The Canvas incident serves as a reminder that digital risk extends beyond any single platform, vendor or department. It spans an interconnected ecosystem that institutions must govern and oversee.

The four million high school students graduating this spring will be among the last big graduating classes higher education can count on for years.

The move follows the DOJ’s recent findings that the medical schools at the University of California, Los Angeles and Yale University illegally used race in their admissions.

Public-private partnerships and investment deals are expanding quickly across Power Four programs, often with limited board visibility.