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  • 09/22/05
Campus Technology IT Trends eLetter

Was Campus IT Ready for Rita?

That's the question Terry Calhoun addresses in this week's IT Trends eLetter. "Even as everyone engaged by Katrina is still, slowly, realizing the dramatic complexity of the circumstances from that storm, yet another handful of higher education institutions are preparing for a major hit," he writes. "Will some of the lessons recently learned be put into play? Can some of the aid mechanisms already in place be shifted to assist Texas schools?" Read more
(Photo of Rita courtesy of NOAA)
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