EDUCAUSE Review Articles and IT Effectiveness

Diana Oblinger, EDUCAUSE President, explains how she describes what EDUCAUSE and higher education IT professionals do: "we explore how IT can help make things possible for people in higher education -- not only for students, researchers, faculty, and administrators but also for those in the campus community."

The author gives various examples as to why IT matters to students of liberal arts education.

The authors discuss the common assumption that a CIO in higher education controls IT at his or her college or university—from operational issues to future directions.

Campus IT leaders are responsible for providing a view of the technology changes that are coming over the horizon and a vision of where the “ship” of IT should be headed. The retiring EDUCAUSE president offers ten nautical maxims for charting this course for higher education IT.

“Only when our students see our own learning blossoming within a computer romance will they listen to us when we tell them to use these tools more wisely themselves.”

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.

Research computing must remain centralized in order to best serve higher education institutions and the future advancement of research.

Leo I. Higdon Jr addresses the comprehensive strategic technology plan that the College of Charleston has implemented to ensure effective IT management. During an informal assessment, three issues arose as the most critical factors in determining success: internal communication, recurring funding, and transparent and collaborative decision-making.