Campus Technology March 2009

03/01/2009


Cover Story

The Three Rs: Resourceful, Resilient, and Ready

Technology & the Community College

The Three R's: Resourceful, Resilient, and Ready

The economic slump's enrollment surge is coming up against shrinking tech budgets. But community colleges continue to find ways to deploy advanced technology to attract students whose expectations have not waned one whit.

By Rama Ramaswami

Once viewed as inferior alternatives to four-year institutions, two-year colleges are now enjoying a spike in popularity--and are investing in technology to meet the growing demand.


Features

Out Is In

eCommerce

Out Is In

More and more institutions of higher education are calling on outsourced solution providers, to augment eCommerce revenue streams and provide new benefits, too.

By Matt Villano

Savvy colleges and universities are turning to outsourced-- or hosted-- solutions to augment eCommerce revenue streams and provide new benefits, too.


Your 21st Century Toolkit

Advancement & Development

Your 21st Century Toolkit

We face tough economic challenges, but cyber and other options abound for innovative fundraisers and technologists.

By Matt Villano

Web 2.0 apps, e-mail marketing products, and enterprise-level solutions can help institutions "grab" donors and dollars, despite the economic downturn.


Focus

Your Career

Breach to Nowhere

Will that data breach be the end of your career? Managing information security in higher ed requires more than just technical expertise, especially when the heat is cranked up.

By Dian Schaffhauser

Will that data breach be the end of your career? Managing information security in higher ed requires more than just technical expertise, especially when the heat is cranked up.


CT Briefs

CT Briefs

Technology Happenings In Higher Education


CT Solutions

CT Solutions

Latest Releases, Services, and New Product Versions


Seen & Heard

Seen & Heard

Lecture Blues

Got the blues about freshman lecture fall-off? Take a tip from MIT, and think TEAL.

By Katherine Grayson

In mid January, The New York Times outed MIT's TEAL initiative, and large lectures (for freshmen, at least) took a hit they may not recover from. Thank God.


Trendspotter

Trendspotter

Web 2.0 Helps the Choice

CT asked three education pros familiar with the vagaries of college choice: Can Web 2.0 applications and social software help prospective students get a more accurate picture of colleges and universities before they choose? Where should this information originate?