OpenText Solutions for Higher Education: Business Benefits

ECM technologies provide a wide range of benefits to the individual stakeholders of educational institutions, including administrators, faculty, staff and students, as well as to the operational efficiency and regulatory compliance of the institutions themselves.

As places of higher learning, the dissemination of information and free discourse are expected and encouraged. As the definition of ‘campus’ becomes broadened to include an increasing number of remote participants, electronic technologies to deliver courses (elearning) and assessments, as well as to provide supporting services and information, are essential. But for success, these technologies must address user needs for simplicity with intuitive interfaces, and must also integrate information traditionally managed in disparate systems.

Universities and colleges are also being forced to recognize their strengths and weaknesses, and so must partner with other institutions and even non-educational organizations to provide competitive programs. Such partnerships are almost completely dependent on electronic support technologies to be effective throughout their lifecycles.

Universities are often the custodians of unique and valuable collections of literature, art, documentation, images, video, film and other records. The management and preservation of these collections is greatly facilitated by electronic support technologies which also make them available to scholars.