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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Middleware
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Creating a Collaborative Information Technology Environment for Higher Education
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January 1, 2002
Fuchs discusses the impediments to collaboration as well as remarkable current efforts that might point the way to the future of information technology in higher education. He indicates that "…
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Successes and Failures in the Marriage of Higher Education and IT
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January 1, 2003
Edward L. Ayers and Charles M. Grisham discuss the changes that Information Technology has introduced into Higher Education over the years and the achievements, disappointments and the reasons for …
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System is as System Does
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January 1, 1994
Effectiveness can be a crude measure of success, which is why we, as computer users, are total nuisances to systems analysts. Effectiveness can be a cr…
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The One Percent Solution
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January 1, 1995
Something's missing from campus technology investment strategies. Something's missing from campus technology investment strategies. …
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No Productivity Paradox
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January 1, 1998
Do legacy economists recycle faulty statistics? Do legacy economists recycle faulty statistics? …
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Competitive Strategies for Higher Education in the Information Age
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January 1, 1999
"Competitive Strategies for Higher Education in the Information Age" is an excerpt from Dancing with the Devil: Information Technology and the New Competition in Higher Education . …
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What Do Information Technology Support Services Really Cost?
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January 1, 1998
Leaders of IT organizations are troubled by the lack of reliable benchmarks or comparative data on which to base decisions about support services. Presidents are mystified by total cost of ownershi…
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Readers Respond
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January 1, 1998
CAUSE/EFFECT readers respond to the question, "Has your institution attempted to assess the impact of information technology on instruction, student life, and/or administrative services, or do…
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Observations on Benchmarking InformationTechnology Support
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January 1, 1995
Wanting to evaluate their own progress in information technology programs and practices, Penn State's information technology organization collected information about successful operations in f…
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Linking Administrative and IT Productivity in Higher Education
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January 1, 1992
Before we can fully take advantage of the potential that IT offers to improve the efficiency of higher education administration, we must find a way to measure its value. Traditional metrics fail t…

















