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A Different Kind of ERP: Extending and Renewing Legacy Systems: March 4, 2003

Rather than make the significant investment required for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, some campuses explicitly choose a strategy of retaining and renewing their legacy systems. T…
Academic Analytics: The Uses of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education: December 12, 2005

Abstract Since the 1980s, higher education has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on administrative technologies to improve access to information. Institutions implemented new enterprise …
Academic Analytics: The Uses of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education - Key Findings: December 12, 2005

These Key Findings describe the major discoveries of the ECAR research study called "Academic Analytics: The Uses of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education". Since th…
Academic Analytics: The Uses of Management Information and Technology in Higher Education Roadmap: December 12, 2005

Since the 1980s, higher education has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on administrative technologies to improve access to information. Institutions implemented new enterprise resource plann…
Aligning IT Strategy to Open Source, Partnering, and Web Services: November 25, 2003

This research bulletin examines the current state of open source initiatives in higher education. It provides a roadmap for incorporating open source application development in an information tec…
Digital Dashboards: Driving Higher Education Decisions: September 16, 2003

Digital dashboards make it possible to keep or create up-to-date, critical information within easy reach of decision makers. Dashboards also enable the graphical presentation of complex instituti…
Doing Academic Analytics Right: Intelligent Answers to Simple Questions: February 8, 2011

This ECAR research bulletinexplores the various factors that must come together for an institution to have an academic analytics infrastructure that is flexible, agile, appropriately structured,…
eArmyU: Early Lessons from a Grand Experiment in Online Learning: October 15, 2002

eArmyU, which has brought over 30,000 students online in 20 months, provides a unique opportunity for insight into e-learning. eArmyU provides participating soldier-students with anytime, anywher…
EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research: Insights from ECAR: January 15, 2003

A presentation on ECAR research projects, includes studies on wireless and ERP sytems. From CIC Presidents' Institute January 2002. A presen…
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Higher Education: November 11, 2002

Higher education has made a huge investment in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, with additional investments planned. An assessment of the successes and challenges of these implementati…

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