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EDUCAUSE announces a new EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) study, Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education, by Ronald Yanosky with Jack McCredie. This 2008 research study examines the extent of participation in IT governance by campus leaders and constituents; the use of IT governance mechanisms such as IT steering committees, project review, and performance measurement; and practices associated with good IT governance outcomes.

EDUCAUSE Now is a monthly podcast, focusing on the intelligent use of information technology in higher education. Each episode features a variety of stories, interviews, and views that relate to IT in higher education.  Let us know what you would like to hear at podcast@educause.edu.

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EDUCAUSE announces a new ECAR research study analyzing a timely and complex IT issue facing higher education today. Because of the critical importance of this topic, the study report is available without charge.

This study, Higher Education IT and Cyberinfrastructure: Integrating Technologies for Scholarship, written by Mark C. Sheehan, explores higher education's involvement in five areas of research-related information technologies: high-performance computing resources, cyberinfrastructure applications and tools, data storage and management resources, advanced network infrastructure resources, and resources for collaboration within virtual communities. The study survey, developed in conjunction with Net@EDU, was completed by 369 North American colleges and universities and is supplemented by a dozen interviews with IT leaders.

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EDUCAUSE Now is a monthly podcast, focusing on the intelligent use of information technology in higher education. Each episode features a variety of stories, interviews, and views that relate to IT in higher education. EDUCAUSE Now will also inform you about upcoming events, report on past events, and feature the movers and shakers in policy, teaching and learning, security, and a whole host of other important topics for our members. Let us know what you would like to hear at podcast@educause.edu.

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EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) has published the new study, IT Engagement in Research: A View of Medical School Practice, written by Mark R. Nelson. This ECAR research study was designed in collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges to analyze the practices and perspectives of IT organizations that support the academic research enterprise in medical schools and colleges.

EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) has published the new study, Service on the Front Line: The IT Help Desk in Higher Education. This study explores the information technology (IT) help desk as a complex enterprise operating within a dynamic environment that includes the goals and culture of the central IT organization, the resources and services of the help desk, service level agreements between help desks and their clients, practices for evaluating and improving help desk services, and the perceived success of the help desk organization. Findings are related to the principles and practices of IT service management literature.

The Security Task Force has created a resource page that provides information about security certifications, including links to known security certifications (under the heading of "Community Resources"). Please contact us if we are missing any known security certifications.

According to the 2006 security survey conducted by the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (Safeguarding the Tower: IT Security in Higher Education), the following information is available regarding security certifications by IT security staff at colleges and universities:

This 49-minute podcast recorded during the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference features Judith Borreson Caruso, ECAR Fellow and Director of Policy and Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Gail Salaway, ECAR Fellow, EDUCAUSE speaking on "Undergraduates Speak about IT: Results of the 2007 ECAR Survey."

The session abstract:

What information technologies are used by undergraduates? How does IT contribute to their academic experiences and learning? What has changed since 2005? ECAR presents key findings from the fourth annual survey of undergraduates, with responses from 27,846 students at 103 higher education institutions. Plans for 2008 will also be discussed.

ECAR has released its fourth annual comprehensive student study focusing on the role of IT in student life, The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2007. Because of the topic's critical importance, ECAR has made the full study, as well as key findings and roadmap, publicly available to all.

The latest EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) study, “IT Collaboration: Multi-Institutional Partnerships to Develop, Manage, and Operate IT Resources,” explores multi-institutional collaboration in terms of the types of information technology collaborations in higher education and the practices associated with positive outcomes. It is available to ECAR subscribers and through purchase, but the key findings and roadmap are publicly available.