The Impact of Treasury Discipline
High-performing public sector treasury teams rely on advanced structural strategies, rigorous data modeling, and proactive stakeholder management to optimize municipal debt and fortify fiscal health. University of Chicago research into municipal finance and debt elasticity highlights several core practices that distinguish elite treasury operations from standard local government agencies.
Why Campus Operations Break Down (and How to Fix Them)
This playbook reframes how packages and other goods move across campus, examining intake design, staffing, and measuring success. Remember when students arrived on campus with everything they needed for the year? College move-in day looks very different today. Students now order nearly anything they want or need and expect it to arrive in days or […]
Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education
Institutions are increasingly incorporating AI into their coursework and admissions processes to better prepare students for a workforce where AI plays a pivotal role. Amid a competitive higher ed market, leveraging AI could also be key in enhancing student engagement and addressing declining enrollment. Included in this Trendline 90% of students use AI in the […]
The HPE Networking transition: A snapshot guide for decision-makers
The combination brings together two industry leading portfolios — HPE Aruba Networking and HPE Juniper Networking — creating a broader AI-powered networking platform spanning campus, branch, WAN, data center, and cloud environments. This playbook provides a snapshot to help decision-makers navigate what comes next. Download now to learn more!
Building Technology-Ready Educators for Modern Classrooms
Modern Tools for Modern Problems. Ensure Your Future Teachers’ Success with Microsoft Training. This case study explores how the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill partnered with Connection to deliver Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) training for teaching fellows preparing to enter the workforce. The program equipped future educators with practical skills to support diverse […]
AI in High Schools: Adoption, Alignment, and the Gaps
This survey report explores insights from 151 high school educators with a close look at key tensions impacting AI adoption and alignment. A recent survey focusing on high schools tells a nuanced and optimistic story about AI use that challenges the headlines about how AI in education is polarizing. There’s no question that AI is […]
Data and Enrollment: Building Higher Ed’s Connected Core
This playbook explores why institutional leaders must prioritize centralizing and organizing student data to meet their needs in a connected world. Demand for conventional four-year degrees is flattening, and consumer confidence in the value of higher education is waning. Meanwhile, students expect the same personalization, ease, and access they get in the consumer marketplace. But […]
Inside the student housing market
While higher education faces funding and enrollment uncertainties, the student housing supply gap continues to widen with fewer than 50,000 new beds added annually. This enduring demand-supply imbalance offers multifamily developers a distinct market segment with different fundamentals than traditional apartment investments. INCLUDED IN THIS TRENDLINE Why Adam America has moved into student housing Scion […]
How Comprehensive Energy Programs Help Facilities Leaders Reduce Risk, Improve Performance, and Support Institutional Goals
This white paper explores how a comprehensive energy and infrastructure strategy can help campus leaders improve building performance while turning facilities investments into broader institutional value. Using examples from Northern Illinois University, Emporia State University, and the University of Tennessee, the paper highlights how integrated programs can deliver measurable operational and strategic value.
Why Campus Operations Break Down (and How to Fix Them)
Remember when students arrived on campus with everything they needed for the year? College move-in day looks very different today. Students now order nearly anything they want or need and expect it to arrive in days or even hours—and many schools simply aren’t set up to manage the sheer volume of packages that need to […]