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Higher Digital and Ready Education Partner to Accelerate Student Journey Success

Collaborative solutions simplify SaaS adoption for higher education institutions [McLean, VA] Higher Digital announced today a partnership with Ready Education to offer change management services to higher education leaders looking to migrate…
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Higher Digital Interns from Peninsula Bridge Accelerate AI Development

[McLean, Virginia, 31 August 2023] - Higher Digital, a leading company focused on digital transformation in the higher education sector, is pleased to announce its engagement with Peninsula Bridge, a California-based nonprofit organization that…
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University Business: Why higher ed institutions must identify and account for technical debt

University Business recently published an article authored by Higher Digital CEO and co-founder, Wayne Bovier, on the topic of technical debt in higher ed. In the article, Wayne provides a detailed breakdown of what tech debt is, why institutions…
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Higher Digital Launches Service to Help Higher Education Institutions Master Technology

(SEA)change™ increases technology project success rates by 30%-50% through a unique combination of software, data and facilitated change October 27, 2021  TYSONS, Va. - Higher Digital, the leader in digital transformation…
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THE Campus: The digital shift will have many (positive) side-effects

CEO and Co-Founder, Wayne Bovier, and Rick Shangraw, President of Cintana Education, came together to discuss the digital shift that higher ed experienced in 2020, and it's many long lasting, positive side-effects.
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Announcing a new podcast from Higher Digital

Hosted by Higher Digital, each podcast episode will connect listeners to thoughtful guests experiencing the resurgence of higher education. Guests will explore the new Whys, the new Whats, and the new Hows of higher ed.
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eCampus News: Higher ed’s 2021 imperatives: Accessibility, delivery, affordability

Our CEO and Co-Founder Wayne Bovier details top trends education leaders can take away from 2020, and how those learnings can be applied in 2021 to increase the accessibility, delivery, and affordability of higher education.
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Announcement: Article Published on Digital Transformation Toolset

We are pleased to announce an article by Higher Digital VP of Digital Integrations and Architecture Jason Pyle in this month's PECB Insights magazine, which is dedicated to digital transformation strategies. Jason discusses how to select the right toolkit, based on a strategic assessment of the culture, people, and processes inside an organization.
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New Culture Assessment Measures Cultural Readiness for Dx

Higher Digital, a leader in helping higher education institutions drive actionable change, launches a data-driven Culture Assessment that can measure an institution’s cultural readiness for digital transformation. The Culture Assessment is complimentary and available to any employee at any institution.
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Lingk Partnership Announced to Speed Higher Ed Digital Transformation

Lingk Inc. and Higher Digital partnership will allow higher education CIOs to outsource integration needs. Lingk’s integration-as-a-service “IaaS” includes the Lingk integration platform technology and tools for building and maintaining integrations. Higher Digital brings vendor agnostic advice and expertise in enterprise architecture, strategy, delivery, and execution, to align stakeholders’ goals and create sustainable processes.
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HIGHER DIGITAL Welcomes Five New Advisory Board Members

HIGHER DIGITALTM Welcomes Five New Advisory Board Members Edtech and Silicon Valley start-up veteran launches consulting firm to help higher education institutions and businesses effectively manage digital transformation. October 16, 2017—Tysons,…

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Transforming to an R1 Institution

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In this episode, Jon Allen, Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Baylor University joins host Joe Gottlieb, President and CTO of Higher Digital. Together, they dive into Baylor's journey to becoming a national…

Maximizing an Institution’s Capacity for Change

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Steve Munson, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at American University, shares insights from his ambitious journey leading simultaneous major system transformations, including the implementation of Workday for ERP and Salesforce Education…
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Leveraging Objective Prioritization to Serve the Research Agenda

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Miroslav Humer, Vice President and CIO at Case Western University joins host, Joe Gottlieb, President and CTO at Higher Digital, to explore how Case Western is leveraging objective prioritization to advance its research agenda, delving into…

Intentional IT for Intentional Higher Ed for Intentional Students

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In this episode of TRANSFORMED, Dr. Bao Johri, Chief Information Officer at Fresno State University, delves into the university’s strategic approach to digital transformation (DX), emphasizing the power of intentionality with host, Higher…
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Serving Students Like Family while Maintaining a Relevant Academic Portfolio

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Unlock the secrets to a family-like academic environment where support is not just an option but a guarantee. Join us as Provost Dr. Rondall Allen of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore takes us on a journey through the institution’s…
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The Importance of Project Timing

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Dr. Joe Whitehead, Senior Advisor to the President for Regional Science Initiatives and former Provost at Bowling Green University joins host, Joe Gottlieb, to discuss the importance of project timing in higher ed, contrasting examples of rushed…
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Comprehensive Academic Planning in the Age of Polytechnic Velocity

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Host Joe Gottlieb sits down with Glendalí Rodriguez, Provost at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, to explore the dynamic process of comprehensive academic planning. Rodriguez shares how her team developed a forward-looking roadmap to guide…
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Leveraging IT as a Sustainable Strategic Change Catalyst

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Join our guest, Christina Baum, CIO and VP of Digital Transformation at Utah Valley University as she details her perspective on the IT role as a catalyst for sustainable strategic change. Across every institution, IT is uniquely positioned…
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Transforming the Strategic Plan to Transform the Institution

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Dr. Michael Lacourse, Provost at Utah Tech University, joins Joe Gottlieb to walk through a series of strategic planning cycles and the meaningful impact the entire institution realized as the strategy evolved over time. Learn from Dr. Lacourse…
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Transforming Business Reports as a Pathway to Data Governance

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In this episode of TRANSFORMED, Fred Rocha – retired CIO of Coast Community College District and Senior Consultant with Higher Digital, joins Joe Gottlieb to discuss how evolving business reporting can lead to better data governance in higher…
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Alignment as a Catalyst for Positive Change

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In this episode, Tom Andriola – Vice Chancellor for Data and Information Technology, Chief Digital Officer at the University of California, Irvine – shares how aligning across the critical elements of people, culture, technology and data…
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Organizational Change to Drive Organizational Change Management

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In this episode, Dr. Monique Sendze – Vice President for Information Technology and CIO at California State University, Chico – discusses her approach to effectively driving organizational change by creating a project and change management…
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Balancing Complex Forces in The California State University System

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In this episode, Joe Gottlieb, President and CTO of Higher Digital, sat down with Michael Berman, CIO of the California State University System, to discuss how large state systems can balance common standards with proactive IT service leadership to achieve digital transformation at scale.
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Gamifying Student Engagement, with Shaunak Roy

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In this episode, Joe Gottlieb, President and CTO of Higher Digital, sat down with Shaunak Roy, founder and CEO of Yellowdig, to discuss how gamification and social learning technologies are getting higher engagement.
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Reimagining College for Faster Completion

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In this episode, Joe Gottlieb, President and CTO of Higher Digital, sat down with John Gabrieli, co-founder and Managing Director of the Trio New College Network, to discuss Trio’s innovative approach to helping communities create hybrid colleges focused on competency-based outcomes for students.
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Digital Transformation at Liberal Arts Colleges

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In this episode, Joe Gottlieb sat down with Carol Smith, CIO of DePauw University, to discuss how digital transformation differs at liberal arts colleges and the importance of fostering a partnership between the CIO and CFO.
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Transforming Student Value via System-level Shared Services

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Last week at Ellucian Live, Joe Gottlieb and Jory Hadsell presented in person on how leveraging system-level shared services can transform student value. Listen to the episode for a deep dive into the topic.
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Growing Enrollment in Higher Ed through Technology

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In this episode, Joe Gottlieb welcomes Jack MacKenzie, founder and CEO of CollegeAPP, which helps higher ed institutions better target adult learners by leveraging data and technology to grow enrollment.
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Provost-driven Digital Transformation

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In this episode, our host Joe Gottlieb welcomes Wayne Bovier, co-founder and CEO of Higher Digital, to discuss the provost’s role in embracing digital transformation in higher ed institutions and propelling institutions into the digital era.
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Digital Transformation in the UK

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In this episode, Joe Gottlieb welcomes Michael Agnew, SVP of Europe for Higher Digital, to discuss digital transformation, how it’s manifesting at higher ed institutions in the UK, and its many challenges through an international lens.
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Digital Transformation and Measuring Digital Success

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In this episode, Joe Gottlieb and Wayne Bovier discuss digital transformation and how it can help generate value for higher ed institutions. Throughout their conversation, they leverage a recent McKinsey article, “How do you measure success in digital? Five metrics for CEOs.”
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The Future of the IT Department

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Joe Gottlieb welcomes Wayne Bovier to discuss a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “It’s Time to Get Rid of the IT Department.” Listen to the episode to hear Wayne’s insights on the future of the IT department in higher ed.
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The Future of Strategic Change Management

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In this episode, President Joe Gottlieb and COO and co-founder Colleen Baker revisit EDUCAUSE 2021 and discuss how Higher Digital’s latest offering, (SEA)change™, can help unlock the future of strategic change management.
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The Role of Enterprise Architect as Tech Debt Slayer

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In this episode, President Joe Gottlieb welcomes Gwen Kerdiles, VP of Services at Higher Digital in Amsterdam, to discuss the role of the enterprise architect as tech debt slayer.
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Takeaways: 2021 EDUCAUSE Digital Transformation Survey

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Listen in for an interesting conversation on the EDUCAUSE 2021 Digital Transformation Survey and see how higher ed institutions are, and are not, adopting digital transformation strategies.
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5 Themes from the ASU+GSV Summit

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Joe Gottlieb and Wayne Bovier discuss and debrief the recent ASU+GSV Summit in this episode of transformed. Listen in to hear about the 5 key themes from the conference.
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The Intersection of Business and Digital Transformation

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President Joe Gottlieb welcomes Aimee Leishure, former SVP of Business Transformation at Laureate, to dive into the intersections of business transformation and digital transformation and how it can enhance the student experience.
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What’s Next for the Higher Ed Industry

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President Joe Gottlieb sat down with CEO and Co-Founder Wayne Bovier to discuss 2U’s acquisition of edX and what this means for the higher ed industry.
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Women in Higher Ed IT

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This week, Joe Gottlieb sat down with Dr. Saundra Williams for a discussion about womens’ roles in transforming the higher education industry.
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Online Education – A Key Disruptor in Higher Ed

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This week, Joe Gottlieb sat down with Rick Shangraw, President of Cintana Education, to discuss how higher ed institutions are eliminating the geographical and financial barriers to quality education by employing online learning.
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DEI and Its Pivotal Role in Higher Ed

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This week, Joe Gottlieb sat down with Kim Wells to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion and its many facets in higher ed - from code switching to sharing how leadership can cultivate these principles at the institutional level.
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Postsecondary Value, Social Justice, and Motivation

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President Joe Gottlieb sat down with CEO and Co-Founder Wayne Bovier to discuss postsecondary value and social justice in higher education and the motivation to get there.
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Online Program Management…Is it right for your institution?

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Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb sat down with CEO and Co-Founder Wayne Bovier to discuss the ins and outs of online program management (OPM) and its crucial role in higher ed.
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The Virtues of Enterprise Architecture and How it is Manifesting at SNHU

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Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb sat down with Nicholas Eremita, the Vice President of Enterprise Planning and Strategic Enablement at Southern New Hampshire University and Jason Pyle, the Vice President of Digital Integrations and Architecture at Higher Digital.
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Cultural Change and Digital Transformation at the University of Greenwich

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Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb sat down with Paul Butler, Director of Information & Library Services at University of Greenwich and Higher Digital Advisory Board Member, to chat about the university’s digital strategy to discover the ways in which the university uses data to support cultural change and decision making.
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Cultural Extremes and the New Class of Disruptors in Higher Education

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Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb sat down with CEO and co-founder Wayne Bovier to chat about how to cultivate a culture for change in higher education. They discuss the ways that this continuous process can help institutions become more comfortable and effective with change.
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What 2020 Taught Us and How to Accelerate Forces in 2021

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Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb sat down with CEO and co-founder Wayne Bovier to chat about what 2020 taught us and how to accelerate forces in 2021. Covid-19 brought about swift technology changes and many higher ed leaders must now make what they learned out of a necessity, more sustainable in regards to digital transformation.
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The Ins and Outs of Enterprise Integration Architecture in Higher Ed

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Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb sat down with colleague Jason Pyle, VP and principal consultant of digital integrations and architecture, to chat about why enterprise integration architecture is a foundational success factor for digital transformation.
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Online Learning and Digital Transformation

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Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb sat down with CEO Wayne Bovier to chat about the cognitive science of learning—inspired by the ASU+GSV Summit 2020 presentation by MIT Vice President for Open Learning Sanjay Sarma and his new book Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn.

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A New Chapter: Transformative SaaS Solutions

Blog author: Emily Rudin, Chief Client Officer   It has been about a month since I joined Higher Digital, and many of you have asked me, “Why?” That's a good question. I contemplated retiring; however, after listening to…
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Managing Change in Higher Ed: Lessons from the Triangle Offense

In professional basketball, the triangle offense stands out as a strategic masterpiece. Popularized by Tex Winter and adopted by Coach Phil Jackson, this offensive system helped the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers secure numerous championships.…
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Retiring Technical Debt and Reducing Risk

Blog author: Fred Rocha, Senior Consultant (previously Chief Information Technology Officer for Coast Community College District)   We are all familiar with the concept of financial debt; the state of owing money to someone. For many,…
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“Decustomization” Is a Four-Letter Word

Every college or university has an ERP (SIS, HR, Fin) of some sort or another.  Whether it be a commercial product, one that is consortially developed, completely homegrown, or a combination of components, the ERP is essential to the day-to-day…
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2023 Transformation Insights: Lessons from Leaders in Higher Education

Over the course of 2023, as I conducted more than 100 interviews with esteemed leaders in higher education, including Presidents, Provosts, Vice-Chancellors, and Chief Information Officers, a tapestry of valuable insights and lessons from these…
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Holiday Spirits: Change Management Imperatives Distilled from the 2024 EDUCAUSE Top 10 

For the last twenty-three years, EDUCAUSE – a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance the strategic use of technology and data to further the promise of higher education – has been publishing a Top 10 IT Issues list to help IT…
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Pooling Resources to Accelerate Enterprise Change Management

Every time I go out to dinner with friends or family, I see an opportunity to split two (or more) dishes to diversify and enrich my dining experience. While my wife is often embarrassed when I do this with anyone outside the inner circle, she…
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Reimagining the Professor/Student Power Dynamic Using AI

For centuries, most of higher education has relied upon a relatively “authoritarian” teaching model: deeply educated professors would share their academic knowledge and test students on their ability to echo that knowledge in classic forms…
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Triangulating Leadership, Change Management and Technology for Sustainable Digital Transformation

In today's rapidly evolving higher ed landscape, successful, ongoing digital transformation is no longer just an option; it's a necessity for institutions to remain competitive and relevant. However, embarking on this transformative journey…
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Confronting Artificial Intelligence Disruption: 6 Recommendations for Higher Education Leaders

Well that didn't take long. For those in higher education, the digital disruption that happened during COVID was truly transformational - rewiring centuries old institutions on how they view and understand the role of technology. As COVID begins…
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The CFO’s Role in Reducing Tech Debt in Higher Education

Whether you are anxious to grow enrollment, improve student experience, or increase your share of the online education market – if technology delivery is particularly slow – your institution probably has a tech debt problem.
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California’s Calbright and Innovation Dilemma

Wayne Bovier, CEO of Higher Digital, shares his response to a great post by Phil Hill covering Calbright College, California's new-ish college. Phil's article offers great insight; however, Wayne shared another perspective: Innovation starts at home!
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Fast Project, Slow Change

Digital transformation takes time. It is the product of hard work, long term investments, and a series of smaller successes. In his latest blog, Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb shares how fast projects lead to slow change in a two-speed strategy for digital transformation.
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Culture Critical for Digital Transformation Success

At Higher Digital, we believe that culture is the primary reason that higher education institutions avoid Dx, and we also believe that culture is the primary determinant of success executing Dx.
In today’s competitive higher education market, institutions are either gaining market share due to a successful digital strategy and execution or losing ground due to insufficiently prioritised capabilities and/or not making the right impact

The ucisa Capability Model and Digital Transformation

As part of digital transformation, the business side of your institution and the Information Technology (IT) department will need to fully partner in order to align. Alignment occurs when there is clear understanding of what the institution does or needs to do and how this is addressed by the supporting enterprise architecture.
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University of Greenwich Case Study

Higher Digital worked with the University of Greenwich to migrate its academic marks from a custom legacy system to a modern digital platform. We worked with them to analyse, plan, execute, and test the migration of seven years of data in less than 12 months, enabling tighter integration and smoother evolution of assessment systems.
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CISG-PCMG19 in London a Success!

Higher Digital discovers UK and EU Higher Education Institutions' challenges and priorities, and what Digital Transformation means to them as first-time conference exhibitor at UCISA's CISG-PCMG19 conference.
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Case Study: American University
Adopts (SEA)change™

AU adopted Higher Digital’s Simplified Enterprise Agile™ process, also known as (SEA)change™, which provided the training and team optimization to enable a more agile, product-focused approach that involved stakeholders throughout the organization. AU created a product management organization to manage product roadmaps, and embraced a more user-centric approach to developing application interfaces.
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Job Market Disruptions Inspire Institutional Transformation

Higher Education Institutions have an incredible opportunity to increase enrollments and remain viable in today's uncertain market. The modern workplace is rapidly evolving, so workers need to develop new or enhanced skills—leading to company-subsidized the retraining programs and increasing consumer demand for educational and training programs that help workers change jobs or advance their careers.
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Strategic Architecture in Higher Ed

As part of the next phase of digital transformation, institutions and Information Technology (IT) departments will need to understand their entire architecture and be responsible for overseeing a consistent investment toward improving their digital experience and ecosystem.
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Simplifying Digital Transformation in 4 Steps

The hardest part of a successful digital transformation is knowing where to start. Paralysis and inertia are everywhere and can be the proverbial sand in the gears of progress; however, successful transformation always starts with small, simple steps.
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Message from our CEO

On behalf of the board and staff of HIGHER DIGITAL, I would like to wish each one of you a Happy New Year. 2017 was quite an amazing year for us, and we look forward to continuing to build an innovative company that is focused on helping organizations…
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Survival of the Digital-est: How Can Institutions Survive Technology Innovation?

Now is the time to create and implement a bold digital plan to transform your institution to be better able to meet the increasing demand for more cost-effective degrees, certifications and training while improving the digital services being…
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Acknowledging You Have a Problem Is the First Step to Digital Transformation

The first step in making any kind of change, personal, professional or organizational, is acknowledging you have a problem; however, when your organization is in constant motion and in a non-stop, reactive state, it makes recognizing you even…
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Is “Digital Transformation” a Buzz Term?

Is “digital transformation” a buzz term? The short answer is… “yes, but…” The term has all the signs of being overused. Attend any conference or pick up any leading business magazine, and you’ll run into this term over-and-over…