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| Chronicle of Higher Education | 7 |
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| McCollum, Kelly | 2 |
| Blumenstyk, Goldie | 1 |
| Deloughry, Thomas J. | 1 |
| Guernsey, Lisa | 1 |
| Olsen, Florence | 1 |
| Young, Jeffrey R. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 7 |
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Olsen, Florence – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Describes the increasing trend of incorporating electronic commerce methods to purchasing systems at colleges and universities. Provides examples from the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University (Massachusetts), California State University at Fullerton, and the University of California at Los Angeles. (DB)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education
Guernsey, Lisa – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
H-NET (Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine) is a new, rapidly expanding international online network of scholars that was established to increase electronic mail communication among individuals. Currently, the program is devoting more attention to World Wide Web-related projects providing information and reference sources. Internal conflict…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Humanities
Blumenstyk, Goldie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
The hometown of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has created the Blacksburg Electronic Village, a community-based computer network linking businesses, schools, and individual community members. The university, telephone company, and town established the system collaboratively in 1992, and additional grants have come to the…
Descriptors: Community Services, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Industry
Deloughry, Thomas J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1996
The digitization of over a million journal pages dating back to 1886, and access via the World Wide Web, intended originally to free shelf space, is seen by some scholars as changing the nature of scholarship. It will also significantly improve access from smaller institutions with limited collections. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Change Strategies, Computer Oriented Programs
McCollum, Kelly – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
As Abilene and other research networks designed to substantially enhance research capabilities join the Internet, network managers are concerned about unforeseen problems with the untested systems and their complex connections. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Centers, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
College administrators are complaining that "Yahoo! Internet Life" magazine used a flawed surveying process and inaccurate data to select the institutions it named in a recent ranking of "American's 100 Most Wired Colleges." Even some institutions faring well in the ranking have concerns about the survey, citing problems with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education
McCollum, Kelly – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
A recent study rated colleges and universities on computer connectedness, using such criteria as faculty use of the Internet for academic purposes (online homework, course home pages, online academic materials); required courses in Internet use; computers, wires, and network connections for students and faculty; non-academic Internet services…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
