Campus Technology: Keeping Service and Support Up When Budgets Go Down

IT Solutions for Two-Year Schools

4/4/2012

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Keeping Service and Support Up When Budgets Go Down
When funding levels are reduced, IT leadership struggles to find ways to continue delivering expected levels of service and support. Joe Traino, CTO at Coconino Community College in Arizona, says that while the current economic environment seems daunting, creative strategies and partnerships will help IT departments run the institution's technology infrastructure more efficiently without reducing services--and may even present opportunities for new resources and services.
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Community College in Massachusetts Using New Technology to Teach Sustainability
A new building dashboard at Bunker Hill Community College lets students, faculty track energy use in health-wellness center.
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Nebraska Community College Adopts SaaS Access Control Management
A Nebraska community college has expanded its deployment of a cloud-based system for access control management to include buildings on three campuses.
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Technical College Shifts Internet Security to Cloud
Tri-County Technical College, a 6,800-student school, has placed its Internet security trust in the cloud.
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Tyler Junior College Adopts Student Engagement Platform
Tyler Junior College (TJC) has implemented a new platform for its student engagement and communication efforts.
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Florida Colleges, Continuing Ed Schools Add Online Career Services for Students
About 240,000 Florida students will be getting online career guidance and job search support thanks to a deal between the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges (FAPSC) and LearningExpress, an education technology company that offers services designed to help students with career advancement.
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Pearson Foundation Survey Shows Boost in Tablet Ownership Among Students
A survey conducted by the Pearson Foundation found that ownership of tablet devices by high school seniors and college students has significantly increased since one year ago.
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Rapid Start Kit To Help Higher Ed Institutions Implement Mobile Environments
Unicon is launching Rapid Start uMobile, a package of services designed to help educational institutions implement a uMobile environment to provide students, faculty, and staff with mobile access to applications, resources, and other data.
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TED Launches TED-Ed To Help Spread Lessons Beyond the Classroom
TED, the non-profit organization known for its captivating conferences and thought-provoking sub-20-minute videos on a tapestry of ideas, has launched a new education initiative for K-12, college, and lifelong learning.
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