Campus Technology: Mobile Apps Grow, Cloud Adoption Slow

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10/25/2011

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Campus Computing Survey: Mobile Apps Grow, Cloud Adoption Slow
The results of a nationwide survey about technology in higher education suggest that the growth of mobile computing on campus has been dramatic in the last year, but that despite the attention paid to cloud computing, most universities are taking a wait-and-see approach for most applications beyond e-mail.
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Cornell, Technion Partner To Build Net-zero Academic Building
Cornell University plans to use geothermal and solar power to build the fourth largest net-zero energy building as the centerpiece for its proposed New York City Tech campus on Roosevelt Island.
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Stanford Teacher Ed Program To Help Recruit 230 STEM Teachers
The Stanford Teacher Education Program has agreed to recruit and prepare 230 top-notch science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) K-12 teachers over the next five years through its elementary and secondary teacher preparation programs.
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U North Texas Health Science Center Attacks Energy Usage
The University of North Texas has been doing $8.6 million worth of energy improvements in its Health Science Center.
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Fordham U Does Deep Dive into Business Analytics
Fordham University has launched a new research center to explore the digital transformation of business and society and proposed two new master's degree programs focused on working with data analytics.
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OpenDNS Deployed by Half of U.S. Universities
Half of America's colleges and universities are using OpenDNS (Domain Name Service) to protect against phishing, botnets, and malware, according to the San Francisco, CA, company.
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WCET Federated Database Includes More Than 3 Million Records
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) has federated databases from six institutions participating in the organization's Predictive Analytics Reporting (PAR) Framework project.
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Datatel Recruiter 2.0 Allows Move to and from SaaS Model
Datatel has updated its application for student enrollment. Version 2.0 of Recruiter includes a deployment option that allows customers to shift from the on-premises version of the application to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model or vice versa.
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College of William and Mary Chooses Cloud-Based CRM System
The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, has decided to change customer relationship management systems to "enhance our ability to communicate with prospects and make it possible to maintain an ongoing conversation," according to Senior Associate Dean of Admissions Tim Wolfe.
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