IT consultants Gartner report a survey of 230 university CIOs finds 59 per cent “expect significant business model change due to digital transformation.” You’ve got to admire the optimism of the other 41 per cent a learned reader remarks.

Peak US university IT administrator organisation EDUCAUSE reports what is engaging the experts, announcing the top ten issues for 2018; information security, student success, institution-wide IT strategies, all of institution data-enabling, student-centred technology, “institutional funding realities, IT staffing and structures, data management equal with) digital integration and change leadership.