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title: "Brown University Case Study | Valley Technologies Group"
description: "How VTG rebuilt the digital front door for Brown University with a unified multi-site CMS platform serving hundreds of departments with WCAG 2.1 AA compliance."
url: https://valleytg.com/case-studies/brown-university
---

# Rebuilding the Digital Front Door for an Ivy League University

Core Platform
            Higher Education
            Web Architecture
## Brown University

## A Decade of Digital Sprawl

Brown University's public-facing web ecosystem had grown organically over more than a decade. Hundreds of department sites ran on aging infrastructure with inconsistent design, fragmented content governance, and mounting accessibility compliance requirements. Content editors across dozens of departments needed a system they could manage independently without breaking shared infrastructure.

## A Unified Platform with Distributed Control

- **Platform Architecture** — Multi-site CMS allowing departments to manage content within a shared, brand-consistent framework.
- **Accessibility-First Development** — WCAG 2.1 AA from the start, with automated testing in the development pipeline.
- **Performance Optimization** — Caching, responsive images, lazy-loading.
- **Content Governance** — Review, approval, and publication workflows at scale.
- **Migration Strategy** — Incremental migration preserving URLs and SEO.

## Scale, Consistency, and Compliance

- Unified platform serving hundreds of department and program sites
- Consistent brand experience across the university web presence
- Reduced time-to-launch for new sites from weeks to days
- WCAG 2.1 AA compliance across all components
- Improved Core Web Vitals scores

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