Higher Ed Needs Higher Tech | Opinion Nick Martin , founder and CEO, TechChange On 4/29/21 at 8:00 AM EDT In spring 2020, when I had to take in-person courses online, I was given the following instructions from my university department: "Here's a Zoom account. Good luck." That's it. There wasn't much support or suggestions on how we could transition a semester's worth of content that's done in a classroom to an entirely "remote" experience. It illustrated the lack of innovation and investment in the college classroom that's been plaguing universities for years. Colleges have historically not invested in IT. One study indicated that less than 5 percent of an annual college budget goes to technology.