Get ready for an exceptional professional learning opportunity! Registration is open for the 2023 Smithsonian National Education Summit: "Together We Thrive," taking place from July 18-20, 2023. This year's Summit offers in-person workshops at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., as well as online-specific sessions, so you can choose the format that best suits your needs. Our Summit includes four distinct tracks: Life on a Sustainable Planet ST...

Together with NVIDIA and OpenACC organization, Princeton University will host a virtual Open Hackathon starting June 14 and concluding June 23, 2023. Open Hackathons provide exciting opportunities for scientists to accelerate their AI or HPC research under the guidance of expert mentors from national laboratories, universities and industry leaders in a collaborative environment. The goal of the Open Hackathon is for computational scientists t...

Schools educate our nation's future so school administrators must navigate numerous challenges outside their control. With a reported 67 million malware attacks against education institutions during a typical 30-day stretch*, one major challenge is that K-12 institutions easy targets for cybersecurity attacks. These attacks have risen since the Covid-19 pandemic forced remote learning, and a new form of highly evasive adaptive threats (HEAT) u...

The largest training event for the financial aid community—the Federal Student Aid Training Conference—will be held virtually from Tuesday, Nov. 29 through Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. As we approach the event, more than 13,000 financial aid administrators, college access professionals, and other financial aid stakeholders have registered to attend. The virtual environment allows even more professionals to access the free annual event wit...

How can you put analytics capabilities to work regardless of analytics maturity? Data and analytics leaders must know when and how to combine predictive and prescriptive analytics to gain a competitive advantage in the education industry. Join this complimentary data and analytics webinar, where our Gartner expert will guide you through observed outcomes from higher education to illustrate how to put data to work for your institution. You will...

The way students learn has changed forever, and with that comes new opportunities for different learning styles and goals. Choosing the Cloud Learning Platform empowers students to engage with an evolutionary online learning experience that cuts through unnecessary fees and unrelated courses. This model offers bachelor’s degrees and certification programs by getting straight to the point. Students have access to the benefits of a tradit...

As higher education institutions think of new ways to support their students, faculty and staff in a hybrid landscape, they should consider the many advantages of digital transformation in the form of managed print services. Managed print services provides greater reliability and flexibility to individuals who need crucial printed materials, regardless of where they work from or the tight deadline they might face. Managed print services also...

Just as cybersecurity threats have evolved, so have the defense strategies deployed by education institutions to combat them. As more organizations implement and successfully maintain modern cybersecurity best practices, what can be done to protect their investments and ensure assets are safeguarded in the event of system failure, user error, or natural disaster? Developing a long-term cybersecurity strategy that incorporates fail-safes and l...

The recent national conversation on race and policing – combined with the global pandemic and escalating demand for mental health support – has elevated student, faculty, and staff concerns about campus law enforcement and safety more broadly. This has put new pressures on campus leaders to balance safety obligations and risks with stakeholder needs and preferences. To effectively navigate these pressures, leaders need to start by...

As security and privacy have become increasingly intertwined, it's become critical to develop a campus culture that embraces both. A strategic awareness plan helps ensure that your efforts are successful. Attendees will participate in exercises to assess their audiences, develop messaging, identify needed assets (including campus partners), and build an effective plan. Learning Outcomes:You will be asked to complete assignments in between the...