阻碍高等教育机构发展的五个技术神话

Table of Contents Introduction Myth 1: Cloud-Based Enterprise Management Systems Are Only forLarge Universities Myth 2: Cloud-Based Technology Is Too Expensive, and We Need toDedicate Our Resources to Academic Programs and Students Myth 3: Cloud-Based Enterprise Management Systems AreToo Complicated and More Than We Need for Our Campus Myth 4: Migrating to the Cloud Is Too Big a Project for an InstitutionLike Ours, with Cost-Prohibitive Upgrades and DisruptionsAcross Our Campus7 Myth 5: Managing a Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource PlanningImplementation Requires More Resources Than Our Institution Has Introduction. A digital transformation to a cloud-based enterprise management system isa significant leap forward for any institution. For higher education, it can berevolutionary and enhance operational efficiency and institutional resilience,improve campus culture and faculty/staff engagement, and, most importantly,maximize academic mission achievement and successful student outcomes. However, there are many common misconceptions about cloud-basedtechnology and enterprise AI platforms for higher education. Let’s look at fivemyths that prevent colleges and universities from adopting new technologiesand adapting to change—and the realities of what’s needed for efficiency, agility,and institutional growth. Myth 1: “With Wofford, we were ready to break free from a brittleand fragile on-prem system that we had, ready toimprove those processes—both for the students andfor the staff that use the system. Another factor was ourcosts were beginning to increase and we had to makea decision if we stay with our current system or look atother platforms. We went through an evaluation of cloudsystems and landed on Workday. Cloud-based enterprise managementsystems are only for large universities. Reality. Among the 11,000+ Workday customers, 75% have fewer than 3,500 employees.We’ve learned a lot about the challenges faced by many small and midsizedinstitutions by working with them. Workday has been named a leader in theGartner®Magic Quadrant for Cloud Core Financial Management Suites forMidsize, Large and Global Enterprises—and Workday has also been cited asa leader in the Gartner Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises. In addition,Workday has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner®Magic Quadrant™forHigher Education Student Information Systems Software as a Service. Trey ArringtonChief Information Officer, Wofford College While many large universities have chosen Workday, a good number of ourhigher education customer community members have fewer than 1,000employees, including: •Wofford College•Carthage College•Anderson University•DePauw University•Point Loma Nazarene University•Carleton College •Furman University•Hamilton College•Rhodes College•The University of Findlay•Trinity University•Wingate University Many even have fewer than 500 employees, including: •Dunwoody College ofTechnology•Western Colorado University•Ringling College of Arts andDesign•Kansas City University •The Collaborative for HigherEducation Shared Services(CHESS)•California College of the Arts•Centre College•Guilford College Myth 2: Some examples of midsized institutions that have leveraged our solutions are: Cloud-based technology is tooexpensive, and we need to dedicateour resources to academic programsand students. •Chatham University•Dunwoody College of Technology•Centre College Workday is built to support growth and change, giving you long-term valuefrom your investment and enabling you to continue to deliver on yourmission—today, tomorrow, and beyond. Reality. An investment in cloud-based technology is an investment in the institution’smission. “Doing more with less” is a well-known mantra in higher education.Institutions work hard to balance limited resources with the complex businessof responsible stewardship to achieve the dual objectives of financialsustainability and academic impact. However, with inefficient paper-based ormanual processes and siloed data in point solutions, colleges and universitieslack the ability to plan, analyze, and act quickly in a rapidly changing andunpredictable world—putting the future of their academic and researchmission achievement at risk. Cloud enterprise and AI platform technology can provide the automation andvisible insights that can tip the balance of limited human and financial resourceallocation toward innovation and greater impact for the students, faculty,and communities that institutions serve. Workday realizes that institutions have limited human and financial resources.With Workday preconfigured approaches, based on our successful pastactivations at similarly sized colleges and universities, we can get you up andrunning on a predictable timeline while limiting risk. “For me, Workday demonstrated that they are investedin schools like Chatham—the midmarket-sizeschools—because Workday sees the importance ofthese institutions to the mission of higher educationand the stud