Events

RM2026 NCURA Region VI & VII

Denver, CO

The State of Compliance in Higher Education: What the 2026 Data Reveals

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm CST

Higher education compliance teams are being asked to manage more – more frameworks, more overlapping requirements, more evidence, and greater expectations for visibility and audit readiness – often without corresponding increases in resources. For many institutions, that means valuable staff time is still consumed by manual work, duplicated effort, and reactive audit preparation.

But how widespread are these challenges across higher education, and what are institutions doing differently when they achieve stronger operational outcomes?

Join Apptega and CampusGuard for a closer look at findings from the 2026 State of Compliance in Higher Education Report, based on a survey of 112 higher education security, compliance, IT, audit, and risk leaders. We’ll go beyond the numbers to explore what the research reveals about how institutions are managing compliance today and what the findings mean for teams looking to make their programs more connected, efficient, and sustainable.

Topics will include:

• Why framework overlap continues to result in duplicated work
• Where manual processes are consuming valuable staff capacity
• How governance and technology are associated with different operational outcomes
• Why many institutions remain reactive when preparing for audits
• Practical opportunities to improve visibility, readiness, and efficiency with existing resources

Attendees will leave with practical insights they can use to benchmark their institution, identify opportunities for improvement, and inform the next stage of their compliance strategy.