AI-Ready Institution Webinar Series

Ithaca College Presents Before the Conversation Starts: Laying the Foundation for AI-Enabled Institutional Transformation

A 45-minute consortium briefing on how trusted data and AI-enabled transformation can connect the student journey, eliminate repeated explanations, and enable more meaningful human support.

November 19th, 2026
1 PM EST

Why You Should Attend

A student tells student financial services about a change in her situation, then explains it again to an advisor, and again to a counselor. Each person is willing to help, but none has the whole story. In this 45-minute executive briefing, the Campus Consortium Foundation convenes for a practical, vendor-neutral look at the foundation AI-enabled institutional transformation depends on: trusted data, thoughtful architecture, and clear rules about who sees what. Built well, it gives AI a longitudinal view of the student journey, so the people in offices like student financial services and counseling already know the story and can spend the conversation on what only a human can do.

What you’ll take away:

  • Why AI asks for institutional transformation, not just tool adoption
  • What the foundation takes: trusted data, the architecture behind it, and who gets access to what
  • How a longitudinal view of the student journey lets students tell their story once
  • How AI gives advisors, counselors, and mentors more to work with, without replacing the human conversation

About Speakers

Dave Weil
SVP for Strategic Services & Initiatives,
Ithaca College
Raymond Todd Blackwood
Former VP of Product Management, Anthology
President, QuickLaunch