EDUCAUSE Review Articles, Collaboration, and Administrative Systems

As the fiftieth and final conference was held in May of 2005, Cynthia Golden reflects on the history of CUMREC and it's contribution to higher education in the United States.

As a way to establish common grounds and define central platforms for college and university administrative systems, this article proposes the establishment of an Open Source Congress, comprised of functional and technical leaders from the higher educational environment.