Our Philosophy

We believe that virtually every one of an educational institution’s goals and objectives can be affected in positive ways by information technology. Whether it is using computers and networking to strengthen current and new educational programs, to provide individualized learning experiences for students, to attract and retain students best able to benefit from the institution’s educational experience, to enhance the quality of student life, or to emphasize sound planning and increased financial strength, information technology has an important, substantive role to play.

Three points guide our work:

• Information technology is vitally important to higher education, but it is also very difficult and very expensive

• Every educational institution needs to be doing IT in the highest quality, most cost-effective way

• A consulting project is a short-term, results-oriented, targeted form of assistance

We also believe that there are certain characteristics which make an institution’s information technology environment excellent. Assisting the institution in acquiring or strengthening these characteristics is the focus of our consulting work in this area. In doing so, we involve the computing staff, the users, and the institution’s decision makers in an approach that is both positive and non-threatening. We have no pre-set ideas of what the right solution is before we begin working with an institution – it is always a matter of what is best for the institution, based on its own needs, goals, and constraints.