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Left Quotation MarkWe are very much appreciative of the Core Data Service—its ease of use, its flexibility, and its power as a planning tool.Right Quotation Mark

—Lev Gonick,
Vice President for Information Technology Services/CIO,
Case Western Reserve University

EDUCAUSE Core Data Service Fiscal Year 2004 Summary Report

2004 Summary Report Cover

EDUCAUSE Core Data Service Fiscal Year 2004 Summary Report summarizes much of the data collected through the 2004 EDUCAUSE core data survey about campus information technology (IT) environments at 890 colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. The report presents aggregates of data through more than 100 tables and accompanying descriptive text in five areas relevant to planning and managing IT in higher education: IT Organization, Staffing, and Planning; IT Financing and Management; Faculty and Student Computing; Networking and Security; and Information Systems. Appendices include a brief historical context, a list of participating campuses, the 2004 survey instrument, a glossary of terms from the survey, and Carnegie classification definitions.

Table of Contents
Entire Publication Fiscal Year 2004 Summary Report [PDF 638 KB ]
  Acknowledgments [PDF 59 KB ]
  Understanding the Core Data Service [PDF 90 KB ]
Ch. 1 IT Organization, Staffing and Planning [PDF 84 KB ]
Ch. 2 IT Financing and Management [PDF 122 KB ]
Ch. 3 Faculty and Student Computing [PDF 97 KB ]
Ch. 4 Networking, Advanced Technologies, and IT Security [PDF 107 KB ]
Ch. 5 Information Systems [PDF 116 KB ]
Appendix
A Historical Context [PDF 64 KB ]
B Core Data Service Participating Institutions [PDF 79 KB ]
C 2004 Core Data Survey Questionnaire [PDF 264 KB ]
D Glossary of Terms from the 2004 Core Data Survey [PDF 74 KB ]
E Carnegie Classification Definitions [PDF 71 KB ]
  Index [PDF 64 KB ]

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