ERIC Number: EJ950780
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1527-6619
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Information Technology and Tomorrow's University: A President's Confessions and Advice
Koester, Jolene
EDUCAUSE Review, v46 n1 p34-36, 38, 40, 42 Jan-Feb 2011
Higher education is in a transformational period, and this author believes that information technology will play a central role in this transformation, offering unimaginable opportunities and demanding unforeseen responses. She also believes that IT professionals can and should be at the core of envisioning and shaping the future of colleges and universities. In this article, the author offers her confessions and also her advice on leading information technology, and on how IT professionals can (and should) be at the core of envisioning and shaping the future of colleges and universities. (Contains 4 notes.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Role, Professional Occupations, College Presidents, College Administration, Strategic Planning, Administrator Effectiveness, Institutional Mission, Alignment (Education), Knowledge Level, Social Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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