Higher Education

Human Resources Technology Innovation

Workday Podcast: Higher Education and the Future of Skills Development After COVID-19

How will a wounded economy change expectations around upskilling or new skills development? And how will those changing expectations affect higher education? Our two guests on the Workday Podcast share their insights into the impact of COVID-19 on colleges and universities.

Josh Krist May 13, 2020

Customers and Community

How Customers Are Using Workday to Respond to COVID-19

Chief Customer Officer Emily McEvilly shares how customers are using Workday to help them maintain business continuity and solve challenges created by the pandemic. Emily also discusses how customers have influenced new product configurations we’ve created to help them manage their businesses and workforces.

Leighanne Levensaler May 04, 2020

Technology Innovation

Workday Podcast: Bold Steps CIOs Can Take to Transform Higher Education

Opinder Bawa, CIO and vice president at the University of San Francisco, discusses digital transformation in higher ed and the bold steps CIOs can take to ensure their students experience college in a way that’s meaningful in person, online, and offline.

Josh Krist December 01, 2019

Customers and Community

How 3 Higher-Education Institutions Joined Forces to Innovate with Workday Student

These colleges took a novel approach: they collaborated while simultaneously deploying Workday Student. Learn what they gained through this collaboration, and how Workday Student is preparing their organizations for a changing world.

Liz Dietz September 26, 2019

Customers and Community Technology Innovation

Workday Podcast: Using the Cloud Wisely in Higher Ed

Community colleges play a vital role in giving people affordable and accessible educational opportunities. And cloud technology, when used wisely, can improve the educational experience for students.

Josh Krist August 28, 2019

Customers and Community Finance

How Workday Student Is Empowering a Culture of Success at Indian River State College

At Workday, we are extremely proud that Indian River State College, whose overriding mission is to enable the success of students, is the very first higher education institution to go live on Workday Student. Paul O’Brien, vice president for institutional technology and CIO, and Meredith Coughlin, assistant dean of enterprise systems at IRSC, discuss their Workday experience and the power of one unified system.

Josh Krist October 01, 2018

Customers and Community

Rethinking the Future of Higher Education: Interview with ASU President Michael Crow

The world of work is evolving, and the skills needed in today’s workforce have changed. With this new reality, Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University (ASU), is guiding the institution’s transformation into one of the nation’s most innovative research universities. In this interview, he shares his views on the future of higher education, the importance of lifelong learning, and the role that technology plays.

Workday Staff Writers June 11, 2018

Human Resources

Supporting ‘One Penn’ at the University of Pennsylvania with Workday HCM

The University of Pennsylvania is moving ahead with an HR transformation plan that it will accomplish with the help of Workday Human Capital Management. Jack Heuer, vice president of human resources at Penn, reveals the progress they’ve made toward becoming an even more connected campus.

Workday Staff Writers November 27, 2017

Technology Innovation

How Technology Can Help Higher Ed Measure Student Success

While the pressure for increased accountability can seem daunting for higher education institutions, having the right systems in place can provide a win-win solution. Learn how higher education institutions can leverage cloud technologies to drive student success.

Liz Dietz August 03, 2017

Technology Innovation

How Recent Grads Help Workday Build a Student-Centric System

A huge mismatch exists between what higher education institutions offer in terms of digital tools, and what students themselves want when they get to campus. Watch our video to find out how Workday's recently-graduated product managers build a system with students in mind.

Liz Dietz April 10, 2017

Customers and Community

Wake Forest University Takes Studied Approach to Technology Makeover

When considering the right finance and HR system for the school, Mur Muchane, CIO at Wake Forest University, knew he would need to team up with campus colleagues and conduct a thorough assessment of the university’s technology infrastructure before selecting vendors. We sat down with Muchane to discuss the challenges he faced, the benefits of undertaking a project this way, and why Wake Forest ultimately selected Workday Financial Management and HCM.

Workday Staff Writers April 05, 2017

Analytics and Insights Technology Innovation

Why Student Information Systems Will Shape Higher Education

Next-generation IT is top-of-mind for many higher education CIOs. How can new technologies help colleges and universities better support our next generation of students?

Liz Dietz February 21, 2017

Customers and Community

Why Data Will Rule Higher Education: Interview with LSU President F. King Alexander

LSU President F. King Alexander discusses the value of data, the CIO's role in higher education, and what educators need to understand about today's students.

Jeffrey J. Selingo January 04, 2017

Technology Innovation

Academic Advising: Charting a Clear Path to Graduation

EDUCAUSE has revealed its "Top 10 IT issues," and once again student success—and technology's ability to support it—is on the list. Liz Dietz explains how the newly released Workday Student system was designed from scratch to help higher education institutions focus on student satisfaction and success.

Liz Dietz October 25, 2016

Customers and Community

Join the Workday Community at EDUCAUSE 2016

Here's where you can find Workday leaders, customers, and partners this week at EDUCAUSE 2016 in Anaheim, Calif.

Workday Staff Writers October 23, 2016

Customers and Community

3 Ways We Can Help College Students Find Their Way in the New Economy

Only one-third of college students go immediately into their chosen careers after graduation, while the rest will take several years or more to find their paths. Author Jeffrey J. Selingo identifies three things that lead to more immediate success.

Jeffrey J. Selingo October 17, 2016

Finance

A New Approach to Enterprise Planning: Perspectives from Customers

Finance leaders from Brown University and the City of Orlando share their experiences as customer design partners for Workday Planning, and how this new product will impact their organizations.

Workday Staff Writers September 28, 2016

Technology Innovation

Celebrating an Entirely New Student System with Our Customers

Liz Dietz discusses the general availability of Workday Student, a system we've built hand-in-hand with our customer design partners to bring a truly modern student information system to market.

Liz Dietz September 27, 2016

Customers and Community

Story of a Design Partnership: How Broward College Helped Build a Student System for the Future

In celebration of the general availability of Workday Student next week, we sat down with Broward College's Patti Barney, VP of IT, and Caleb Cornelius, associate VP of student business services, to talk about their journey as early design partners.

Workday Staff Writers September 19, 2016

Technology Innovation

Building a Student System of Record for the Future

The higher education landscape is changing, requiring colleges to take a closer look at the way students are learning and preparing for life after the classroom. Liz Dietz explains how Workday and its design partners are rethinking the tried-and-true methods of the past and building something to support the next generation of students.

Liz Dietz August 03, 2016

Technology Innovation

In Good Company: Education to Occupation

Three higher-education administrators discuss how their colleges are adapting to changing student and employer expectations through the use of modern technologies and student systems in this episode of In Good Company.

Workday Staff Writers August 01, 2016

Human Resources

In Their Words: Workday Customers Share How They’ve Managed Change

How have Abbott Labs, Cardinal Health, and Vassar College managed changes resulting from mergers and acquisitions, new business models, and more? Read on and learn.

Workday Staff Writers May 23, 2016

How Universities Can Better Support Students From Education to Occupation

Guess blogger and author Jeff Selingo shares four institutional practices that can better connect a student’s undergraduate education to the demands of the modern job market.

Jeffrey J. Selingo October 27, 2015

Workday News and Culture

Q&A with Liz Dietz: How Workday Supports New Learning Models for Education

Workday's Liz Dietz discusses the disconnect between education and occupation, the rise of a new learning model called competency-based education, and how Workday intends to support new approaches to learning with Workday Student.

Workday Staff Writers October 26, 2015

Workday Student Admissions: Gaining Control of the College Application Deluge

Workday Student Admissions, developed with substantial input from more than 20 higher education institutions, helps admissions officers address the deluge of student applications.

Liz Dietz September 28, 2015

Human Resources

Workday Community Voices: Managing Change at the University of Chicago