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Session Type: General Session
With stories and insights from the successes and failures of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson, Goodwin offers timeless lessons that apply to the worlds of business, politics, and higher education. Her talk will focus on the individual qualities that make a leader great.
For more information, see:
http://connect.educause.edu/library/abstract/DorisKearnsGoodwinon/45458
Session Type: General Session
Approximately a year ago, the Commission on the Future of Higher Education formed by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings issued its report, A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education, which called for dramatic improvement in the national higher education system. Focusing on issues of access, affordability, quality, and accountability, the report outlined significant shortcomings and recommended sweeping changes. Our panelists, all members of the commission, will address issues raised in the report and the role technology can play in support of the recommendations.
For more information, see:
http://connect.educause.edu/library/abstract/TheRoleofInformation/45363
Session Type: General Session
Surveying current trends in information security, it’s clear that a myriad of forces are at work. But fundamentally, security is all about economics: both attacker and defender are trying to maximize the return on their investments. Economics can both explain why security fails so often and offer new solutions for its success. For example, often the people who could protect a system are not those who suffer the costs of failure. Changing these economic incentives will do more to improve security than will more technology.
For more information, see:
http://connect.educause.edu/library/abstract/BruceSchneieronInfor/45362
