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McCredie, Jack – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1994
The emerging national information infrastructure is viewed as a solution to problems facing higher education, rather than as another drain on resources. Creative planning, reassessment of traditional models of campus organization, teaching, and learning, and creation of broad-based partnerships in public and private sectors will be required.…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Computer Networks, Higher Education
Ferencz, Susan K. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1997
Considers how civil law might treat claims of defamation arising from computer newsgroup postings. Concludes that newsgroup postings will probably be treated as a hybrid of print and broadcast media, and that newsgroup users will vigorously and aggressively protect freedoms of speech and press. While traditional defenses to defamation charges will…
Descriptors: Civil Law, Computer Networks, Conflict Resolution, Freedom of Speech
Bernbom, Gerald – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1997
Discusses issues in institution-wide information networking, focusing on two major forces in research and education institutions: the network as an information and technology platform, and as organizational structure. Looks at how the organization uses information and coordinates activities and allocates resources so information use creates value…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Role, College Administration, Computer Networks
Aust, Ronald – 1993
A central feature of the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 is the establishment of a National Research and Education Network (NREN). The level of access that teachers and teacher educators will need to benefit from the NREN and the types of network resources that are most useful for educators are explored, along with design issues that are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Friedman, Charles P.; Corn, Milton; Krumrey, Arthur; Perry, David R.; Stevens, Ronald H. – Academic Medicine, 1998
Examines how beliefs and concerns of academic medicine's diverse professional cultures affect management of information technology. Two scenarios, one dealing with standardization of desktop personal computers and the other with publication of syllabi on an institutional intranet, form the basis for an exercise in which four prototypical members…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Administration, Computer Networks