EDUCAUSE | Documents Contributed by ECAR and Policy Development

IT Governance for Executives in Higher Education

ckeller — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:00:53 -0500

This June 2007 ECAR survey of higher education executives is designed to help identify those IT governance practices that result in effective outcomes. It will be used to inform a major ECAR study of IT governance in higher education.

IT Governance in Higher Education

ckeller — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:56:29 -0500

This June 2007 ECAR survey of information technology leaders in higher education is designed to help identify those IT governance practices that result in effective outcomes. It will be used to inform a major ECAR study of IT governance in higher education.

Sustaining Openness

drupal — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:41:38 -0600

Presentation at the Fifth Annual ECAR Symposium, December 6-8, 2006, in Carefree, Arizona. This talk focuses on higher education's role in open access to knowledge and open participation in public discourse about matters of public concern.

Institutional Strategies and Policies for Electronic Theses and Dissertations

drupal — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:30:16 -0500

Almost without exception, students produce theses and dissertations in electronic formats, and it would seem that an institutional electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) program would be the rule and not the exception. In the United States, however, ETD programs have been slow to gain ground; other countries are far ahead in implementing comprehensive strategies for the creation of and access to ETDs. The focus of this bulletin is on the development of institutional policies to address ETDs and the changes needed in academic culture to implement robust ETD programs. The value of ETDs as institutional intellectual assets is also explored.

Riding Through Turbulence: IP Rights for Knowledge Producers

drupal — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:23:30 -0600

The complex issues surrounding intellectual property rights for knowledge producers, institutions, publishers, and others continue to evolve and impact higher education in general and society at large. This research bulletin outlines a spectrum of some of the most pressing issues and discuses recent research on college and university IP policies. It complements broad EDUCAUSE efforts in this area by looking at how several leading institutions are addressing IP in the academy.

IT Governance: Determining Who Decides

drupal — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:49:44 -0600

This research bulletin provides an overview of IT governance, explains why such governance is important, describes the IT governance work at Syracuse University, and outlines how other institutions can model their governance structures. Frameworks, models, and applied research based on the work of Peter Weill and Jeanne Ross provide practical steps toward evaluating and improving institution-wide IT governance structures.

Policy-Based Security and Enterprise Policy Management

drupal — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:33:05 -0500

"Policy-Based Security and Enterprise Policy Management" is a Research Report prepared by Burton Group, an ECAR partner. It is available to ECAR subscribers through special arrangement. It addresses the complex topic of how vendors are addressing policy management challenges, including standards at the operating system, database schema, language, protocol, and regulatory levels, as well as the impact of these market solutions. Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com) provides technically in-depth research and advisory services for colleges and universities, government agencies, and commercial enterprises. Burton Group's practical and unbiased research and advice helps technologists make smart IT infrastructure decisions in increasingly complex environments. Burton Group covers directories, identity management, application platforms, architecture, and network and telecom infrastructure topics. Like ECAR, Burton Group is an unbiased advocate for the user and more than 80% of Burton Group's clients are user organizations rather than suppliers. EDUCAUSE member institutions can become users of Burton Group research services through EDUCAUSE pricing. Burton Group is an ECAR partner and can be contacted by email at slesueur@burtongroup.com or by telephone (801-373-5767).