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Networking and emerging technologies play an important role in the day-to-day administration of higher education's information technology networks. Resources covered in this topic include advance networking and telecommunications, such as Internet2 and VoIP, as well as middleware, streaming media, network infrastructure and equipment, wireless technology, and bandwidth management. You'll also find resources on many aspects of the World Wide Web, including portals, search engines, Web administration, and content management.

In addition, public and corporate policies related to networked information and telecommunications have a direct impact on campus networks that support instruction and research. For more information about the major issues for this policy portfolio, visit the EDUCAUSE Policy networking page.

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Ford Policy Forum 2006: May 18, 2006

Ford Policy Forum 2006 contains the papers presented and discussed at the Ford Policy Forum, held during the Forum’s 2005 Aspen Symposium. The Ford Policy Forum studies key economic issues …
Next Generation Education Software: Why We Need It and a Research Agenda to Get It: January 1, 2005

Andries van Dam describes software such as MathPad and ChemPad that foster deeper understanding of difficult topics. He advocates next-generational educational software based on integrated models t…
The International Comparative Study of Higher Education: Lessons from the Contemplation of How Others Might See Us: January 1, 2003

American education can appear frighteningly complex and unplanned to an observer from another country. In an effort to explain higher education in the United States, Bruce Johnstone identifies eigh…
Prospects for the Internet: January 1, 2003

Douglas Van Houweling discusses the implications of the internet and related technologies for higher education. He emphasizes the enormous potential for enhancing education, research, and learning …
Creating a Collaborative Information Technology Environment for Higher Education: 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 "…
Can Higher Education Evolve?: Mastering the Challenges of Change: January 1, 2002

Rosabeth Moss Kanter focuses on the challenges facing institutions as they strive to adapt and undergo systemic change, with an emphasis on the human skills that build meaningful community out of m…
Higher Education Alert: The Information Railroad Is Coming: January 1, 2002

Willam. A. Wulf points out that although the exponential pace of technological change cannot go on forever, the slowdown is not on the horizon and is not going to spare us from rethinking the unive…
Are Arms Races in Higher Education a Problem?: January 1, 2004

Economic reward for elite educational credentials has jumped sharply in recent decades leading to a variety of positional arms races that have increased costs sharply and threatened the continued v…
Student Financial Aid Policies: Do They Promote Universal Education?: January 1, 2004

Sandy Baum assesses the effects of key federal, state, and institutional policies and suggests how they might be changed so as to more effectively break down the financial barriers to higher educa…
The Promise and Perils of Universal Higher Education: January 1, 2004

Affordable access to higher education is linked to the economy. The decline over the past decade in the share of the state budget going to higher education means that a reduction in overall state s…

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