Seminar 08F - What IT Professionals Need to Know about Higher Education
PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee are required to attend this seminar.

Session Details

Speaker(s)

• Marilu Goodyear, ECAR Fellow and Chair, Department of Public Administration, University of Kansas
• Kenneth C. Green, Founding Director, The Campus Computing Project
• Session convener: Elizabeth Moyer, Assistant Director, Computing and Communication Services, Ryerson University

Abstract

Professors, provosts, and presidents: What do they do? What do they want from IT? This workshop provides an introduction to the organization, structure, culture, and politics of institutions of higher education in the United States. Colleges and universities are complex, unique, and highly decentralized organizations. They have multiple missions (research and scholarship, teaching and learning, service to the community) and serve multiple clienteles (students, professors, the public). Designed for campus IT professionals who want to understand the nature of higher education in the United States, this workshop will focus on institutional demographics, roles, and decision making, as well as the impact of federal and state policy on colleges and universities. Join us for a fast-paced, comprehensive, and occasionally whimsical program.