EDUCAUSE Review

 President Trump has signed a new executive order focused on artificial intelligence (AI) innovation and cybersecurity, directing federal agencies to strengthen their cyber defenses, expand access to AI-enabled cybersecurity tools, and establish a voluntary framework for collaboration with AI developers.

 The interruption of service for the Canvas LMS after a ransomware attack left many in higher education reckoning with how to sustain academic activities when critical services are down.

 A Collaboration with | Large-scale data-management initiatives sit at the intersection of technical work and organizational change management. Credit: Muslianshah Masrie / Shutterstock.com © 2026 Institutional Profile The University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) is a regional institution serving more than 8,500 students through over 95 academic programs across the Colleges of Arts, Education, and Sciences; Business and Social Sciences; Health Sciences; and Pharmacy.

 The suggested readings in this installment of the "Leaders Are Readers" series focus on stewardship as a cornerstone of enduring leadership, highlighting how great leaders develop people and sustain long-term success through humility, continuous growth, and responsibility to future generations. Credit: Fresh_Vector / shutterstock.com © 2026 This quarter's reading list unintentionally gravitated toward leadership biographies and stories.

"Hotline: Cybersecurity and Privacy" tackles the philosophical, moral, strategic, and organizational quandaries related to higher education cybersecurity, privacy, and data. This month, Mike answers your questions about unnecessary complexity, the myth of perfection, and the danger of documentation without controls.

 Artificial intelligence is reshaping higher education, exposing weaknesses in assessment, curriculum, and institutional strategy. Ten critical challenges reveal why incremental change will not suffice and why colleges and universities must rethink their strategy, culture, and purpose. Credit: Inna / Adobe Stock © 2026 The age of AI offers an opportunity to rethink learning from the ground up.

PROVIDED BY CollegeVine | 2026 EDUCAUSE Strategic Partner Authors: Vinay Bhaskara Published: Monday, June 15, 2026 Columns: Industry Insights  Higher education institutions should stop asking which artificial intelligence (AI) tool to buy and instead develop an integrated "AI for operations" architecture to execute end‑to‑end institutional processes effectively.

PROVIDED BY Pathify | 2026 EDUCAUSE Strategic Partner Authors: Pathify Published: Monday, June 8, 2026 Columns: Industry Insights  Fragmented digital tools create a costly "experience gap" for students and staff across higher education institutions. Bridge the divide with four strategic moves to build a unified, artificial intelligence–ready, student-first campus.

 The Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services have extended web accessibility compliance deadlines by one year to provide additional time for implementation. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued interim final rules (IFR) extending the compliance dates for their respective web accessibility final rules by a year.

 As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes higher education, educators and technologists must rely on ACTUAL intelligence—agency, connection, trust, uniqueness, adaptability, and lifelong learning—to ensure AI enhances, rather than replaces, human judgment, relationships, and learning. Credit: vs148 / Shutterstock.com © 2026 The introduction of large language models (LLMs) to the general public has sparked a groundswell of discussion around artificial intelligence (AI) and its implications.