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E-Learning

Online courses are ubiquitous. Learn about the current state of e-learning across the community.

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BYOD

It's not just devices anymore. Find out how campuses are responding to the Bring-Your-Own-EVERYTHING era in the new report, infographic, and datatables.

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The Higher Education CIO: Portrait of Today, Landscape of Tomorrow

An in-depth look at the role of the higher education CIO—past, present, and emergent.

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Study of Undergraduate Students and IT

This annual study looks at how information technology affects the college experience.

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Identity Management in Higher Education

Discover today's college and university identity management strategies and best practices.

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Mobile IT in Higher Education

How are colleges and universities faring in their adoption of mobile technologies? Which mobile services have the highest priority?

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The 2011 Enterprise Application Market in Higher Education

Based on CDS data, this hub explores the enterprise application landscape.

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IT Services in Community Colleges

Learn about the strengths, opportunities, and challenges in providing IT services to community colleges in this ECAR report.

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Evaluating IT Service Quality

This report synthesizes data from CDS and three focus groups of IT professionals to better understand how and why institutions are gathering satisfaction data.

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Analytics in Higher Education

This publicly accessible ECAR report examines the current state of analytics in higher education, including benefits, barriers, progress and recommendations.

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ECAR Report on E-Learning

Online courses are ubiquitous, with 80% of institutions offering at least several online courses. Learn more.

June ECAR Update

Read the June issue of ECAR Update for the latest on the new ECAR name and focus, working groups, and BYOD.

IT Security: A Common Goal with Many Approaches

This ECAR research bulletin uses CDS data to better understand how higher education institutions approach information security.

University of Florida BYOE Case Study

Available on the BYOE research hub, this new ECAR case study looks at the formal strategy the University of Florida developed for user-provisioned techologies. 

Four IT Leaders Share BYOE Experiences

This ECAR case study available on the BYOE research hub is based on an roundtable interview with four IT leaders about their BYOE experiences.

Assessing Your Fiscal Bandwidth

This new ECAR report provides insight into the current practices for IT cost measurement, the challenges, and gaps in information.

2013 RESEARCH REPORTS

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Most-Viewed Research

  1. 2012 Student Study
  2. Analytics in Higher Education
  3. Student Preferences for Mobile App Usage
  4. Research Computing
  5. Through a Glass, Brightly

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