EDUCAUSE Review Articles; ROI; and Articles, Papers, and Reports

The authors discusses the struggle to keep a school's technology up to date and the ability to finance it without breaking the bank.

The author discusses the challenge of keeping technology costs down and meeting the needs of various campus communities.

The authors discuss the importance of university CIOs and other senior executives having basic IT knowledge to make IT investment decisions.

When asking the question, "does technology make a difference"? The authors state the answer depends on how the question is asked.

The authors discuss the reality of IT investments in higher education.

In a time of discussion on whether IT investment still matters in higher education, the author points out ways CIO's can continue to demonstrate the importance of investing in IT.

Arguments that question the value of IT to the academy or that lowball the opportunity costs of failing to harness technology to its full potential in higher education both reflect and fuel an arrogant, confident complacency that ignores underlying dangers.

The author discusses the issue of getting buy in from institution leaders concerning IT investment.

The author discusses the relationship between strategic IT investment and the academic mission of the institution.

The authors state because we live in a time when IT has become a commodity, we can get over some of the hyperbole that has been our enemy in the recent past.