StarChart™: 2026 Procurement
Why Read This Research For higher education institutions evaluating procurement solutions, this Tambellini StarChart™ compares the leading vendors in the market. Use this report to quickly see how each platform performs across key usability and innovation criteria. This proprietary visual tool draws on institutional interviews, surveys, vendor briefings, and Tambellini’s Education Institution Technology Profile Database®, […]
2026 Buyer’s Guide: Implementation Partner Comparison Framework
Why Read This Research Choosing the right implementation partner is critical to the success of a higher education modernization project. This research gives leaders a clear framework to compare firms in key areas such as project approach, team experience, higher education expertise, data and integrations, change management, security, pricing, and long-term stability. It helps institutions […]
2026 Trend Analysis: Agentic Architecture – How Enterprise SaaS Vendors Are Converging on Context, Security, and Trust
Why Read This Research AI in enterprise software is moving beyond simple chatbots. Vendors such as OneStream, Workday, Alteryx, Ellucian, and Oracle are building AI agents that can work inside existing systems while following institutional rules for data, security, workflows, and access. This report helps higher education leaders ask better vendor questions, evaluate claims about […]
2026 Market Trends and Leaders Product Profile Series: Workday
Why Read This Research This profile examines Workday’s higher education offerings for finance, human capital management, and student administration. It assesses Workday’s technology, implementation approaches, and differentiation in the US higher education market. This research is designed for institutions comparing vendors across Tambellini’s market leader profiles, including ADP, Ellucian, Jenzabar, Oracle, Paycom, Populi, Thesis, and […]
2026 Market Trends and Leaders Product Profile Series: Paycom
Why Read This Research This profile examines Paycom, a cloud-native platform for HR management and payroll, with adjacent functionality across talent, time and labor, benefits, compliance, reporting, self-service, and automation. This research assesses Paycom’s products, technology, implementation approaches, and differentiation in the US higher education market. It is designed for institutions comparing vendors across Tambellini’s […]
2026 Market Trends and Leaders Product Profile Series: Oracle
Why Read This Research This profile examines Oracle and its finance, human capital management, and student products. It assesses Oracle’s technology, implementation approaches, and differentiation in the US higher education market. This research is designed for institutions comparing vendors across Tambellini’s market leader profiles, including ADP, Ellucian, Jenzabar, Oracle, Paycom, Populi, Thesis, and Workday. Features
2026 Trend Analysis: The Supply and Demand of AI Literacy – Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Outcomes
Why Read This Research AI is redefining what graduates need to know, but higher education is still operating with unclear policies, uneven faculty support, and fragmented classroom practice. This research explains three converging pressures: employer demand for AI-literate talent, institutional barriers to responsible adoption, and emerging models for curriculum and assessment redesign. Read it to […]
RAG Grounding Checklist: What Must Be True Before You Trust an Answer
Why Read This Research Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) can improve AI answers by grounding them in institutional documents, but it does not make those answers safe to use by default. This infographic gives higher education leaders a practical nine-check governance standard for validating sources, citations, version control, access permissions, conflicts, and campus-specific risk before AI guidance […]
StarChart™: 2026 Student Experience Platforms
Why Read This Research For higher education institutions evaluating student experience platforms, this Tambellini StarChart™ compares the leading vendors in the market. Use this report to quickly see how each platform performs across key usability and innovation criteria. This proprietary visual tool draws on institutional interviews, surveys, vendor briefings, and Tambellini’s Education Institution Technology Profile […]
2026 Market Trends and Leaders Product Profile Series: Ellucian
Why Read This Research This profile examines Ellucian and its finance, human capital management, and student products. It assesses Ellucian’s technology, implementation approaches, and differentiation in the US higher education market. This research is designed for institutions comparing vendors across Tambellini’s market leader profiles, including ADP, Ellucian, Jenzabar, Oracle, Paycom, Populi, Thesis, and Workday. Features
