The TRANSFORMED blog offers perspective and opinion from higher education innovators, within the Higher Digital team and beyond, targeted to leaders and change agents driving strategic initiatives to move their institutions forward – just like you!

Whether your goals are to increase student retention rates, implement a new SaaS solution, or integrate AI into modern curricula, inform your views with timely inputs from proven experts in digital transformation for higher ed.

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What Universities Need to Be Doing in 2025

If you think AI is something your IT team can “get to later,” think again. The future of your institution doesn’t hinge on the next CRM upgrade or a shinier LMS, it hinges on whether you can take control of your data, your AI strategy,…
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Why Higher Ed’s Operating Model Needs to Change

When I look back, it’s hard to believe how far this journey has taken me.  Back in 2017, when my co-founder and I launched Higher Digital, we had a simple but urgent belief: higher education needed to change faster. For too long, IT had…
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What I Learned from Leading a Change Management Webinar

I was lucky enough to host a webinar last week about change in higher education with Joe Gottlieb, President and CTO of Higher Digital. You know that I joined Higher Digital after I retired, having taken a year off to take care of some health…
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Strategic Portfolio Management: Higher Ed’s Path to Adaptive, Results-Driven Decision-Making

In today's rapidly shifting higher education landscape, institutions are under more pressure than ever to align strategy with execution. Declining enrollments, evolving learner expectations, and the disruptive impact of technology demand new…
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Reimaging Value in a Time of Crisis

Progress doesn’t have to be perfect to be powerful; it just needs to begin!  Like elephants, higher education carries deep wisdom, strong community bonds, and long institutional memory. But when the landscape changes, even the most grounded…
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Failure With Distinction?

I was recently reminiscing about Dr. Bob Kvavik, esteemed professor and Vice President at the University of Minnesota and pioneer in the adoption of ERP in Higher Ed.  He was the primary author on the ECAR studies of ERP, and he was an evangelist…
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Beyond Business Process: Designing for the Institutional and Student Experience

In higher education, the focus on business process redesign (BPR), automation, and workflow efficiency has become the standard. Institutions are investing heavily in streamlining operations to eliminate inefficiencies and improve compliance.  But…
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Building Resilience in Higher Ed: Mastering Data Access, Security, and Integration

Imagine this scenario: A university experiences a significant data breach, exposing sensitive student and staff records. The root causes become evident upon investigation: fragmented, siloed data systems and outdated security practices. This…
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A Modern Approach to Strategic Portfolio Management

Introducing (SEA)results: Strategic Portfolio Management, Built for Higher Education Higher education institutions, like most enterprises, feel a constant tension between the scope of their ambition and the resources necessary to achieve…
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