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Four approaches that can help reverse enrollment slides and prop up recruitment in higher education.

The need for academic institutions to become data privacy advocates is paramount. Over the past 24 months, higher education institutions have accelerated digital transformation initiatives. While that transformation has been underway for some time, the pandemic quickened the pace and pushed data privacy and security among administrators’ top concerns.

Colleges and universities need to consider accessibility features in the early stages of each technology purchase, putting students’ needs at the forefront of their business practices, experts said Tuesday.

While Data Privacy Week has concluded, the awareness it spread came not a minute too soon, as the higher education ecosystem finds itself in critical discussions about data security as the number of compromising attacks continues to rise.