Alumni magazines. Annual reports. Research publications. Across all departments. One platform that converts PDFs, publishes digital content, and preserves archives.
Publishing Infrastructure for Higher Education
Sound Familiar?
Your institution produces alumni magazines, annual reports, research publications, viewbooks, donor reports, and ESG publications. Different departments, different stakeholders, different publishing needs.
Some start as print — Need PDF → HTML conversion for mobile alumni, prospective students, and researchers.
Multiple generations — Older alumni value print tradition, recent grads expect mobile-first content that works on phones.
SEO critical — Prospective students and researchers discover content through Google, not just your admissions site.
Years of archives — Decades of institutional publications on old platforms with established URLs you can't break.
What doesn't work:
Piecing together different solutions per department. Or staying limited—everything as PDFs (no mobile), everything as flipbooks (poor SEO), or manual conversion (30-40 hours per publication, doesn't scale across an institution).
How Publi Handles This
WORKS TOGETHER
Most institutions combine:
- Alumni magazine → Convert (print + digital)
- Annual report → Create (digital-first)
- Historical archives → Preserve
CONVERT PDFs to HTML
Your InDesign workflow stays the same. Export PDF, get mobile-responsive HTML in 5 minutes. Alumni magazine becomes dozens of repurposable pieces for admissions and advancement.
- Mobile-responsive (70% of recent grads read on phones)
- SEO-friendly (prospective students discover via Google)
- Accessible (WCAG compliant for all stakeholders)
- Individual article URLs for cross-department sharing
CREATE Digital-First
Magazine-style CMS for institutional content. Annual reports, research findings, sustainability reports—publish without InDesign when print doesn't make sense.
- Visual editor (no code needed)
- Professional institutional templates
- Issue-based publishing (not blog posts)
- Data visualizations and rich media support
PRESERVE Archives
Host your legacy institutional content. Decades of alumni magazines, annual reports, historical publications. Same URLs, reliable hosting. Convert to HTML when ready—or leave as-is.
- Reliable hosting
- URL preservation
- Platform migration support (from Issuu, FlippingBook, etc.)
- Optional conversion to HTML over time
Real Higher Education Scenarios
How Different Institutions Use Publi
Liberal Arts College
Alumni magazine + Annual report
- Quarterly alumni magazine (PDF conversion)
- Annual institutional report (CMS)
- Alumni stories repurposed for admissions
- 10 years historical archives
Print + digital for multiple generations
Research University
Research reports + Sustainability publishing
- Faculty research reports (PDF conversion)
- Annual ESG/sustainability report (CMS)
- Research center publications (PDF)
SEO-driven research discoverability
State University
Multi-department institutional approach
- Alumni magazine (PDF conversion)
- Admissions viewbooks (multiple programs)
- President's annual address (CMS)
- Annual giving report (PDF)
Centralized publishing infrastructure
Who This Is For
✓Publish alumni magazines or institutional reports
✓Serve multiple generations (print-loving older alumni AND mobile-first recent grads)
✓Multiple departments publishing different content types
✓Need SEO for admissions and institutional visibility
✓Have years of archived institutional content
✓Board or leadership wants to 'go digital' without abandoning print tradition
✓Accessibility requirements (WCAG/ADA compliance)
✗Only publish 1-2 simple documents per year
✗Have dedicated web development team for custom solutions
✗Current solution meets all stakeholder needs
✗No mobile readership among stakeholders
✗Institution not concerned about SEO or discoverability
Get Started
Choose Your Entry Point
Test PDF Conversion Quality
Upload your most recent alumni magazine or annual report. See the mobile-responsive quality in 5 minutes. Share with your team.
Upload free test (10 pages)Download Institutional Presentation
Presentation materials for leadership and board. Show cross-department value, engagement benefits, and institutional ROI.
Get presentation deckTalk to Higher Ed Team
20-minute conversation about your institution's specific situation. Print + digital strategy, board approval, multi-department rollout.
Schedule callCancel anytime • Export anytime • Used by 40+ institutions
Discover answers in FAQ's
Start wherever makes sense. Many institutions begin with their highest-visibility publication (alumni magazine or annual report), see the results, then expand to other publications. You decide the pace.
You can set up multiple users with different permissions. Advancement handles alumni content, President's office handles annual reports, Admissions handles viewbooks—all on one platform with appropriate access controls.
Yes. Upload your most recent publication—whatever type (magazine, report, viewbook). Free 10-page test. See the mobile experience. Share with your team. Then decide for future publications.
HTML preserves your institutional design system—colors, fonts, layout principles. It's responsive (adapts to screens) but maintains your visual identity. Stakeholders recognize it as your institution's publication.
API integration with most platforms (WordPress, Drupal, Cascade, etc.). Can also embed. Or host on subdomain (publications.youruniversity.edu). Whatever fits your technical infrastructure.
Yes. SEO-friendly content (alumni success stories, research findings, student outcomes) attracts prospective students. Authentic institutional content is more credible than admissions marketing alone.
Our HTML output is WCAG 2.1 AA compliant. Screen reader compatible. Proper semantic structure. Meets institutional accessibility requirements for all stakeholder audiences.
We provide presentation materials showing institutional benefits, stakeholder engagement value, and cross-department efficiencies. Frame as "institutional publishing infrastructure" not "new expense."
Absolutely. Provide both options—PDF for those who prefer it (often for printing or archiving) and HTML for mobile access and discoverability. Let stakeholders choose.
Data visualizations convert to responsive images or interactive elements. Charts remain readable on mobile. Complex financial tables preserve structure. We handle data-heavy institutional reports effectively.
Your InDesign workflow stays the same. Continue producing print for alumni who value it, then convert the same PDF to HTML for mobile-first audiences. Serve both generations without doubling production effort.
That's exactly why institutions use Publi. Keep print for older alumni who treasure the tangible magazine. Add HTML for recent grads who expect mobile-first content. Analytics show engagement by cohort so you can serve all generations effectively.