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T.H.E. Journal March 2000	Late Breaks - Microsoft Corp. Microsoft Corp. has announced that college and university faculty members are invited to apply for the Microsoft 2000 Instructional Grant Program...
T.H.E. Journal March 2000	Late Breaks - SMARTer Kids & NEC Technologies ...Together, they are launching a new $20 million grant program open to accredited not-for-profit public and private schools, colleges and universities across North America....
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 4 1999 Shannon Burgert	Campus Profile: Seton Hall University Seton Hall's commitment to technology is backed by universitywide support and a rigorous strategic plan, and its efforts have gained the institution national attention, including recognition through the 1999 EDUCAUSE Award for Excellence in Campus Networking...
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 4 1999 Jack McCredie and Dan Updegrove	Enterprise System Implementations: Lessons from the Trenches In recent years many colleges and universities have undertaken large-scale administrative software initiatives. Some are considered great successes; others, less so. We have compiled a set of practical guidelines for those who are in the midst of, or about to undertake, such initiatives.
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 4 1999 Michael Eleey and Lynn Oppenheim	Retaining IT Staff through Effective Institutional Planning and Management With today's shortage of information technology professionals in the workforce, it is imperative that colleges and universities limit IT staff turnover. One of the keys to retention is job satisfaction within a well-managed organization...
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 4 1999 Gayle E. Jaacks and Michael Kurtz	Lessons Learned in Process Reengineering at a Community College This article summarizes the successful reengineering of business processes to take full advantage of new functionality in a vendor system upgrade at a mid-sized community college.
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 4 1999 Madeline Carnevale, Sandra Berestka, and Debra Morrissey	Mount Holyoke College Reshapes Reengineering Reengineering projects at Mount Holyoke College led participants to conclude that business process reengineering (BPR) in higher education involves a magnitude of cultural change that differentiates it significantly from BPR in the corporate world....
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 4 1999 Robert A. Fleck Jr. and Tena McQueen	Managing the Campus Internet Explosion The Internet entered the campus environment with great rapidity and little forewarning. The rapidity of adoption by students caused many academic institutions to discover that existing policies were ill prepared and ill suited for managing and focusing computing resources.
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 4 1999 Susan Athey	Computer Use Policies at Major U.S. Public Universities Protection of an organization's resources (assets) is a key responsibility of management. This is especially true in a public university. An assortment of issues affects proper management of computer resources...
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 4 1999 Sarah Michalak	Decentralized Information Technology Requires Central Coordination! What does an institutional history of extraordinarily decentralized computing mean for 21st-century technology support, and how can necessary changes be made in a deeply rooted institutional culture?
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