Resources - The Edutech Report

The Edutech Report is a monthly newsletter for faculty and administrators interested in the issues surrounding information technology in higher education and has been in continuous publication since April of 1985. Since that time, the newsletter has received wide acclaim as the leading publication for higher education faculty and administrators concerned with the issues surrounding computers and information technology in their institutions.

The centerfold article in each issue is part of the CIO Leadership Series; a set of articles designed specifically for campus Chief Information Officers.

The newsletter is available by paid subscription only, and in almost twenty years of publication, has become the most widely read newsletter of its kind. An eight-page, issue-oriented, jargon-free publication, The Edutech Report is read by thousands of faculty and administrators throughout higher education. The newsletter is published by Magna Publications; to sign up for a subscription, go to www.magnapubs.com/subscribe/magnapubs_etr.html.

This is a selection of articles from recent issues. Please feel free to read and download these documents (all in HTML format).

Policy and Planning Issues

From Inside the Library: A Perspective on IT

by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

Information Technology in the Consortium Setting

by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

How to Talk About Outsourcing - Without Losing Your Head
by John Savarese, Edutech International

Developing Web Policies

by Linda Fleit, Edutech International

Reducing Costs
Thomas Warger, Edutech International

Always Planning

by Linda Fleit, Edutech International

What Does "Strategic Planning" Mean For Campus IT Today?

by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

Web Portals: A Home Page Doth Not a Portal Make

by Howard Strauss, Princeton University

Software Standards are a Good Thing, Right?

by Linda Fleit, Edutech International

Information as Product and Property
by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

Assessing IT Investment
by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

Organization and Staffing

Reorganizing IT for the Future: Doing It Ourselves

by Dagrun Bennett, Franklin College

How Senior Does IT Need to Be?

by John Savarese, Edutech International

Saving the CIO

by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

The Spiraling Demands on IT Staff and Budget

by James Dalton, Roanoke College

Outsourcing Network Support: Reasons, Options, Problems, Possibilities
by Mark Cain, College of Mount St. Joseph

Knowing Your Techies

by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

Providing Good IT Service to the Campus

Just Say No

by Howard Strauss, Princeton University

Punished for Success

by Steven Gilbert, the TLT Group

Winning the Faculty
Thomas Warger, Edutech International

The Case for Boole-A-Base

by Howard Strauss, Princeton University

The Key to Great Service: Become the User

by Linda Fleit, Edutech International

Taking a Ride on the IT Auto Train
by Howard Strauss, Princeton University

Evaluating and Prioritizing ITS Projects
by Diane Barbour, Rochester Institute of Technology

Campus Partnerships for IT
by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

Why Your Users Prefer Disney World to IT
by Howard Strauss, Princeton University

Instructional Technology and Distance Learning

The Ecology of Computing Services

by Michael Roy, Wesleyan University

Connected Learning

by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

Teaching Online: The Emerging Core Competency
by Parker Hudnut, @academyonline

Revisiting the Classroom

by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

We Have All Our Courses Online. Now What?
by Howard Strauss, Princeton University

ERPs/Administrative Information Systems

Communicating Change

by Linda Fleit, Edutech International

Does ASP Make Sense For Your School?

by John Savarese, Edutech International

Avoiding Problems in Implementing AIS Software

by Joel Smith, Mira Costa College

Should We Customize the New AIS?

by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

Student Self-Service: More Than a Web Front-End
by John Savarese, Edutech International

The Best Reason for Converting to a New AIS: Thinking From Outside In Rather Than Inside Out

by John Savarese, Edutech International

The CIO's Biggest Test

by Thomas Warger, Edutech International

Reviewing the ERP: Are We Geting Our Money's Worth?

by Linda Fleit, Edutech International