The higher education management systems first identified and realized the trap of pitting innovation against privacy while first addressing COVID-19 social isolation challenges in 2020. In the age of data sprawl, we observe the situation has been exacerbating since then. Integrating blockchain technology has the potential to address the recent and emerging challenges in the higher education management system. This paper unravels the Good (scopes and benefits), Bad (limitations), and Ugly (challenges and trade-offs) of blockchain technology integration in the higher education management paradigm in the existing landscape. Our study adopts both qualitative and quantitative approaches to explore the experiences of educators, researchers, students, and other stakeholders and fully understand the blockchain's potential and contextual challenges. Our findings will envision an efficient, secure, and transparent higher education management system and help shape the debate (and trade-offs) pertaining to the recent shift in relevant business and management climate and regulatory sentiment.

翻译：高教管理系统最初在2020年应对COVID-19社交隔离挑战时，发现并意识到将创新与隐私对立设置的陷阱。在数据泛滥的时代，我们观察到此后这一状况持续恶化。整合区块链技术有望解决高教管理系统当前及新兴的挑战。本文剖析了现有环境下将区块链技术融入高教管理范式的优势（范围与收益）、劣势（局限性）及挑战（困境与权衡）。研究采用定性与定量相结合的方法，探究教育工作者、研究人员、学生及其他利益相关者的体验，全面理解区块链的潜力和情境化挑战。研究结果将构建高效、安全且透明的高教管理系统，并有助于围绕当前相关商业与管理环境及监管倾向的变化展开讨论（并权衡利弊）。