Diversity in IT Constituent Group

I think it is a great idea!  Count me in.

This article discusses the challenges with creating a path form the next generation of women in IT to become leaders.  Interesting trend in the numbers amongst women computer science graduates ( 37% in 1985 as compared to 18% in 2010).   A sharp decline.  Thoughts?

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233690/Women_in_IT_How_deep_is_the_bench_?taxonomyId=14&pageNumber=1

- Mac -

Keith W. McIntosh, MBA
Vice Chancellor for Information Technology

and Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Hi everyone –

The annual EDUCAUSE Enterprise IT Leadership Conference (April 16-18, 2013) will be co-located in St. Louis, MO with the EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference. The event is targeted to CIOs and IT leaders, designed and sized for interactive discussion, feedback and collaborative problem solving.  This year theme is "No Boundaries: Leading IT in an Open Enterprise".  The conference program will include sessions on (1) the delivery of services to students, faculty, and staff who use a variety of devices and (2) how we operate in an environment that exists both on campus and in the cloud. The conference is seeking proposals on: Governance and Data-Driven Decisions, Institutional Strategic Planning and Technology, IT Service and Systems Management, Leadership.

Providing a content-rich session as an individual or a team is a...

This is an interesting article about Rudolph Bryd, a scholar of American and African-American literature, the civil-rights movement, and gender studies at Emory University who passed away October 2011.  Great legacy!

http://chronicle.com/article/A-Professors-Death-Ripples/131926/?sid=wb&utm_source=wb&utm_medium=en

- Mac -

Keith W. McIntosh, MBA

Assistant Vice Chancellor for IT (Acting)

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Information Technology

Pima County...

I’m with you Pam.  I may have walked out.  Seems to me he has a one size fits all approach and women are expected to use this one approach.  I didn’t like that he dismissed affinity groups as weak, when in essence there is strength to be gained from others within the group which can help propel individual growth. I couldn’t help but think what his thoughts may have been on ethnic or racial minorities.    You can find role models and examples of good and bad leadership throughout an organization, but a mentor is supposed to be a trusted advisor.  The key here is trust which only comes from a very good relationship.  I recommend to my staff to get a team of mentors (2-3) who can help you navigate and advance your career.

Hi all—

In 2012, ECAR is opening participation in its Students & Technology Survey to non-member institutions. In particular, we’d love to see increased participation from minority-serving institutions. If we have enough participants, we may be able to provide some reporting on MSIs as a subpopulation. 

ECAR provides most of the resources for the survey. Institutions will send the survey invite out to students and then we provide each institution with their de-identified data and a report of the institutional responses compared to similar institutions. 

Please share this message with any institutions you think would be interested to participate, MSI or not, EDUCAUSE member or not. (Members have already received a couple of messages inviting...