DrupalCon Austin 2014: SCALING DRUPAL FOR HIGHER-ED INSTITUTIONS

This talk explores the challenges and achievements of implementing Drupal in higher education institutions, focusing on the scalability required to support entire universities. A panel of experts, including speakers from Stanford, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Yale, discusses the evolution of campus strategies from both technical and community viewpoints. Key topics include the risks and rewards of utilizing Drupal as a platform, the application of product design principles in platform management, the comparison of Distributions versus loosely joined small Features, and the importance of building community and internal support teams through training.