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The February/March 2006 issue of EdTech: Focus On Higher Education magazine features a cover article on how and why business schools are building high-tech Wall Street trading rooms. It also showcases articles on how IT departments are implementing chargebacks to pay for tech infrastructure, control service costs and fund new projects; how colleges are controlling printing costs by reducing expenditures, saving paper and better managing printing operations; and how institutions are embracing server virtualization, which enables them to maximize their IT resources. |
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Finding What You Aren’t Looking For
To ensure that learning is accessible to more people, IT teams must search for new ideas and solutions. |
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Higher Education's New Tools
Social computing, personal broadcasting and other innovative uses of technology will transform higher education. |
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Failing to Meet Life’s Challenges?
Given the lack of literacy among many college students, institutions must embrace technology to better prepare students for their place in the global economy. |
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Global Education: A Paradigm Shift
Technology has changed our concepts of time and space, and has transformed classroom learning into an anytime, anyplace endeavor. |
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Staying Vigilant
At the University of Georgia, Stan Gatewood makes certain the campus network is secure. |
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Securing the Campus
Colleges are using Internet-based video cameras to combat crime and keep students safe. |
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The CIO as Change Facilitator
Five IT leaders discuss their ideas to promote technology change in their schools. |
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Weapons to Fight Security Threats
Here are some helpful security tools, advice and resources for IT management. |
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Taking Over in Midstream
Taking control of a floundering project can be a job breaker for IT leaders. |
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Making the Switch
Changing a campus phone system to Voice over Internet Protocol requires careful planning. |
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Widespread Connectivity
Carnegie Mellon’s WLAN aims for 100 percent coverage of the campus. |
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Trading Places
Business schools are building state-of-the-art Wall Street trading rooms to train their students for real-life securities trading. |
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| College IT departments are implementing chargebacks to pay for their high-tech infrastructure, control service costs and fund new projects. |
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| With printing costs spiraling out of control, institutions are trying to reduce expenditures, save paper and better manage printing operations. |
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| Colleges are embracing server virtualization, which is enabling them to maximize their IT resources. |
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A Cut Above: Building Wireless Spaces
MIT’s campus boasts efficient cell phone and wireless network reception. |
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| Includes information on the “next big things,” blade servers and colleges with computer purchase policies. |
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