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Drupal for Higher Education

Bring programs, research, admissions, and campus services together in one accessible digital experience.

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Higher-ED DIGITAL EXPERIENCES

Serve Every Campus Audience

Websites for prospective students, portals for students and parents, and searchable program libraries, all on Drupal and managed by your editors.
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Capabilities

Campus Platforms

Legacy Migrations

ColdFusion, SharePoint, and older Drupal sites moved with pages and permissions intact

Audience Hubs

Dedicated pages for students, parents, faculty, and staff

Student & Parent Portals

Secure areas for current students and families

Filtered Search

Search tuned to each audience, from programs to resources

Design Systems

Reusable components that keep every page on brand

Campus Integrations

LDAP sign-in and learning tool integrations

Faster Performance

Lighter pages for audiences on limited bandwidth

Accessibility Standards

Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 AA written into acceptance criteria

Publications & News

Research publications, news, and campus media in one place

Applied AI

Campus AI

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Answer student questions

Answers drawn only from your published pages, with citations back to the source.

  • Answers limited to approved content
  • Citations to source pages
  • Summaries from PDFs and handbooks
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Find the right program

Keyword and semantic search across programs, resources, and publications.

  • Keyword and semantic search combined
  • Filters for each audience
  • Search across publications
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Translate with review

AI translation your editors review before it goes live.

  • Glossary enforcement
  • Translation memory reuse
  • Right-to-left layouts
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Draft with editor approval

Suggested summaries, metadata, and alt text that editors review before publishing.

  • Summary and metadata drafts
  • Alt text generated on upload
  • Editor approval before publishing
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Get cited in AI answers

Help ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini describe your programs accurately.

  • GEO citation audit
  • Schema package and llms.txt
  • Citation monitoring
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Control how AI is used

Your team decides who can use AI and on which content, with every action logged.

  • Role-based AI access
  • Audit log
  • Choice of AI provider
DESIGN SYSTEM

Reusable Components

A shared component library lets your editors build new pages that stay consistent with your brand guidelines.

Component Library

Atomic components your editors assemble into pages

Layout Variations

Ready-made page layouts for common content

Brand Consistency

Every page built to your university's brand standards

Media Library

Images and video uploaded once and reused anywhere

Built for Universities

AI Powered Enterprise CMS

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Drupal ready for campuses, with editorial workflows, reusable components, and AI assistance built in.

  • Role-based editorial workflows
  • Component-based page building
  • Media library
  • SEO foundations
  • AI drafts with editorial approval
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Our Latest Work

Perspectives

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When Does Accessibility Belong in Your AEO Plan?

Agentic browsing makes accessibility one of several AEO factors. AI agents read the accessibility tree to understand and act on pages. This article covers Google's 2026 Lighthouse Agentic Browsing audit, what the evidence on accessibility and SEO shows, and a five-question test for when accessibility belongs in your AEO plan.

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Introducing AI Content Review: Your Brand Guide, Applied to Every Drupal Page

AI Content Review is an open-source Drupal module that scores content from 0 to 100 against criteria your team defines, such as brand voice, terminology, or reading level, and suggests fixes with reasons. Its lead developer, Ahmad Khader of Vardot, explains setup, scoring, the editor experience, bulk and scheduled reviews, run costs, and pilot readiness.

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