Chat Bots, Investments, and Emerging Technology Vendors

Welcome to the Higher Ed Huddle: Hot Off the Press, a bi-weekly podcast focused on higher ed news and stories.

In this episode, co-hosts Joe Traino and Chase Goode, consultants in BerryDunn’s Higher Education Management and IT consulting practice, discuss chat bots, investments, and emerging technology vendors.

For more information about the stories we covered in this week’s episode, please see the links below.

Student retention

• College leverages chat bots to help keep students enrolled, Inside Higher Ed

Investments

• Intel invests $50 million in Ohio higher education, Axios

Emerging technology vendors

• Handshake job search platform for students, Forbes
• Terra Dotta international student safety app
• Engali student engagement platform, Protocol

Growth in the market

• Online higher education market size expected to grow, Yahoo Finance 
• Global cloud computing in higher education expected to grow, Astute Analytica