Leading Tech Giants Unite to Launch EducationAccelerator.org: Transforming Higher Education with Data-Driven Solutions

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Fusion the Apps People, a brand of SIS Global has teamed up with Frequency Foundry Inc. (The Foundry) and Analytikus LLC (Analytikus), to launch EducationAccelerator.org, a collaborative partner and customer community aimed at advancing the Microsoft education accelerator and Open Education Analytics for higher education institutions. The community will harness the unique expertise of the…

Digital Transformation boosts student retention

How Digital Transformation Boosts Student Retention: 3 Key Factors

Dynamics 365, EdTech, Education, Higher Education, Student Information System, Student RetentionLeave a comment

The students of the present and future expect seamless digital experiences. By now, this is a truism in almost every industry. But for a number of reasons, higher education lags behind other sectors in terms of uptake and implementation of digital infrastructure. Our own research showed that university students ranked their university lives as the…

Student Information System

The SIS Wishlist: 3 Essential Features of a Student Information System

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For educational institutions, the decision to accelerate digital transformation is a straightforward one. But the question of which Student Information System solution to adopt is not. In a saturated ed-tech market, vendors tend to emphasize their own SaaS value propositions without first addressing the specific institutional needs of prospective customers. Here, we will unpack the…

Higher Education

Preparing for Tomorrow, Today: How Universities Can Step Up Digital Transformation for a Generation Who Expects It

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A university’s legacy is part of its appeal: we all expect a place of higher learning to have a timeless look, feel, and ethos. The prestige of many universities is intimately tied up with how long it has been around, and how well it has weathered changes from generation to generation. But legacy systems of…