Campus Policy and Law

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Campus Policy and Law

Preparing Undergraduates for Democratic Participation

January 1, 2006

What is the purpose of higher education? Is it only to prepare skilled workers for the global economy of the 21st century, or does higher education also have a responsibility to prepare undergrad…

Institutional Strategies and Policies for Electronic Theses and Dissertations

June 20, 2006

Almost without exception, students produce theses and dissertations in electronic formats, and it would seem that an institutional electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) program would be the ru…

Information Security and Privacy Policy Development

April 10, 2006 | A session at the Security 2006

This session will discuss the development of a policy framework for information security, including effective policies, procedures, and practices that are in keeping with the legal landscape. Parti…

Policy Process Partnerships

March 15, 2006 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2006

Policy development is unfamiliar to most IT management. What does it take to gain interest in and acceptance of a new university-wide policy? This presentation describes how partnerships and other …

Service-Oriented Architecture: UW's Migration Strategy

March 13, 2006 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2006

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is an important change for organizations. This presentation will define SOA, along with reasons for changing to one, as well as UW's high-level migration st…

When Policy and Technology Collide: What CALEA, Community Broadband Deployment, and Net Neutrality Mean for the Future of the Internet

February 23, 2006 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2006

Whereas the technical convergence of telecommunications and the Internet is well underway, the policy convergence of these two worlds has been fraught with difficulty. Learn why federal policymaker…

Promoting Copyright Education and Compliance on Campus

February 23, 2006 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2006

Eliminating copyright illiteracy is a challenge on any campus. Learn how Brigham Young University developed and implemented a variety of resources and tools to help educate their faculty, staff, an…

Identity Management at The University of Texas System: A Roadmap for Implementation

February 23, 2006 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2006

For the past two years, The University of Texas System has been building infrastructure for identity management (IdM). This presentation provides a high-level description of UT System's roadma…

Riding Through Turbulence: IP Rights for Knowledge Producers

December 6, 2005

The complex issues surrounding intellectual property rights for knowledge producers, institutions, publishers, and others continue to evolve and impact higher education in general and society at …

IT Governance: Determining Who Decides

November 22, 2005

This research bulletin provides an overview of IT governance, explains why such governance is important, describes the IT governance work at Syracuse University, and outlines how other institutio…