Podcast: American Higher Education Is Going Global: Implications for CIOs, National Networks, and Federal Policymakers

gbayne — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:02:04 -0500

This 44 minute podcast features a keynote address by Jeffrey S. Lehman, Former President of Cornell University. His speech, "American Higher Education Is Going Global: Implications for CIOs, National Networks, and Federal Policymakers," was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Policy Conference in Arlington, Virgina.

U.S. universities have come to see their universes in global terms, most visibly in brand-new overseas campuses. But just as important are joint teaching and research projects that dramatically intensify the flow of data to points halfway around the world. Historically, such data flows have required the physical transportation of people or storage media from place to place. Dramatic improvements in networking technology, however, are changing academic leaders' perceptions of the kinds of collaborations that are possible. The most ambitious forms of network cooperation test the capabilities of the global cyberinfrastructure, with bits crossing campus, regional, national, and international networks. Each of the four tiers is a vital link. Each involves a different set of actors, challenging us to develop new policies and governance structures that respond to the concerns of each level, as well as a truly global perspective that is not yet effectively captured. Our national policy community must step into this void, helping demonstrate the range of possibilities and the choices we face, while respecting and reflecting that people in other countries will likely perceive matters differently from us.

May/June Issue of EDUCAUSE Review Now Online

ecoghlan — Wed, 10 May 2006 17:45:15 -0500

In the May/June EDUCAUSE Review: Charles M. Vest on open content and the emergence of the meta-university, Annie Stunden on administrative information systems implementations, part two of Clifford A. Lynch's interview by Brian Hawkins, and the 2006 EDUCAUSE Current Issues Survey findings regarding the top-ten IT issues of strategic importance to higher education institutions.

EDUCAUSE | Globalization

Podcast: American Higher Education Is Going Global: Implications for CIOs, National Networks, and Federal Policymakers

May/June Issue of EDUCAUSE Review Now Online