# Higher ed's slow page speed epidemic

DevFeed: [Higher ed's slow page speed epidemic](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/higher-ed-s-slow-page-speed-epidemic-20765.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://erikrunyon.com/2021/03/higher-eds-slow-page-speed-epidemic/>)

Author: Erik Runyon

Published: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Erik Runyon](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/erik-runyon.md>)

Topics: [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frameworks.md>), [Image](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/image.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [deferred](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deferred.md>), [efficiency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/efficiency.md>), [frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frameworks.md>), [images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/images.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [snippet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/snippet.md>), [speed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speed.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses slow page performance on higher-education homepages and argues that agencies should help prevent it. It recommends optimizing code, reconsidering frameworks, sizing and deferring images, and using CSS and JavaScript efficiently.

## Source excerpt

Joel Goodman of Bravery Media on the current state of HigherEd homepages. Regardless, it's an agency's responsibility to do as much as possible to make that website a success when it goes live. Do no harm. Slow websites only do harm. Code needs to be optimized, frameworks need to be ditched, images need to be properly sized and deferred, CSS and JavaScript need to be used with efficiency in mind. Indeed