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2012 CDS Executive Summary Report

January 24, 2013

This report summarizes results from the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) survey. Using a matched set of 616 CDS 2011 and CDS 2012 participating institutions, this year’s report is a detaile…

ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012

September 17, 2012

Key Findings See the 2012 report for a full list key messages, findings, and supporting data. Blended-learning environments are the norm; students say that these environments best suppor…

Software-as-a-Service Email Security: Risk vs. Trust

May 31, 2012

Many organizations would be interested in treating e-mail as a commodity —cutting costs and resource investments by outsourcing it to a software as a service (SaaS) provider. However, …

The EDUCAUSE 2011 Core Data Service Report: Highlights and Insights into Higher Education Information Technology

January 31, 2012

Authors: Susan Grajek , Vice President for Data, Research, and Analytics, EDUCAUSE Pam Arroway , Senior Statistician, EDUCAUSE This report summarizes results from the 2011 EDUC…

Supporting Students' Connectedness via Texting

March 29, 2011

Key Takeaways Providing students with portable communities of support through mobile phone texting offers one way to give them a sense of social connectedness . Increasing a sens…

Implementing Google Apps for Faculty and Staff

October 19, 2010

This ECAR research bulletin explains how Boise State University addressed important concerns about security and strategic alignment in finalizing its decision to move to Google Apps for Educatio…

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…

A Textual [/a-text-u-all/] Perspective

June 24, 2010

Key Takeaways Services in the cloud have supported the rise in texting and increasing reliance on visual media, prompting a worrisome textual aliteracy. Does the dependence on search en…

Innovating in the Cloud: Exploring Cloud Computing to Solve IT Challenges

June 24, 2010

Key Takeaways When resources and budgets are tight, implementing low-cost, high-innovation solutions addresses multiple challenges effectively. Higher education institutions can strateg…

A Tale of Two Clouds

June 24, 2010

Key Takeaways The University of Washington adopted a dual-provider cloud-computing strategy, focusing initially on software as a service. The original project — to replace an obsolete…