenge. This represents an increase from 67% in the previous year. out of 7 respectively.

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The Importance of Immigrant-Origin Students to Two Campuses, Higher Education, and the USA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our institutions differ in many ways one of us leads a community college in Californias agricultural heartland of San Joaquin Valley; the other serves as President of Frank Wu an urban college in the most diverse borough of New York City. While many are aware of immigrations role in fueling the U.S.