The January 2005 issue of Campus Technology has a nice two spread on my employer, the Maricopa Community Colleges. In “Who We Are”, our IT Vice Chancellor outlines some of the big numbers about our big system (which is impressive), our recent successful .980 billion dollar bond election, and puts some prods into some areas we can do better: Are your technology implementations responding to, or driving this new market for non-traditional education? We are reacting, more than driving, right now. And too often, we respond to an opportunity a couple of years after it presents itself—we simply try to apply some technology solutions or services. There’s a need to become more strategic about technology. We need to get out in front of the curve. In your strategic planning, which technologies are central? Technologies that can deliver services to students 24/7 are primary. And that’s a mixture of many: [...]
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