Most implementations focus on reaching go-live. But the real test often begins after launch.

In this Signals audio edition, we look at the handoff no one talks about: the space between what technology can do and what teams actually do with it. Through Lawrence Technological University's six-week Civitas Learning deployment story, we explore why speed matters, why structure matters more, and why partnership after go-live is often what determines whether progress holds.

Resources discussed:

• IHE's 2025 Survey Insights: The Top 12

• 2024 EDUCAUSE Analytics Landscape Study

• From a Year of Frustration to Live in Six Weeks: Lawrence Technological University's Deployment Story
• 2025 EDUCAUSE Top 10 #7: Faster, Better, AND Cheaper
• Gardner Institute's 2025 Impact Report