Make the most of your IT budget: 10 tips for partnering with your technology vendors

Each year, the budget season in higher education is like a maze that requires educators and administrators to crack the code anew. Managing budget constraints, tackling funding issues, and an often complex approval add to the seasonal stress, and the increasing demand for transparency and accountability adds yet another layer of pressure. Between juggling deadlines amid the institution’s fiscal year, the state’s fiscal year, the federal fiscal year, and academic calendars it’s no wonder that budget season is crunch time.