Dartmouth College disclosed a cyberattack tied to an Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability that exposed personal and financial data for more than 35,000 individuals, prompting notifications and one-year identity protection offers. Higher education institutions increasingly face supply-chain vulnerabilities tied to third-party enterprise software. At the same time, regional education-industry partnerships in Alabama created a replicable cybersecurity pathway that feeds students into college and local jobs—part of a national push to fill thousands of cybersecurity openings. Institutions and states are now balancing immediate incident response with long-term talent development to reduce exposure.