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Noodle and Huron will be co-presenting the University Network Summit @ ACEx2026, February 25–27, 2026, in Washington, D.C. This is an exclusive, curated symposium within the ACE Experience 2026 designed for forward-thinking higher education leaders.

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The University Network Summit (UNS) brought together higher education leaders, policymakers, and innovators to discuss how institutions can collaborate at scale to improve capacity, enrollment, and student outcomes while reducing costs. UNS focused on reimagining public-private partnerships and fostering cross-institutional collaboration beyond traditional models. Key topics included the role of technology in driving innovation, the impact of shifting policy landscapes, and strategies for supporting the whole student. Organized into four tracks—Partnerships, Recruitment, The Whole Student, and Policy—UNS featured panels, workshops, and solution labs that offered actionable insights. Attendees also had opportunities to connect through curated networking events. Co-presented by Noodle and Huron, UNS emphasized the need for agile, resilient networks in higher education to adapt and thrive in a changing environment.

The symposium explored the future of public-private partnerships in higher education beyond the Online Program Manager (OPM) model. It brought together university leaders, consultants, practitioners, and journalists to discuss key issues such as student acquisition costs and regulations, tech infrastructure for online learning, and the transformative role of AI in reshaping higher ed. PostOPM aimed to foster insightful, high-level conversations that shaped the future of collaborative innovation.

Higher education faces mounting challenges, from increasing enrollment and cutting costs to improving outcomes, all within a complex financial and political landscape. The University Network Summit 2025, co-hosted by Noodle and Huron, brought together industry leaders to tackle these critical issues head-on. 

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By Alan Mlynek University partners using Noodle Manage (N. Manage) can now take advantage of a nascent partnership between Noodle and a new wave of AI-driven data modeling firms to quickly create data models based on the university data already aggregated and organized through N. Manage. These models can answer a range of questions that […]