You know, you’d think that at an institution of higher learning, of all places, there would be some sort of exception to the whole ‘human limitation’ thing. Colleges and universities exude an atmosphere of hope, ambition, excitement, drive, innovation, and endless...

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an admissions department in possession of a reasonably-sized staff…probably still doesn’t have the resources to spend much time thinking about marketing.”                                 -What Jane Austen would have said...

We’ve all got our own ways of dealing with stress. Some of us try to prevent it with morning rituals like yoga, meditation, or journaling. Some of us mindlessly binge on our favorite comfort foods when stress and overwhelm hit. And some of us break out the adult...

It’s Monday morning. And oh, is it ever a Monday. You sit down at a table, ready for your first meeting of the week. And you can already feel it coming. You know what’s about to be discussed…and you know that you’re probably going to have to temper someone’s...

How do you make decisions at your college or university?  Do you toss a coin? Pick out of a hat? Consult the augurs?  Of course not!  As all geeks, nerds, and dweebs know, data makes the world go ‘round. Every organization uses data to make decisions.  From student...

You know, we may be tech nerds here at N2N, but what people often don’t know is that we’ve got an artistic side, too. And since our integration solution, Illuminate, is specifically made for the higher ed market, and that’s the world we come from and spend our days...

As Provost, it’s your duty (and often a pleasure!) to attend education conferences, learn about the latest and greatest in edtech and higher ed in general, and then bring that newly acquired knowledge back to your university to support the growth and development of...

You know, the word ‘free’ has a lot of baggage attached to it.  “Nothing in life is free,” and yet, “the best things in life are free.” It probably all depends on what exactly you mean by “free.” If we’re talking prices at a store, then yeah, of course, you can’t put...

It’s a little known fact that data behaves a lot like a herd of cattle. It needs to be herded by experts in order to get to the right places. It can be compromised if that herding process isn’t being watched with an eagle eye.  And it can overwhelm anyone trying to...