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The 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 continues with #2: The Human Edge of AI. Humans aren’t going anywhere, afterall. This issue explores how higher ed can empower students, faculty, & staff to engage with artificial intelligence tools critically, creatively, & safely. Read the report for more!

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EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #2 The Human Edge of AI EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #2 The Human Edge of AI Empowering students, faculty, and staff to engage with artificial intelligence tools critically, creatively, and safely. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections More and more AI is becoming an individual capability rather than just, or even primarily, an institutional one. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections Perhaps nowhere are these encounters with AI more likely than in the classroom. AI offers seemingly limitless options for both faculty and students in designing and participating in their courses, engaging in teaching and learning, and demonstrating learning and student success.
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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CRM systems are essential for organizations looking to build stronger connections, streamline communications, & drive growth. Register for our next Demo Day Nov 20 to gain insights into the future of CRM tech, get answers, & hear how peers are leveraging CRMs to drive success.

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EDUCAUSE Demo Day Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems Thursday, November 20 Register at educause.edu
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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The 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 continues with #3: Data Analytics for Operational & Financial Insights. How can higher ed leverage data analytics to provide insights into spending, enrollment, & areas for cost savings & operational efficiencies? Read the Top 10 report to find out!

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EDUCAUSE 2026 Top 10: Making Connections #3 Data Analytics for Operational & Financial Insights: EDUCAUSE 2026 Top 10: Making Connections #3 Data Analytics for Operational & Financial Insights: Leveraging data analytics to provide insights into spending patterns, enrollment trends, and areas for cost savings and operational efficiencies. EDUCAUSE 2026 Top 10: Making Connections Financial pressures are intensifying for higher education institutions. EDUCAUSE 2026 Top 10: Making Connections For many institutions, there are two dimensions to the work of enriching their data insights and decision-making. More positively, institutions are seeking to better understand and agree on where they need to invest.
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Microcredentials operate differently from traditional education, and they call for a more flexible, adaptable system to organize and classify learning objectives. Explore more in this EDUCAUSE Review article!

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My call to fellow practitioners is this: Interrogate your current taxonomy. Examine where it aligns—or doesn’t—with this model. And most importantly, keep pushing. Continue asking how we can better utilize microcredentials not just to label learning but to illuminate it. Beyond Bloom: A Radial Taxonomy for Microcredentials by Collin Sullivan
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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The online EDUCAUSE Annual Conference will feature sessions from the in-person conference in Nashville as well as exclusive new content that you will NOT want to miss! Join us November 12–13 online!

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"The best online conference I've ever attended. Schedule was easy to understand, easy to schedule, and joining each session was easy. The variety of courses was great." EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 November 12 - 13 Online
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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The 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 continues with #4: Building a Data-Centric Culture Across the Institution. We all have a role in expanding and improving data access and unlocking the full potential of data as a strategic asset.

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EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #4 Building a Data-Centric Culture Across the Institution EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #4 Building a Data-Centric Culture Across the Institution Expanding and improving data access and unlocking the full potential of data as a strategic asset. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections With access to rich stores of data, more leaders and campus stakeholders are realizing the potential of data for improved planning and decision-making. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections Nearly every department within the institution—from academic departments to advancement to facilities to HR —can uniquely benefit from more thoughtful engagement with data for their own planning and programmatic purposes. But our use of these data is most effective when we coordinate and share access across the institution.
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 continues with #5: Knowledge Management for Safer AI. Higher ed should look to mitigating the risks of artificial intelligence by integrating knowledge management into data governance, privacy, and ethics programs. Learn more…read the report!

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EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #5 Knowledge Management for Safer AI 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #5 Knowledge Management for Safer AI: Expanding and improving data access and unlocking the full potential of data as a strategic asset. 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections With access to rich stores of data, more leaders and campus stakeholders are realizing the potential of data for improved planning and decision-making.
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 continues with #6: Measured Approaches to New Technologies. We look at making better technology investment decisions (or choosing not to invest) through clear cost, ROI, and legacy systems assessment.

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EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #6 Measured Approaches to New Technologies: EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #6 Measured Approaches to New Technologies: Making better technology investment decisions (or choosing not to invest) through clear cost, ROI, and legacy systems assessments. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections Institutions are being inundated with new technologies and new features for existing technologies seemingly every day, and particularly with the rapid expansion of AI-based tools. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections Many institutions have developed suboptimal decision-making processes that have become deeply ingrained in their technology adoption culture, often resulting in dissatisfaction with and negative outcomes from these decisions.
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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The 2025 EDUCAUSE Annual Online Conference is your chance to connect, learn, and get inspired from wherever you are.

Join us November 12–13 for live sessions on AI, student success, digital transformation, and more—plus exclusive content just for online attendees.

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"The best online conference I've ever attended. Schedule was easy to understand, easy to schedule and joining each session was easy. The variety of courses was great." EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 November 12 - 13 Online
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 continues with #7: Technology Literacy for the Future Workforce. We must support discipline-specific technology training and education to enhance student success with in-demand technology skills.

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EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #7 Technology Literacy for the Future Workforce EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #7 Technology Literacy for the Future Workforce Supporting discipline-specific technology training and education to enhance student success with in-demand technology skills. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections Where traditional ideas of “preparedness” may have focused on a mastery of discipline-specific (and not necessarily technology-related) concepts and skills, it’s hardly an overstatement now to say that technology, data, and AI have become essential tools across most industries and professions. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections AI in particular is accelerating in its spread across the workforce, rapidly becoming a skill that will be more a necessity than a nice-to-have for future students.
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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The online EDUCAUSE Annual Conference will feature sessions from the in-person conference in Nashville as well as exclusive new content that you will NOT want to miss! Register for the online conference and join us November 12–13.

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EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 November 12 - 13 Online Learn from Engaging Sessions Take Deep Dive Into Trends Connect with the Community
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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The EDUCAUSE Top 10 rolls on with #8: From Reactive to Proactive. We examine how to use data for scenario modeling, forecasting, and prediction to strengthen institutional agility and planning.

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EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #8 From Reactive to Proactive: EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #8 From Reactive to Proactive: Using data for scenario modeling, forecasting, and prediction to strengthen institutional agility and planning. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections With the wealth of data institutions have at their disposal, and with the emergence of more sophisticated analytics and decision-making capabilities, institutions have an opportunity to shift from using data merely to describe what is or has been to explore what seems likely or even just possible on the road ahead. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections Sharpening these capabilities can help institutions become more responsive and agile in their strategic planning and decision-making, and help them avoid being caught unaware by trends that are emerging on the horizon.
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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The 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 continues with #9: AI-Enabled Efficiencies & Growth. Let’s start thinking about using AI, robotic process automation, & other analytics capabilities to reduce operational costs, streamline processes, & improve strategic & business decision-making

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EDUCAUSE 2026: EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #9 AI-Enabled Efficiences and Growth: EDUCAUSE 2026: EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #9 AI-Enabled Efficiences and Growth: Using artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, and other analytics capabilities to reduce operational costs, streamline processes, and improve strategic and business decision-making. EDUCAUSE 2026: EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #9 AI-Enabled Efficiences and Growth: Technology professionals consistently report year after year that their workloads exceed capacity, their teams are understaffed, and that, despite these realities, their institution still demands they maintain the same levels of service and continue to do more with less. EDUCAUSE 2026: EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #9 AI-Enabled Efficiences and Growth: It’s past time, then, for institutions to find pathways forward for “doing less with less” and helping their leadership and staff find healthier, more efficient, and potentially even more meaningful and fulfilling approaches to accomplishing the most important aspects of their work.
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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We’re counting down the 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10! Kicking off at #10: Decision-Maker Data Skills and Literacy. Enhancing the value of institutional data by training and equipping decision-makers to use and interpret it properly will be essential in 2026.

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EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #10 Decision-Maker Data Skills and Literacy: EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections #10 Decision-Maker Data Skills and Literacy: Enhancing the value of institutional data by training and equipping decision-makers to use and interpret it properly. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections Critical thinking and reasoning, analysis, informed decision-making—these are aspirations of higher education and, for many, bare minimum outcomes of a successful educational journey. EDUCAUSE 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections With an embarrassment of data riches and advanced analytics capabilities at their disposal, then, our institutions should be data literacy and decision-making leaders for the rest of the world, exemplifying best practices in thoughtful analysis and sound judgment.
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Today might be the last day of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but these are year-long efforts we all need to be a part of to protect ourselves, the people at our institutions, & the institutions themselves. At EDUCAUSE, we are always here to support you with resources & community.

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EDUCAUSE Cybersecurity Awareness Month Small actions can make a big difference EDUCAUSE.edu
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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How is it already the final day of the 2025 EDUCAUSE Conference? We've had a wonderful time connecting with this supportive & knowledgeable community. We can't wait to close out with an amazing general session & leave together, returning to our institutions revitalized!

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EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 Day 3 at a glance 8 a.m. Registration Desk Open Hall A Concourse, Level 3 Sponsored by Huntress, Conference Supporter Braindates Open Hall D Concourse, level 3 Sponsored by N2N Services, Conference Supporter Young Professionals Hub Open Lobby, Level 1 Sponsored by Ellucian, Mission Partner EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 8 a.m. Kick-Start Your Day: How Young Professionals Can Bring Home the Music Meeting Room 105, Level 1 8:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions 9:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions 10:30 a.m. Beverage Break Karl F. Dean Grand Ballroom Lobby Level 4 11 a.m. General Session, Resilient Campuses in Turbulent Times Karl F. Dean Grand Ballroom Level 4 EDUCAUSE Mission Partner 2025 Thank you to our 2025 EDUCAUSE Mission Partners AWS CDW Dell Technologies Ellucian Gartner Jenzabar K16 Solutions Lenovo Moran Salesforce Zoom EDUCAUSE Strategic Partner 2025 Thank you to our 2025 EDUCAUSE Strategic Partners Boldyn Networks Carahsoft Cisco CrashPlan Infosec Microsoft New Horizons Proofpoint Prosci Vantage Technology Consulting Group
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Here it is... the 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10!
2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 - Making Connections 1: Collaborative Cybersecurity 2: The Human Edge of AI 3: Data Analytics for Operational and Financial Insights 4: Building a Data-Centric Culture Across the Institution 5: Knowledge Management for Safer AI 6: Measured Approaches to New Technologies 7: Technology Literacy for the Future Workforce 8: From Reactive to Proactive 9: AI-Enabled Efficiencies and Growth 10: Decision-Maker Data Skills and Literacy
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Day 2 of the 2025 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference is packed with opportunites to learn, connect, and explore. This includes amazing breakout sessions, the 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10, Live Shop Talks, and of course the EDUCAUSE Commons. What are you most excited about?

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EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 Day 2 at a glance 7:30 a.m. Registration desk Open Hall A Concourse, Level 3 Sponsored by Huntress, Conference Supporter Young Professionals Hub Open Lobby, Level 1 Sponsored by Ellucian, Mission Partner Kick-Start Your Day: Set Break with Young Professionals -- Recharge and Reconnect Meeting Room 105, Level 1 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 8 a.m. Morning Refreshments Lobbies, Level 1 & Level 4 Sponsored by New Horizons, Strategic Partner 8:30 a.m. General Session - 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 Karl F. Dean Grand Ballroom, Level 4 Sponsored by CDW, Gartner, and Jenzabar, Mission Partners 9:30 a.m. EDUCAUSE Commons Open All A - D, Level 3 9:45 a.m. Refreshment Break in EDUCAUSE Commons Sponsored by Tru Consulting Poster Sessions in EDUCAUSE Commons Sponsored by DRUID, Conference Supporter EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 9:45 a.m. Braindates Open Hall D Concourse, Level 3 Sponsored by N2N services, Conference Supporter 10:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions EDUCAUSE Shop Talk Live! Real Talk on Student Experiences with AI Meeting Room 104 E, Level 1 11:30 a.m. Midday Your Way 12 p.m. Community Group Extravaganza in EDUCAUSE Commons EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 1 p.m. Breakout Sessions EDUCAUSE Shop Talk Live! An EDUCAUSE Top 10 Q&A Meeting Room 104 E, Level 1 2:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions EDUCAUSE Rising Voices Live! Behind the AI Stack -- A Candid Conversation on Institutional Innovation Meeting Room 104 E, Level 1 3 p.m. Refreshment Break in EDUCAUSE Commons Sponsored by Tru Consulting
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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It's day 1 of the 2025 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference! We've got our fancy socks on, coffee in hand, and brains open for learning and connection.

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EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 Day 1 at a glance 7:30 a.m. Registration Desk Open Hall A Concourse, Level 3 Sponsored by Huntress, Conference Supporter Young Professionals Hub Open Lobby, level 1 Sponsored by Ellucian, Mission Partner Kickstart Your Day: Creating Your Young Professionals Playlist Meeting Room 105, Level 1 Sponsored by Ellucian, Mission Partner EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 8 a.m. Morning Refreshments Lobbies, Level 1 & Level 4 Sponsored by New Horizons, Strategic Partner 8:30 a.m. General Session - Unmasking AI: Protecting What is Human in a World of Machines Karl F. Dean Grand Ballroom, Level 4 9:30 a.m. EDUCAUSE Commons Open Hall A - D, Level 3 9:45 a.m. Refreshment Break in EDUCAUSE Commons Sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Poster Sessions in EDUCUASE Commons Sponsored by Palo Alton Networks, Conference Supporter Braindates Open Hall D Concourse, Level 3 Sponsored by N2N Services, Conference Supporter EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 10:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions 11:30 a.m. Midday Your Way 1 p.m. Breakout Sessions 2:15 p.m. Igniting Ideas at EDUCAUSE 2025! Meeting Room 104 AB, Level 1 Breakout Sessions EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 3:30 p.m. Igniting Ideas at EDUCAUSE 2025! Meeting Room 205, Level 2 Breakout Sessions 4 p.m. Reception in EDUCAUSE Commons Sponsored by Salesforce, Mission Partner, Booth #1001
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Catch Dr. Joy Buolamwini, The EDUCAUSE 2026 Top 10, and Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III live from the #EDU25 Main Stage! Register (for free!) to watch the live main stage stream.

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EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 Main Stage Live! October 28 - 30, 2025 Dr. Joy Buolamwini 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III Register for Free
October 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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This is it! We will see you all next week in Nashville for the 2025 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. Remember, wear comfortable shoes, hydrate, and make time for connections.

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EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2025 October 27 - 30 Nashville, TN November 12 - 13 Online
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Generative AI can transform higher ed by enabling guided engagement at scale, fostering active & dialogic learning, & expanding access to personalized tutoring. Institutions can redesign teaching & assessment to thrive in the age of AI. Explore more in this EDUCAUSE Review article.

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"Dialogue has always been the beating heart of education. For centuries, it was rationed—a privilege of small seminars or private tutorials. GenAI can democratize it, making personalized, dialogical learning the norm rather than the exception." Dialogue at Scale: AI, Soft Skills, and the Future of Assessment by Mihnea Moldoveneau, Tanya Gamby, David Kil, Rachel Koblic, Paul LeBlanc and George Siemens
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Have you set up your Braindates for the 2025 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference? This is your opportunity to connnect on a variety of subject 1:1 or in a small group. There's still time to join us in Nashville!

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This is truly one of the most valuable events for higher ed IT professionals! I've found it incredibly beneficial to learn from peers who understand the challenges we face in our ever-evolving field. The exchange of insights and processes has been both inspiring and practical. - Jennifer Mendez EDUCAUSE 2025 Annual Conference October 27 - 30, Nashville, TN November 12 - 13, Online
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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In the 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Data & Analytics Edition, our expert panelists surveyed the landscape to identify the most influential trends shaping data & analytics in higher ed across five categories: social, technological, economic, environmental, and policy

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2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Data and Analytics Edition
October 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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"Hotline: Cybersecurity and Privacy" tackles the philosophical, moral, strategic, and organizational quandaries related to higher education cybersecurity, privacy, and data. This month, Mike answers your questions about handling admissions data and avoiding staff burnout.

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Hotline Cybersecurity and Privacy October 2025 by Michael Corn EDUCAUSE Review To get (data) into Power BI, we need CSVs stored somewhere. Am I wrong to think that creating flat files and storing them somewhere is insecure? A flat file is merely one of any number of possible data stores. Unfortunately, I don't think I can agree that flat files are inherently insecure. It really comes down to how well you control access and handling. I suspect the proper solution is to eliminate the CSV as soon as possible, such as by having an automated process. How do I make the case for backfilling staff? Spreading the work this staff member did across the team is killing everyone. Remind leadership that overwork and burnout carry real costs, including turnover, lost expertise, and lowered morale, which far exceed the savings of an unfilled position. Fundamentally, the case you want to make is that as part of a program of resource optimization, backfilling your position lowers risk, builds organizational resilience, and advances its mission.
October 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM