EDUCAUSE | Documents Contributed by ECAR and Community College

Impressions of Community College Students’ IT Experiences

ckeller — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:39:21 -0500

This ECAR research bulletin highlights some of the similarities and differences between students attending four-year institutions and those attending community colleges, focusing on those areas where there are challenges and opportunities for using IT to improve students' academic experiences. Since 2004, ECAR has conducted an annual study of how students in higher education perceive the impact of information technology on their academic experiences. In its third year of undertaking the study (2006), fully 96 institutions participated, including eight two-year community colleges. From those eight community colleges, a total of 3,380 students responded to the survey for the study, representing 11.8 percent of the total survey respondents.

Enterprise Systems in the Contra Costa Community College District

drupal — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:21:45 -0600

A case study for the ECAR Research Study The Promise and Performance of Enterprise Systems, which addresses one of the most important IT issues facing higher education.

Wireless Networking at Salt Lake Community College

drupal — Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:22:36 -0500

This brief study documents the deployment of wireless networking at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). SLCC President Lynn Cundiff assumed office in 2000 to find none of the College's dormitories had been wired. This ECAR case describes SLCC's decision to use wireless networking to address community needs and how a campus wide wireless network was designed, funded, and completed by March 2002. This study also addresses the patterns of wireless usage at this community college and addresses how the IT leadership of this institution thinks about the future of wireless at SLCC.