'Inflection Point' in IT - Carl Straumsheim, Inside Higher Ed

The pace of change in technology is widening the gap between early adopter institutions and those struggling to keep up, Educause's report on the top IT issues and strategies for 2015 shows. Some IT leaders say it's time for colleges and universities to accept that they won't be able to do everything on their own. Educause’s researchers said higher education is approaching an “inflection point for change,” and that the development fueled by a combination of technological advances and outside scrutiny. At the same time as students, parents, politicians and donors are growing concerned with the cost and quality of a college education, the researchers said, colleges and universities are using technology in classrooms and administrative offices to try to address those issues. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/14/hiring-training-staffers-new-normal-tops-list-it-priorities-2015