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The 2011 Enterprise Application Market in Higher Education: June 14, 2012

Key Findings Almost every college and university (>95%) delivers a set of six core applications: student information, HR/payroll, finance, e-mail (for faculty and staff and for students)…
Innovation and Information Infrastructure: Making Sound Investments for E-Research: November 16, 2010

This ECAR research bulletin provides a framework to assist universities in making sound investments in research information infrastructure in an increasingly complex global knowledge economy. In…
Google Wave and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: Impact on Higher Education: June 29, 2010

This ECAR research bulletin is based on a 2010 study that was conducted as part of an examination assignment in the course "Introduction to Communication, Learning, and IT" at a Swedis…
New Directions in Federation: November 16, 2009

Federation technology has become a very important connective technology that enables efficient distributed identity management (IdM) and enhanced convenience for users. The trend toward outsource…
Queensland University of Technology: Three Generations of IT Governance (and Counting): July 25, 2008

This ECAR case study complements the 2008 ECAR study, Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education, by Ronald Yanosky with Jack McCredie. ECAR undertook this case study of Queensla…
Reforming IT Governance at Berkeley: Introducing an Enterprise Perspective to a Decentralized Organization: July 25, 2008

This ECAR case study complements the 2008 ECAR study, Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education, by Ronald Yanosky with Jack McCredie. ECAR undertook this case study of the Universi…
Happy Families, Good Fences, and Winning IT Collaborations: July 22, 2008

This ECAR research bulletin introduces the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation research on successful collaborative practices in the context of higher education. It details 20 collaborative success fa…
Large-Scale Open Source E-Learning Systems at Open University UK: June 10, 2008

This ECAR research bulletin examines the factors leading to the selection of the open source learning management system at the Open University, details the many aspects of development work that h…
Dynamics of Supporting Sakai Through Local and Global Collaboration: May 27, 2008

This ECAR research bulletin discusses the adjustments that the Indiana University information technology organization made, and continues to make, in order to support membership in Sakai. It has …
Recasting the Centralization-Decentralization Debate: Advancing the Innovation Support Cycle: May 13, 2008

This research bulletin explores the importance of focusing on innovation in decision-making about IT. Acknowledging the apparent dichotomy between the efficient use of resources in a centralized …

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