Leadership

The Frye Leadership Institute offers a unique leadership development opportunity and is designed to develop the next generation of higher education leaders emerging from IT and library backgrounds.

From May 31 to June 11, 2009, participants will gather at Emory University for an intensive residential experience that exposes them to higher education leaders and luminaries from around the country. A significant amount of personal and professional growth results from the networking and group exercises that bring a diverse set of international participants together to share, explore, and learn. Presentations are intermixed with case studies, brainstorming, role-playing, problem solving, and reflection. In this dynamic program Frye helps participants develop:

EDUCAUSE announces a new EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) study, Leading the IT Workforce in Higher Education, by Phillip J. Goldstein. This 2008 ECAR research study builds on the work done in 2004 by ECAR in its original study of information technology leadership. The 2008 study addresses the following questions, among others:

EDUCAUSE is pleased to announce this year's award recipients and expresses its congratulations for their exemplary contributions to higher education information technology. All will be recognized at EDUCAUSE 2008 this October in Orlando. Read more about the recipients in the press release.

The EDUCAUSE award program is sponsored by SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner, as an expression of its commitment to excellence.

One of the challenges of IT leadership is working with vendors and the associated contracts, agreements and licenses common to the operation of an IT department.  I'm trying to figure out how and when I learned to handle this part of my operation.  I'd like to give my staff the benefit of attending classes and professional development that would improve their skills in this area (maybe an Executive MBA in IS Leadership that our university offers emba.oakland.edu).  I'm seeking options that offer opportunities to develop skills in handling vendor relationships.  I thought an occasional blog posting on this topic would help explore the nature of the environment and the skills required of IT leaders.

Making Connections

In a recent survey, one-third of CIOs polled had a high-level architecture group. Of the remaining CIOs, one-third were planning to establish an architecture group in the next year or two. What role does architecture play in projects and strategic planning? Hear the perspective of an IT/enterprise architect as he talks about the practice and value of architecture. Learn about ITANA, a peer group where you can engage and learn more about architect as practiced in higher education.

In this free May 12 EDUCAUSE Live! web seminar, IT/Enterprise Architecture: What Is It, and What Value Does Leadership Find in Having an Architect at Hand?, presenter Jim Phelps, Senior IT Architect, University of Wisconsin–Madison, will share his thoughts about the practice and value of architecture.

NERCOMP 2008 opening panel presentation: From Their Viewpoint 

A podcast of this general session is available at http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/podcastfromtheirviewpoint/46496.

Panel: Cheryl Norton, President, Southern Connecticut State University, S. Georgia Nugent, President, Kenyon College, Susan Scrimshaw, President, Simmons College, Joanne Kossuth, moderator

These three awesome women college presidents shared their viewpoints on the role of technology in higher education

Introductory remarks:

Norton thanked the audience for caring enough to ask presidents their technology perspectives. She is finishing her 4th year as president.  She came from Colorado and found many of the same cultural issues between SCSU and her previous institution.  She moved into higher education by “mistake” as she has a gym teacher background in exercise physiology.  SCSU is primarily a commuter campus with about a 1/3 of the students in graduate programs.  Technology is very important for communications and keeping track of students.

EDUCAUSE NERCOMP 2008 Think Stop #3

What is the most important characteristic of a leader?

This 12 minute podcast features an interview with Jean Engle, Chief Knowledge Officer for NASA at the Johnson Space Center. She delivered the opening keynote speech at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Southwest Regional Conference entitled, "Knowledge Sharing: Some Myths and Ideas, and a Little IT".

Ms. Engle joined the Johnson Space Center as a cooperative education student in 1984. She earned a B.A. in Mathematics in 1987, and an M.B.A in 1993 from the University of Houston, Clear Lake. She has served in a variety of increasingly responsible division and directorate staff positions and has been a member of the CIO Office since its inception in 1994. Over the last several years, she has led JSC’s involvement in a number of Agencywide and Centerwide Information Technology standards and security efforts.

In November of 2006, Brian Hawkins, EDUCAUSE President, announced his plans to retire from the presidency of EDUCAUSE at the end of the 2007•2008 academic year. At the 2007 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, he was asked to share the important lessons he has learned in his nearly 40-year career in higher education regarding management, leadership, and professional life. In this 42-minute podcast of that address, entitled "Learning To Drive (and Other Lessons Learned Along the Way)", he discusses issues including personnel management, professional development, and how to map a course for good leadership and a successful career.

In this nine minute recording, we'll hear from Pulitzer prize winning author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Listen in as she shares some poignant thoughts on the leadership that may prove especially relevant to institutions ripe with diversity such as those we find in higher education. She'll also comment on the prospects of Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt as bloggers in the 21st century, digital preservation, and the shares some thoughts on baseball. As an avid Red Sox fan, I'm sure she's thrilled with the outcome of the recent World Series and her comments regarding the momentum of the Red Sox were spot on.