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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…

THE Campus: The digital shift will have many (positive) side-effects

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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.

Announcing a new podcast from Higher Digital

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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.

eCampus News: Higher ed’s 2021 imperatives: Accessibility, delivery, affordability

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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.

New Culture Assessment Measures Cultural Readiness for Dx

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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.

Wayne Bovier among 2020 Red Hot Entrepreneurs

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Higher Digital, the leading digital strategic advisor to higher education institutions, announced today that founder and CEO Wayne Bovier was named one of DCA Live’s Red Hot Entrepreneurs in the Washington metropolitan area. This list reflects the leaders of the region’s most successful, fast-growing companies.

Lingk Partnership Announced to Speed Higher Ed Digital Transformation

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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.

Higher Digital Partners with DEAC for Distance Learning Assessment

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Higher Digital today announced a strategic partnership with the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) to co-develop the (SEA)RESULTS^® Distance Education Accreditation Assessment, providing DEAC members and Higher Digital clients with affordable access to expertise on establishing and maintaining high quality distance education programs in the face of constant technology innovation and change.

Higher Digital Releases
(SEA)RESULTS^® Security

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Higher Digital announced the release of (SEA)RESULTS^® Security, a new tool in its digital transformation assessment suite for colleges and universities that establishes institutions’ security baselines for measuring continuous improvements against, while identifying strengths and opportunities for managing cybersecurity risks.

(SEA)RESULTS Enhanced Planning Module

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Higher Digital today announced the release of Assess 2.0, an assessment and planning module for (SEA)RESULTS®, the company’s technology and organizational health assessment tool for higher education institutions. Assess 2.0 identifies which initiatives a university should prioritize to support institutional and student success, facilitating rapid internal alignment throughout a disparate organizational and budgetary structure.

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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…

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…

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…

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!

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.

How Higher Education Institutions Can Take Control of Their Data

There is a lot of confusion in higher education about the term “data governance.” Is it the same as data quality or data management? We recently demystified data governance and explained the key pillars of any data governance initiative including data responsibility, data quality, data privacy, and data security.

Demystifying Data Governance for Higher Education Institutions

There’s a lot of confusion in higher education about what data governance is. Is it security, is it policy, is it data quality? In this blog, we demystify data governance for higher education institutions, explore the signs that your institution may have a data governance problem, and examine the key pillars of data governance.

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.

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COVID-19: Opportunity to Invest in Your Future

Distance education must and will improve to become more immersive and engaging for faculty and students alike; C-suite executives should not allow any pushback against last spring’s COVID-induced emergency remote teaching to stall this strategic imperative.

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Enterprise Architecture Fortifies Business Continuity Planning

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed strengths and weaknesses of higher education business continuity planning. All institutions have been impacted, with most likely mired in implementing and revising their business continuity plans. An enterprise architect can help map essential business processes, systems, and services necessary to continue operating and serving students, faculty, and staff.

Data Governance in Higher Education

The requirement for data-informed decisions extends across the campus, including academic advising for student success; donor selection for advancement fund-raising campaign; energy conservation and facilities utilization programming; budget allocation and expenditure control. However, each of these examples contains a major assumption—that the underlying data are both trustworthy and the highest quality available.

Coronavirus and Higher Education

The novel coronavirus and the resulting disease COVID-19 have disrupted everything and everyone, both across the U.S. and around the world. The campuses of most higher education institutions have been closed, forcing them to move classes online, requiring crash courses for faculty in emergency online teaching. (Updated and expanded, June 12, 2020.)

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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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.

Introducing Your Enterprise Architect

Your decision to hire an Enterprise Architect or bring one on as a consultant means that your institution is ready to think of IT as providing business value rather than as an organization that simply keeps the lights on for the institution.

The Skills of an Enterprise Architect

Part 2: The Skills of an Enterprise Architect - in which we explore the skills that one should look for in an Enterprise Architect. They have a wide swath of responsibilities, goals, and authority, depending on the institution’s requirements as well as the basic skills and interests of the person who is filling that role.

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.

Why I joined Higher Digital?

The last several days have been full of wonderful congratulatory messages. I appreciate everyone who has reached out and thank you all for your kind words. I’ve been thinking about this move to Higher Digital for several months now...to better leverage my skills and experience to help address the challenges within global higher education.

7 Strategic Steps to Dramatically Increase Student Engagement and Turn Frustration into Success!

Most of us are deeply engaged with technology. Our expectations are high for what our digital experiences should be, and our frustrations grow if they become complicated, confusing, and unclear. Higher Education, and many of the software solutions that support our institutions, are woefully behind most other industries in providing a cohesive, engaging, and supportive digital experience. This has to change.

Data Privacy Day and Higher Education

Everyone on campus is responsible for keeping students' and other community members' personal information private and secure; what better time to learn more about privacy best practices, and help spread the word. Today is Data Privacy…

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…

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…

The Cost of Digital and Change Avoidance in Higher Education

There are a variety of takeaways from the announcement that DeVry, a for-profit institution, agreed to settle for $100 million with the FTC, but what stands out to me the most has to do with priorities, focus, and organizational structure with…

Blurring The Lines: The Merger of For-Profit and Not-for-Profit in Higher Education, A Technology and Market Driven Event

Over the past several months, there have been multiple announcements within the higher education community that might not have made national headlines, but were still significant enough to indicate a real blurring of the lines between for-profit…

Balancing Complex Forces in The California State University System

Podcasts, Project Portfolio Management, Student Engagement

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.

Gamifying Student Engagement, with Shaunak Roy

Podcasts, Student Engagement

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.

Digital Transformation at Liberal Arts Colleges

Culture and Change Management, Podcasts

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.

Growing Enrollment in Higher Ed through Technology

Podcasts, Strategy and Innovation, Student Engagement

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.

Provost-driven Digital Transformation

Culture and Change Management, Podcasts, Student Engagement

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.

Digital Transformation in the UK

Culture and Change Management, Podcasts

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.

Digital Transformation and Measuring Digital Success

Culture and Change Management, Podcasts, Project Portfolio Management

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.”

The Future of the IT Department

Podcasts, Strategy and Innovation

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.

The Future of Strategic Change Management

Culture and Change Management, Podcasts, Project Portfolio Management, Strategy and Innovation

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.

The Role of Enterprise Architect as Tech Debt Slayer

Podcasts, Project Portfolio Management

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.

What’s Next for the Higher Ed Industry

Culture and Change Management, Podcasts, Project Portfolio Management, Strategy and Innovation

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.

Women in Higher Ed IT

Culture and Change Management, Podcasts, Strategy and Innovation

This week, Joe Gottlieb sat down with Dr. Saundra Williams for a discussion about womens’ roles in transforming the higher education industry.

Online Education – A Key Disruptor in Higher Ed

Podcasts, Strategy and Innovation, Student Engagement

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.

Postsecondary Value, Social Justice, and Motivation

Culture and Change Management, Podcasts

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.

Online Program Management…Is it right for your institution?

Podcasts, Student Engagement

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.

Using Technology and Innovation to Improve Accessibility

Podcasts, Strategy and Innovation, Student Engagement

Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb sat down with Amy Shaw, the Senior Director of Customer and User Experience at Higher Digital, to discuss how higher education institutions can utilize technology to transform the student experience and improve accessibility.

Episode Zero

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Transformed is a podcast hosted by Higher Digital that sheds new light on the resurgence of higher education. In each episode, Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb interviews guests to explore the new Whys, the new Whats, and the new Hows of higher ed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Microcredential in Data Governance

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Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb sat down with colleague Henry DeVries, VP and Principal Consultant of Analytics and Finance, to chat about data governance.

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.

5 Areas for Investment to Extend Your Institution’s Mission

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Higher Digital President Joe Gottlieb sat down with CEO Wayne Bovier to discuss key areas for institutions to invest in now.

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