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Sheehan, Mark – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1998
In response to concerns about the cost of keeping up with individual desktop computing technology, several new solutions have emerged. Referred to as "thin clients," or network-centric computers, they include two types of desktop device: the network computer and the Windows terminal. Purchase cost, life span, support costs, and overall total cost…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Networks, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Dessoff, Alan L. – Currents, 1994
Three high-technology approaches are suggested to make college and university development efforts more efficient: (1) use of automated systems for phonathons; (2) use of local area networks to speed access to databases; and (3) exchange of information on electronic bulletin boards. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Fund Raising
MacKnight, Carol B. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1995
Strategies at several private and public colleges and universities to support advancing information technology are described. Trends include distributed computing, database connectivity, and increased computer use in teaching. Common instructional concerns include facilitating use of technology and developing "supertech" classrooms.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
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
CAUSE/EFFECT, 1996
Issues identified as important to the future of information resources management and use in higher education include information policy in a networked environment, distributed computing, integrating information resources and college planning, benchmarking information technology, integrated digital libraries, technology integration in teaching,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Benchmarking, Centralization, College Administration
CAUSE/EFFECT, 1997
Current and developing issues in college and university computing are delineated, including next generation networks, achieving widespread integration of technology into teaching and learning, meeting high demand, the virtual university, information policy in a networked environment, replacement of administrative systems, information resources…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning
Daniel, John; Leavitt, Michael; Romer, Roy – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1998
An administrator of the United Kingdom's Open University and two cofounders of Western Governors University participate in a panel discussion of higher education in a global marketplace, the potential for new networked delivery strategies, the future of selective, conventional institutions and the traditional student experience, the influence of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Role, College Students
