C-Level View :: July 25, 2007

  • 07/25/07

Executive View

Making the Case for Student Lifecycle Management
By Mike McLean, senior director, Information and Applications Services, California State University

In today's increasingly competitive higher education environment, we face rising demands to attract and keep the best students, improve the quality of education, and keep costs down. These are lofty goals, but they are attainable if institutions learn to examine their business processes and leverage technology to manage the entire student lifecycle -- helping improve service to students, from recruitment through graduation and beyond. If higher education institutions do not embrace this concept and start nurturing these valuable relationships, they risk disconnection from students and the loss of competitive edge....

Worth Noting

Northwestern U’s Open Source Bridge between Blackboard and Xythos
Northwestern University has developed an open source File Bridge Extension to facilitate content exchange between Blackboard and Xythos applications. The software is available for download freely by colleges and universities....
Who is Where on the Network?
Coppin State University (MD) now has an automated, centralized view of their network that facilitates both long-term planning and real-time problem solving....

From The Personnel Office

New DSpace Foundation Names Executive Director
Michele Kimpton will lead the new DSpace Foundation, formed by MIT and HP, as its executive director....

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