EdTech in 2026: What Universities Actually Need

The EdTech wave of the early 2020s left universities with a sprawl of tools and very little integration. The next wave will be about consolidation.

The three real problems

• Student data scattered across a dozen systems
• Faculty buried in admin work that software should handle
• Recruiting processes that haven't changed in twenty years

The opportunity isn't another point tool — it's the boring work of making the existing ones talk to each other.