Document Scanning Helps Speed Digital Transformation for Higher Education

The global pandemic has heightened the need for digital transformation in education. Teachers, professors, students, and administrators alike need access to information from anywhere to do their job and complete their studies. In a system still often driven by paper-based processes, that’s challenging. Especially with so many institutions operating outside of a physical campus. In the fall of 2020, 65% of colleges and universities taught and worked remotely and about half of elementary and secondary schools conducted instruction only online.

Digital transformation is a huge topic of conversation within education, but most educational institutions are just getting started on their journey. For example, according to a 2020 survey from the higher education technology nonprofit EDUCAUSE, just 13% of colleges and universities are engaging in digital transformation today while 70% are either exploring it or developing their strategy. Perhaps most concerning: Almost one-fifth (17%) of institutions are investing no time at all on digital transformation.