Administrative/Business Apps
- Judge Deals Setback to Ohio U Computer Hacking Victims
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9/11/2007
A lawyer for two Ohio University alumni who sued the school over losing their personal data in a computer security breach said that a judge's decision to throw out the case is typical of how courts are dealing with the growing problem of computer data theft.
- CIO Transitions: Ottawa; Ariz.; NC State; Georgia; Cal. State
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9/10/2007
The University of Ottawa has named Sylvain Chalut as its new chief information officer. Chalut, who was most recently director of Business Relations Management with Bombardier Aéronautique's information systems services, will provide "strategic leadership for IT across the university by ensuring business alignment, performance management and investment management."
- ASU Opens Health Informatics Dept., Picks Chair
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9/5/2007
Arizona State University named Robert Greenes, an expert in the field of medical information technology, to head its new Department of Biomedical Informatics. Greenes, who is 67, joins ASU after four decades at Harvard University.
- Office X3 Home and Student Edition Ships
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9/5/2007
Corel recently debuted its WordPerfect Office X3 home and student edition. The latest edition of Corel's office suite includes basic office software, as well as WordPerfect Lightning, a digital notebook designed to assist research and Web collaboration.
- Georgia Extends Faculty Software Discounts to Students
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9/4/2007
The University of Georgia's IT department has launched a buying program that extends to students significant discounts on the prices of software that previously were only made available to faculty and staff.
- Palm Beach CC Deploys DocFinity Management Software
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8/31/2007
Palm Beach Community College in Florida has implemented DocFinity on its multiple campuses. DocFinity, from Optical Image Technology, is a document imaging, management, and workflow solution.
- One More Year, and 'The Technology is [Still] the Easy Part!'
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8/30/2007
One of the more challenging parts of working within a higher education institution, especially (but not only) in the information technology arena, is coping with what the students "bring with them" to campus.
- Universities Adopt Document Management
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8/30/2007
According to Perceptive Software, a developer of document management systems, five new universities have signed on to use its ImageNow enterprise document management and workflow solution.
- Live Help Initiative Expanded for Higher Ed
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8/30/2007
Software on demand provider Velaro is ramping up its Academic Live Help Initiative by making its services available to the higher ed community as a whole. The company currently provides live help services to a number of universities.
- Computer Science Pioneer Wulf Returns to U Virginia
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8/28/2007
William Wulf, who received the University of Virginia's first doctorate in computer science and who spent 11 years as president of the National Academy of Engineering, is returning to U.Va.'s Charlottesville campus to teach.
- DOC Cop Delivers Free Anti-Plagiarism Tools
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8/23/2007
A new service has been launched to help instructors in both higher education and K-12 institutions detect plagiarized work submitted by students. The service, DOC Cop, is an entirely Web-based tool that provides free and automated assistance in locating "source material" (ahem) used in assignments submitted to teachers.
- LeTourneau University Automates Financial Aid
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8/22/2007
Replacing a Jenzabar ERP system, LeTourneau University will use CampusVue Collegiate from Campus Management to administer its enrollment, advising, and student services.
- UKY Debuts 21st Century Parking Enforcement
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8/22/2007
With the possible exception of the Bluegrass State's most cunning hot rodders, Bo and Luke Duke, the University of Kentucky's Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) department should be nabbing more drivers with multiple unpaid tickets.
- What Is the CIO's Job, Anyway?
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8/16/2007
What is the CIO's job, anyway? Is it to know the nuts and bolts about every piece of software and hardware on campus? Is it to know "the seven layers" and be ready to get in there to fix an e-mail server? Apparently, there are those on campus who still look at the head "IT guy" that way.
- Blackboard Debuts Anti-Plagiarism Technology for LMS
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8/15/2007
Blackboard this week debuted a new tool called SafeAssign, which is designed to eliminate plagiarism in student assignments. The service detects plagiarized works in student papers and delivers reports on such incidents through the Blackboard Learning System.
- MIT OpenCourseWare Chief Named Massachusetts CIO
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8/14/2007
Anne, Margulies, the executive director of MIT's groundbreaking OpenCourseWare initiative, has been named chief information officer and assistant secretary of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- University of Louisville Names Psychologist as CIO
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8/13/2007
The University of Louisville has named Priscilla Hancock, currently vice chancellor for information technology at the University of Alabama, as its next chief information officer and vice president for information technology.
- Cognos, Exeter Help NACUBO Universities Compare Tuition Strategies
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8/8/2007
Business intelligence and performance management firm Cognos and higher ed IT consultants Exeter Group have helped the Washington, DC-based National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) add an application to its website that will help higher education administrators compare tuition discount strategies.
- Tri-Universities Bet $5MM on AI-Driven Faculty Retirement Fund
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8/7/2007
The University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University are betting $5 million that an investment fund driven by artificial intelligence technology will make money for its retiring faculty members.
- IU & ChaCha: Reports of Google's Demise Greatly Exaggerated
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8/6/2007
Earlier we reported that Indiana University has partnered with Internet search service ChaCha, also based in Indiana, to create an alliance for developing research tools and services via the Web. Since then, we've had a chance to speak with Brad Wheeler, vice president for information technology at IU, to provide some clarification on the move, including information that contradicts other reports out there.
- HU Leverages CRM To Smooth Interactions with Recruits, Students
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8/2/2007
Virginia's Hampton University (HU) will deploy technology from higher education customer relationship management (CRM) vendor Intelliworks to streamline communications with prospective and current students.
- OCCC Taps SAS to Improve Campus Ops Management
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8/2/2007
Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) has selected Business intelligence firm SAS to develop a system using its Enterprise Intelligence Suite for Education to help the school manage its finances and enhance its student recruiting and retention.
- Putting a Web-Enabled Database To Work at Syracuse University
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8/2/2007
As Director of the Student Records Office for the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse, I oversee the processing of a vast mass of student data--who's who, who's where, and who's taking what course from whom.
- Emporia State Names Chief Information Officer
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7/31/2007
Emporia State University, whose slogan is "The Center of IT All," has named a new IT chief: Leon Lewis.
- UW Madison Goes with Campus Insider as Next CIO
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7/30/2007
The University of Wisconsin-Madison picked an insider as its next chief information officer after narrowing the field to three candidates. Ronald Kraemer will become CIO and vice provost for information technology, the university announced, stepping up from his role as deputy CIO and associate director of the Division of Information Technology.
