The Community Source Model: Promise or Peril for Higher Ed?

Session Details

Speaker(s)

• Adrian Sannier, University Technology Officer, and Professor, Computing Studies, Arizona State University
• Brad Wheeler, Vice President for IT, CIO, and Professor, Indiana University
• Session convener: Joel M. Smith, Vice Provost & CIO, Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract

This session will compare and contrast the community source model with the commercial software model in higher education. Two presenters with expertise on both sides of the issue will discuss the relative merits of each model as the basis for implementing the enterprise systems (financial, student information, contract and grant, and teaching and learning) that underlie the essential operations of most higher education institutions.

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