EDUCAUSE | Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences and Strategic Planning

Strategic IT Planning in Higher Education Environments

drupal — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:24:33 -0600

This workshop covers information technology strategic planning in higher education environments. Participants will receive an overview of different approaches to strategic planning for technology, including best practices and analyses of the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Three case studies will be presented; each covers a different aspect of strategic planning. A hybrid approach to strategic planning will be developed using the lessons learned from these case studies. The workshop will be of interest to those engaged in any type of planning activity that involves deploying or supporting IT in large organizations.

IT Strategic Planning for the Smaller Institution: A Lightweight Approach

drupal — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:56:48 -0500

Dickinson College created an IT strategic planning process aligned with its governance structure, budget process, project management function, and personnel evaluation process. Adapted from the best practices of larger institutions, this "lightweight" approach will appeal to colleges seeking the advantages of planning while minimizing the overhead associated with this activity.

IT Strategic Planning: Many Paths, One Destination

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:41 -0500

IT leaders from four universities will discuss IT strategic planning process successes and challenges. This session will explore how to succeed when an institution-wide strategic plan doesn't exist, how to involve the community, and lessons learned, as well as what's still missing from our plans.

Performance Management Strategies: Best Practices from the Battlefield

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:40 -0500

Higher education IT managers come under fire when asked to help design and support initiatives for performance management, reporting, and business intelligence. How do you shift from collecting and housing data to making it useful in daily decision making? How do people, process, and technology come together in a successful performance management strategy? Hear from veterans about best practices-based approaches to this challenge.

The EDUCAUSE "Grand Challenges" Initiative

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:41 -0500

This session will present the EDUCAUSE "Grand Challenges" initiative, which will be the major focus of the association's initiatives in 2007 and beyond. Higher education faces major issues of access, affordability, and accountability; how IT can make a difference in these arenas needs to be demonstrated. This session will highlight EDUCAUSE's ongoing process of evaluating and identifying IT's role in these issues and the initial projects that will contribute to this linkage.

IT Strategic Planning: From Technical Dreams to Institutional Reality

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:31 -0600

Planning for an effective and integrated IT infrastructure involves many facets of education, planning, and review from all constituencies of the college. This session will outline the strategic IT planning and implementation process in use at Cuyahoga Community College.

Portal Growing Pains: Aligning to Your Institutional Goals

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:30 -0600

The Gettysburg portal team has increasingly sought projects for implementation that support a number of the college's strategic initiatives. In implementing these, we have seen several offices making process changes that would have taken a much longer time to implement in the past. The portal has become an interesting source of change on campus.

General Session - Molly Broad

drupal — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:48:24 -0600

Molly Corbett Broad is president of the University of North Carolina and serves as chief executive officer of all 16 of North Carolina's public institutions that grant baccalaureate degrees. Active in a number of professional and civic organizations, Broad has written and spoken widely on strategic planning for higher education and on emerging technologies. She serves on a variety of boards, including those for the International Council for Distance Education and the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development. She also sits on several advisory boards, including those of the Mellon Foundation and the National Technology Task Force.Prior to her presidency in North Carolina, Broad served as executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer of the California State University system. Before that, she was executive director and chief executive officer of the Arizona Board of Regents, serving as the top administrator for Arizona's three-campus university system. Prior to her tenure in Arizona, Broad worked at Syracuse University in a number of roles, including director of institutional research and vice president for government and corporate relations.

Meeting Strategic Initiatives with Legacy Applications

drupal — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:39:37 -0500

Are budget constraints or costly vendor solutions stifling your strategic initiatives? Taking advantage of in-house technical solutions and skills or identifying and purchasing key integration technologies may be enough to leverage your legacy systems forward. This presentation intends to inspire those who feel their strategic e-objectives are being held hostage.

IT Management in Support of Institutional Goals

drupal — Thu, 06 Dec 2001 11:23:33 -0600

The challenge for IT has changed. Computers and networks are widespread and students, faculty, and administrators have increasing expectations of IT. How can universities leverage IT resources to enable academic and administrative visions? The 23 CIOs of the CSU developed criteria for an IT assessment and management strategy. Learn about these processes and their results.