AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Mike Hofherr
Mike Hofherr leads the Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector (WWPS) education business development and strategy team consisting of the K12, academic medical centers, research, and higher education verticals. He previously served as the vice president and chief information officer for the Ohio State University, where he oversaw the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), the Office of Distance Education and eLearning (ODEE), and Enterprise Security (ES).
Accelerating digital transformation to create the “higher education we deserve”
The higher education we knew before the pandemic will not be the one that emerges post-pandemic. Leaders must meet this moment by redefining the constructs of higher education. The “Top 10 IT Issues, 2022: The Higher Education We Deserve” report released by EDUCAUSE groups the top 10 priorities into three imperatives: 1) shared vision, shared strategy; 2) student success as institutional success; and 3) sustainable business models.