Institutional Research

The latest EDUCAUSE Quarterly is now available, with feature articles about an institutional survey assessing learning and scholarly techniques, a faculty development survey for teaching online, collaborative development at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and lessons learned from adopting an open source learning management system at Royal Roads University.

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EDUCAUSE announces a new EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) study, Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education, by Ronald Yanosky with Jack McCredie. This 2008 research study examines the extent of participation in IT governance by campus leaders and constituents; the use of IT governance mechanisms such as IT steering committees, project review, and performance measurement; and practices associated with good IT governance outcomes.

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EDUCAUSE announces a new ECAR research study analyzing a timely and complex IT issue facing higher education today. Because of the critical importance of this topic, the study report is available without charge.

This study, Higher Education IT and Cyberinfrastructure: Integrating Technologies for Scholarship, written by Mark C. Sheehan, explores higher education's involvement in five areas of research-related information technologies: high-performance computing resources, cyberinfrastructure applications and tools, data storage and management resources, advanced network infrastructure resources, and resources for collaboration within virtual communities. The study survey, developed in conjunction with Net@EDU, was completed by 369 North American colleges and universities and is supplemented by a dozen interviews with IT leaders.

The submission date for this year's Core Data Service survey has been extended to March 19. Eligible campuses are encouraged to complete the survey by this date to ensure access to the updated database service later this spring. Find out more on the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service website.

EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) has published the new study, IT Engagement in Research: A View of Medical School Practice, written by Mark R. Nelson. This ECAR research study was designed in collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges to analyze the practices and perspectives of IT organizations that support the academic research enterprise in medical schools and colleges.

ECAR has released its fourth annual comprehensive student study focusing on the role of IT in student life, The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2007. Because of the topic's critical importance, ECAR has made the full study, as well as key findings and roadmap, publicly available to all.

The call for proposals is now open for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2008, "Innovative Planning for the 21st-Century Academy: Creating Reality Through Technology, Collaboration, and Best Practices," January 15–17 in Baltimore, Maryland. The program for this leading event in higher education IT will follow these tracks:

• Enterprise Infrastructure and Technology for a New Age
• The Leadership Challenge in the 21st Century
• Leveraging 21st-Century Technology for User Services and Support
• Teaching, Learning, and Research in a Complex and Changing World
• Corporate and Campus Solutions

Submit a presentation proposal. The deadline for submissions is September 10, 2007.