EDTECH: Focus On Higher Education - index

Survival Strategies
Facing historic budget pressures, colleges turn to collaboration and consolidation to manage IT more effectively.
Ohio's Higher Ed Engine
IT plays a leading role in an effort by colleges in Ohio to spark a statewide economic recovery.
Rethinking Disaster Recovery
Colleges depend on IT today for everything from classroom technology to medical facilities and daily business tasks, which is why more schools are willing to invest in disaster recovery.
Ready to Learn
One-to-one computing programs give students the technology they need to succeed while reducing help-desk and computer lab expenses.
Protecting Portables
As mobile devices proliferate on campus, IT staff build lines of defense to secure hardware and information.

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Wireless Boost
University of Wisconsin-Parkside builds a new wireless network to meet the needs of students, faculty and staff on the move.

I.T. Practice & Pedagogy

Building the Smarter Classroom
Elon University is taking learning technology to the next level.

Tech Trends

Power Down
Institutions use management tools to shave costs off of hefty electric bills for desktops and data centers.

Tech Tips

Maximizing VMware's Value
Get the most from virtualization by following these five tips.

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Smart Quotes

Roughly one-third of campus energy consumption is from technology. So If I can turn off technology, it can make a huge impact in our electrical usage.
— Lee Spaniol, director of information systems and services at Lake Land College, Mattoon, Ill.

If a student visits our website and it’s not running efficiently or it’s down, they might never visit the site again. That’s the new reality, and that mind-set isn’t going away.
— Doug Ruschman, director for web services at Xavier University in Cincinnnati

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