My thoughts on managing technology in universities
One of my favourite web sites is Keith Hampson's Higher Education Management Group.
It was therefore an honour for me to be invited to be...
Using business intelligence tools at Florida State University
Schaffhauser, D. (21010) Florida State U Transforms Reporting with Business Intelligence Campus Technology, April 26
This article shows how business intelligence (BI) tools have been...
Struggling with the costs of teaching in higher education
Writer's block
As I have mentioned before, I am currently writing an old-fashioned book (you know, the thing with paper sheets bound together) on the...
How useful is strategic planning for e-learning?
I've just completed the first draft of a chapter for a book on integrating technology in post-secondary educational institutions that I am writing with...
Using IT to save costs
Carter, D. (2010) Universities save much-needed cash with the help of technology eCampus News, March 26
I was just writing a conclusion to a chapter...
Improving quality AND reducing costs
Bassis, M. (2010) Changing the equation Inside Higher Education, March 25
This article, by the President of a private college, Westminster College, in the USA,...
National plans for ICTs in education for 193 countries
Bassi, R. (2009) ICTs in Education (ICT4E): Policies and Plans Worldwide Dublin Ireland: Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative
This document provides online access to the...
Campus IT costs
McCrea, B. (2010) Campus IT under the knife Campus Technology March 4
The University of Illinois is facing a major budget shortfall, and the IT...
Should lifelong learning be state subsidized?
I have argued frequently that universities had yet to grasp how online lifelong learning could be a new line in business and potentially an...
Using online learning to increase enrolments and revenue
Kirk, A. (2010) Leveraging Technology to Increase Enrollment, Capacity, and Revenues University Business, February
This is quite a good article on what is involved in...