Current Issues Survey

EDUCAUSE has published the results of the 2008 Current Issues Survey, and this year Security edged out Funding IT as the top strategic challenge.

The latest EDUCAUSE Quarterly article, "Current Issues Survey Report, 2008", states:

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.

This episode of EDUCAUSE Now features:

• The EDUCAUSE 2008 Current Issues Survey

  We hear from Current Issues Committee Chair Debra Allison and EDUCAUSE staff liasion Peter DeBlois. The Current Issues Survey resource page is now available.

• A Commentary from EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger

  EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger talks about current issues facing higher education and how IT can be a solution, even for non-technical challenges.

The summer 2008 EDUCAUSE Quarterly spotlights the complete findings of the 2008 EDUCAUSE Current IT Issues Survey as well as feature articles on open source software in education, a first assessment of a learning studio, and student use of clickers in library presentations. 

The May/June 2008 EDUCAUSE Review is now available online. It features Brad Wheeler on the need for providing answers that are good enough and quick enough in the Era of Certitude; John Windhausen Jr. on the demand for "big broadband" connectivity in the United States; a summary of the 2008 EDUCAUSE Current Issues Survey findings; and Chris Dede on Web 2.0 and the seismic shift in epistemology. 

2008 Top-Ten IT Issues in Higher Education

EDUCAUSE has published the results of the 2008 Current Issues Survey, which gathered responses from 589 primary representatives of EDUCAUSE member institutions, in the new issue of EDUCAUSE Quarterly, as well as a summary version in the latest EDUCAUSE Review. The articles identify the issues that IT leaders in higher education see as their most critical challenges. Read the press release and browse Current Issues resources, including the articles, recommended readings, and PowerPoint slides.

 

Security remains a top strategic challenge according to the 2007 Current IT Issues Survey Report. The 2007 Current Issues Web site offers additional resources.

The May/June EDUCAUSE Review is now available online. Read articles from Gregory A. Jackson on satisfying customer expectations using convergent services and activities; Carie Windham on podcasting’s role in student life; Petra Boezerooy, Bas Cordewener, and Wim Liebrand on the SURF approach to information and communications technology in the Netherlands; as well as the 2007 EDUCAUSE Current Issues Survey findings regarding the top-ten IT issues of strategic importance to higher education institutions.

Which IT issues have the greatest strategic importance to higher education institutions today and which ones are likely to be important in the future? Find answers to these questions and learn about other current trends in the 2007 EDUCAUSE Current IT Issues Survey report, published in the current issue of EDUCAUSE Quarterly.

The 2007 survey gathered responses from 591 primary representatives (typcially CIOs) of EDUCAUSE member institutions, representing public and private and associate- through doctorate-granting institutions of all sizes.

Among this year's key findings:

• Funding IT re-emerges as a top challenge.
• Security and identity/access management split as separate issues.
• Course/learning management systems move into the top ten for the first time.
• Among issues expected to be more significant in the future, portals drop in rank from fifth to ninth.