A Smarter Way to Spend: Automation for Colleges and Universities

As many colleges and universities contend with enrollment pressure, constrained funding, and rising operating costs, protecting existing budgets has become a campus-wide priority. Yet employee-initiated spend can be difficult to see and control when travel, expenses, purchasing cards, and invoices move through disconnected or manual processes.

At the same time, departments are being asked to identify the AI initiatives they are pursuing and report that work to deans and other institutional leaders, raising practical questions: Where can AI create measurable value? How is institutional data protected? What controls remain in place? And how can leaders demonstrate progress without introducing unnecessary risk?

This eBook explores four ways the connected spend management approach from SAP Concur can help higher education protect resources while advancing AI innovation.