Category: Higher Education

Nearly one in five high school students (18%) has removed a college from consideration based on what AI-generated search results told them, according to a national survey of more than 5,000 students. The same survey found that 46% now use AI in their college search, up from 26% in spring 2025. That shift is why […]

It’s 11:40 p.m. the night before a tuition deadline. A first-generation student logs into the portal, finds a financial aid hold, and can’t tell how to clear it. The aid office closed hours ago. For your institution, that’s a student and their tuition at risk. Moments like that are where AI agents in higher education […]

TL;DR Drupal powers the web platforms at Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Georgia Tech, George Washington University, and Creighton University. Universities choose it for five reasons: multisite architecture that runs hundreds of department sites from one codebase, granular role-based permissions that match how a campus is actually organized, a structured content model that makes academic programs findable […]

The short answer A real Drupal platform audit covers nine areas: version exposure, content model, governance, platform estate, integrations, accessibility, security posture, performance, and AI visibility. The test of whether you got one is simple. If the deliverable only makes sense to the vendor who wrote it, you were sold a proposal, not a diagnosis. […]

The short answer Most higher ed Drupal RFPs test for portfolio and price, and neither predicts delivery. The questions that separate specialists from generalists cover open source contribution credits, student system integrations, decentralized editorial governance, WCAG 2.1 AA remediation, and exit rights. Fourteen of them are below. Every university RFP produces the same pile of […]

Quick Answer: Best Drupal Agencies for Higher Education in 2026 In the United States, 95% of universities in the QS Top 300 run Drupal on at least one of their websites, and 70% of those manage ten or more Drupal sites. Choosing the right agency determines whether your institution gets a scalable, compliant platform or […]

KEY TAKEAWAY AI in higher education marketing is reshaping how prospective students discover, evaluate, and choose institutions. Universities that build AI visibility into their enrollment marketing strategy today will be the ones recommended by AI assistants tomorrow. The way students discover, evaluate, and choose institutions has shifted faster than most university websites have adapted. AI […]