Featured Speakers
Mark Svorinic
President
Sarah Collins
President
Peter Carlson
Solutions Engineer
What You’ll Learn
After watching this webinar, you’ll better understand:
- Why curriculum management and academic scheduling should be viewed as connected components of Strategic Academic Operations.
- How interoperability creates a more seamless flow of information between curriculum approval and academic scheduling.
- The operational challenges institutions face when curriculum and scheduling remain disconnected.
- Key considerations for evaluating connected academic processes, governance, and technology.
- What the implementation journey realistically looks like for institutions pursuing connected academic operations.
- How Acadea and Ad Astra work together to create a more connected academic operations ecosystem through interoperability.
- Practical ways connected systems support stronger planning, institutional agility, and student success.
Why This Matters
Higher education is under increasing pressure to respond more quickly to enrollment shifts, workforce demand, budget constraints, and evolving student expectations.
At the same time, academic operations have become increasingly interconnected. Curriculum decisions influence scheduling. Scheduling impacts student pathways. Student progression shapes institutional outcomes.
Treating these functions as isolated processes creates unnecessary complexity and limits institutional agility.
Strategic Academic Operations is about creating stronger connections between the systems that support academic planning—allowing institutions to make better decisions, improve collaboration across departments, and operate with greater confidence.
This webinar explores how interoperability serves as a critical foundation for that future.
Who Should Watch
This session is ideal for higher education professionals responsible for academic planning, curriculum governance, and operational strategy, including:
- Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs
- Provosts and Academic Leadership
- Curriculum Directors and Coordinators
- Registrars
- Scheduling and Academic Planning Teams
- Institutional Effectiveness & Strategic Planning
- Catalog Managers
- Information Technology & Enterprise Systems
- Enrollment Management Leaders
Whether your institution is evaluating scheduling solutions, improving curriculum workflows, or developing a broader Strategic Academic Operations strategy, this session offers practical insights you can immediately apply.