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Notes for colleges and universities, on the same NewPush platform.
Oct 1, 2026
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. On a college or university campus it is also the month when posters go up and the real work still sits in the ticket queue. Myths are…
Sep 23, 2026
AI can start a campus preparedness plan in an afternoon. It cannot restore SIS, speak for the registrar, or keep FERPA data out of a prompt you should not have pasted. National…
Sep 18, 2026
Your community college just landed a federal grant — and buried in the award terms is a clause requiring NIST SP 800-171 compliance before the contract can be executed. For CCCS…
Sep 16, 2026
Campus IT teams do not usually lose the semester because they lack a platform. They lose it because September trains everyone to live in the queue. The next console promises a…
Sep 11, 2026
Your institution's FERPA audit is next quarter — and your IT team doesn't have a complete list of every cloud app storing student records right now. This playbook gives community…
Sep 9, 2026
Back to school is a useful calendar trick. A campus checklist has to survive add/drop, identity sprawl, SIS and LMS load, research data, and a compliance calendar that does not…
Sep 4, 2026
The standard advice — patch everything, enable MFA, run backups — assumes a level of internal capacity most community college IT directors simply do not have. ## Why Community…
Sep 2, 2026
September is National Preparedness Month. On a college or university campus it is also the last stretch of calendar that still belongs to you. Fall semester is underway. Midterms,…
Aug 28, 2026
Your institution has two IT staff members covering 4,000 students, a pending FERPA audit, and a help-desk backlog that hasn't cleared since spring enrollment — and your board just…
Aug 24, 2026
The California Gold Rush of 1848 promised one thing: opportunity. Hundreds of thousands of people headed west, hoping to strike it rich. Some found gold. Most spent months chasing…
Aug 21, 2026
Your community college passed its last FERPA review...but the Office of Administrative Law Judges doesn't care about the review you passed; it cares about the six disclosure log…
Aug 17, 2026
When your flight hits turbulence, the last thing you want to hear from the pilot is "Give me a minute. I've never handled this before." Flying feels safe not because problems…
Aug 10, 2026
Mike Tyson once said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." On a campus, that punch usually comes in the form of a disruption everyone assumed the institution…
Aug 3, 2026
Every campus practices fire drills. Students line up, staff move them through the exits and everyone knows where they're supposed to go because they've done it before. Your…
Jul 28, 2026
When ransomware hit a public university's student records system during a recent semester, the IT team spent more than a week locked out — not because the technology failed, but…
Jul 27, 2026
Not all compliance failures start with a breach, but they all start with assumptions. An institution can have the right tools in place and still be unclear on what's actually…
Jul 21, 2026
Your campus IT team is three people deep, supporting 4,000 students, managing a patchwork of cloud apps and on-prem systems, and fielding a compliance audit request at the same…
Jul 20, 2026
On the surface, the water looks calm. That's what makes Shark Week fascinating every year. The danger is never visible on the surface. It's what's already moving underneath.…
Jul 14, 2026
A registrar's office coordinator clicks a simulated phishing link, gets a stern pop-up warning, and by the following week resents the IT department enough to start routing around…
Jul 13, 2026
Your institution hasn't stood still since January, and your systems haven't either. You've onboarded new faculty and staff, brought on adjuncts and student workers, adopted new…
Jul 7, 2026
Your last cybersecurity risk assessment may have been thorough the week it was completed, but if that was 12 or 18 months ago, a new SaaS platform, a remote-access policy change,…
Jul 6, 2026
If you're only talking to your IT team or technology partner when a contract renews or something breaks, you're doing it wrong. Campus technology isn't a "set it and forget it"…
Jun 30, 2026
Your analysts closed hundreds of alerts before lunch and somewhere in that pile was the one that actually mattered. Alert fatigue in higher education IT isn't a sign of a weak…
Jun 22, 2026
A lot of campuses treat outdated technology like a favorite sock with a hole in it—clearly past its prime, but not bad enough to throw out yet. You notice it here and there, like…
Jun 15, 2026
Taking a reactive approach to campus IT might not feel like a problem in the moment. Most issues start small: a system slows down, a warning appears, or something feels slightly…
Jun 8, 2026
Every year around late June, we get the longest day of the year—more daylight, more usable hours, and at least in theory, more time to get things done before fall term arrives.…
Jun 1, 2026
School's out, but on campus that doesn't mean things slow down. It means they change. Faculty shift to research and course prep. Staff start getting ready for fall enrollment. A…
May 25, 2026
As your faculty and staff are traveling for academic conferences or crawling through holiday traffic, a different group is getting ready to strike. They have been preparing for…
May 21, 2026
The integration of advanced learning technologies like virtual reality is rapidly transforming the higher education industry and has been for many years. As institutions seek to…
May 18, 2026
The draft looked impressive at first glance. It was sleek, polished, and the kind of document that gives the impression an institution has every detail under control. Then the…
May 14, 2026
In higher education, the increasing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) presents unique opportunities for academic advancement. As higher…
May 11, 2026
It starts with an email that lands on a Tuesday morning during the chaotic first week of the semester . The sender name says University President or Department Chair . The wording…
May 7, 2026
As higher education institutions strive to evolve in an increasingly digital world, the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) technology stands out as a transformative…
May 4, 2026
Imagine arriving at a house and finding the spare key tucked under the welcome mat. It feels easy and familiar — and it is exactly the first place a bad actor checks. Yet, this is…
Apr 30, 2026
As universities strive to enhance student engagement and success, Learning Management Systems (LMS) play a pivotal role. This comprehensive guide explores how LMS for universities…
Apr 23, 2026
The landscape of higher education is undergoing a seismic shift driven by rapid technological advancements and the need for institutions to remain competitive in an increasingly…
Mar 23, 2026
It's Monday morning during the semester. Coffee in hand. Laptop open. You're ready to review grant proposals or prepare for a lecture. Then your elbow clips the mug. Time slows…
Mar 16, 2026
It's March. Tax season is here. And for higher education, it's a perfect storm. Your financial aid office is buried with FAFSA filings and verification requests. Your business…
Mar 9, 2026
It's March. Green everywhere. Shamrocks in store windows. Leprechauns guarding pots of gold. Luck is fun. It's just not how well-run higher education institutions operate. Because…
Mar 2, 2026
Working in higher education means operating in a high-stakes environment of intellectual property, sensitive student data, and valuable research. On campus, you have the safety…
Feb 23, 2026
If you work in higher education, you've had this thought: "Why does everything take longer than it should?" It's not because your faculty or staff aren't capable or committed.…
Feb 16, 2026
By February, the "new semester energy" is gone. Inboxes are overflowing. Meetings keep multiplying. Faculty are balancing teaching, research, and service. Staff are stretched…
Feb 9, 2026
It's February. Tax season is warming up. Payroll offices are busy. HR is pulling records. Finance teams are juggling W-2s, 1099s, grants, stipends, and deadlines. Here's the part…
Feb 2, 2026
It's February. Love is in the air. People are buying chocolates, booking dinner reservations, and pretending they enjoy rom-coms again. So let's talk about relationships. Not the…
Jan 26, 2026
While your faculty is planning new curricula and your students are setting academic goals for 2026, cybercriminals are setting resolutions of their own. They aren't focused on…
Jan 19, 2026
January is the month people finally schedule the appointments they've been putting off. The doctor, the dentist, the mechanic,we all prioritize preventive care because we know…
Jan 12, 2026
Just like millions of people take on "Dry January" to reset their personal habits, higher education institutions can benefit from a digital detox. Instead of giving up alcohol,…
Jan 5, 2026
January is the month of institutional reinvention. Across campus, gyms are packed, syllabi are polished with renewed vigor, and planners are opened with genuine optimism. Then…
Dec 22, 2025
A department chair at a mid-sized university spent one hour in late December auditing every technology tool her 30-person academic and administrative team used. What she…
Dec 15, 2025
Every January, higher-ed leaders get bombarded with bold predictions about "revolutionary" technologies that will reshape academia. By February, most IT teams, faculty and…
Dec 8, 2025
You're three hours into a five-hour drive to visit family for the holidays when your child asks, "Can I use your laptop to play a game?" It seems harmless in the moment, after…
Dec 1, 2025
We all have that drawer in our office, the one filled with old USB drives, tangled earbuds, and tech gadgets from conferences long past. Most "tech gifts" end up there, forgotten…
Nov 24, 2025
The semester break is stressful enough, but if your institutional tech is sloppy, you're not just frustrating staff and students—you're creating security risks and failing audit…
Nov 17, 2025
Generosity is a magnet for grifters. For higher education institutions, the stakes are dramatically higher: massive foundation funds, vulnerable alumni/donor data, and an…
Nov 10, 2025
Every year, IT leaders in higher education are hit with a flood of "game-changing" apps and compliance mandates. Most are just noise. But in 2025, a handful of simple, powerful…
Nov 3, 2025
By the time she double-checked, the cards were gone, the scammer had cashed out, and the business had absorbed the loss. That sting is minimal compared to the institutional…