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The award-winning READY2NET (R2N) series offers timely and relevant programs!
California State University System - CIO Roundtable
With 23 campuses, almost 450,000 students, and 46,000 faculty and staff, the CSU System is the largest, most diverse, and one of the most affordable university systems in the US. Senior Managers from the Chancellor's Office and campus CIOs engage in wide-ranging discussions on how information technology assists campus operations and instruction, how the system's IT resources can best be deployed to serve campus needs, and how to assess IT's impact from campus to campus. The panelists also examine the role campus and system politics plays to support IT staff, deployment and operations--to assure that resources are well aligned to fulfill the needs of the individual campuses as well as those of the CSU system.
Assessment and Outcomes 2008 Assessment
Greater accountability is creating new challenges for higher education. The 2006 Spellings Commission Report generated much debate about the current state and future direction of American higher education. This R2N program analyzes how technology can assist the broader requirements for assessment-including institutional outcomes and student assessment. Additionally, our Ready2Net panelists identify the new role of information technology as a resource that will "bring data" to campus practice and public policy discussions; they also analyze how data can be used to inform the future of accreditation, performance, and decision-making.
Green Computing and Higher Education
The dramatic increase in energy consumption and costs have caused a renewed interest in the effective management and use of computing throughout the campus. The proliferation of new computing devices now reaches almost every area of campus service to support instruction, facilities, and student life. Every time we leave computers on without regard for energy conservation and planned use, we potentially waste electricity. Burning fossil fuels generates most of our electricity and also emits pollutants, sulfur, and carbon dioxide into the air. These emissions can cause respiratory disease, smog, acid rain and global climate change. Many campuses are looking to CIOs to conserve energy and to promote more sustainable solutions in labs and data centers. How will CIOs contribute to a more sustainable future?
Anticipating The Unexpected: Campus Security, Emergency Response & Crisis Management
Natural disasters and campus tragedies - Katrina, Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois - highlight the need for higher education to improve its capacity during emergencies. Many institutions now utilize technology as part of a campus response program. New technologies provide new forms of communication and notification services to aid and assist business continuity and campus security. In this R2N program,campus presidents, campus technology and telecommunications officials, and technology providers discuss the changing landscape of emergency response, crisis management, and campus security.