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Rethinking Higher Education Technology
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May 9, 2012
Stephen Laster is Chief Information Officer, Harvard Business School. He is Editor of the EDUCAUSE Review Viewpoints department for 2012. These are interesting times for hig…
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A Study of Four Textbook Distribution Models
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December 15, 2011
Key Takeaways In preparation for campus-wide e-text adoption , Daytona State College completed a two-year comparative study of four textbook distribution models : print purch…
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Delivering the Dual Mission of University IT
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July 28, 2011
Presentation at the 2011 ECAR Symposium, July 28, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. University IT departments have evolved organically, but the time has come to purposefully organize to support the du…
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Counting the Cost of IT Downtime
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October 19, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
The investment in technological solutions to deliver increased systems resilience has often been made without a full business case being established. This session will present the results of resear…
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Demand Aggregation: The Key to Cutting IT Costs
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October 20, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Most IT departments are running lean, and if you're having to do more with less, the experience of your Australian colleagues in using demand aggregation to reduce the cost of IT may help. Th…
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Key Considerations for Virtualization
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April 11, 2011
This article suggests that these five questions are asked before you move forward with virtualization. "With enrollment climbing steadily each year at Pima County Community College Dist…
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NSF-Sponsored Workshop Report: Sustainable Funding and Business Models for Academic Cyberinfrastructure Facilities
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November 18, 2010
This report summarizes the observations and recommendations from the National Science Foundation-sponsored workshop of the same title. Workshop papers submitted discuss the challenges faced in …
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Making the University More Cost-Effective: Mission Impossible?
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October 13, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
In 2009, the UNC Chapel Hill Board engaged an outside consulting group to look at ways to improve operational efficiency at the university. The "Carolina Counts" initiative was establishe…
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Cost Analysis in IT
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October 13, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
IT leaders can no longer plan and pitch IT projects without an in-depth understanding of their costs. This presentation will provide a general overview of methodologies used to determine costs incl…
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Challenging Conventional Wisdom About College Costs
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October 13, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
The Great Recession has brought new attention to the spending side of college finance. The speaker will challenge the conventional wisdom that costs cannot be reduced without sacrificing quality or…



















