College technology 2001-2002: slower budget growth, continued locus on administrative technology.For the fifth year running, Market Data Retrieval (www.schootdata.com) has surveyed key administrators at 4,865 accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. two- and four-year public and private colleges to see where they're putting their technology dollars, and why. In this 2001-2002 academic year survey, the 1,621 respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. comprised directors of Institutional Research, chief administrative officers A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive , IT directors, registrars, et alia Adv. 1. et alia - and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people); "the data reported by Smith et al." et al, et al., et aliae, et alii . The key revelation: Technology-related spending is slowing. Yes, absolute budgets increased, but the rate of increase was slower than anticipated. After growth in technology spending, the higher ed market is now "shifting its attention to better program implementation, looking to consolidate gains, achieve greater cost-effectiveness, and improve productivity." More findings excerpted from the survey: * Administrative spending remained the stronger component of technology budgets. ERP--as it relates to administrative systems--has emerged as the new "hot button" on campuses. Schools are seeking to optimize their business processes to create a seamless campus system that facilitates targeted information access and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. services for all campus users. Campus enterprise portals See corporate portal. deliver a full range of administrative services, campus Internet offerings, community/communication tools, online components of courses, Internet content, and distance learning resources all from a single point of contact. * Spending on outside services was robust (strong year-over-year gain). Internet access See how to access the Internet. is universal; more than two-thirds of classrooms have been wired. Wireless technology is seeing rapid acceptance. Colleges and universities can move to a more sophisticated level of technology implementation. * Impact of September 11 terrorist attacks. Early indications show increased interest in graduate school and a significant jump in community college enrollment as the recent economic downturn reduces employment opportunity and pushes people to upgrade skills and education. Students will expect to find leading-edge technology in place; many will want to explore studies in biotechnology, advanced network architecture, and information security and encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. to prepare for what may become areas of high employment demand in the post-September 11 world. This may necessitate ne·ces·si·tate tr.v. ne·ces·si·tat·ed, ne·ces·si·tat·ing, ne·ces·si·tates 1. To make necessary or unavoidable. 2. To require or compel. shifting of resources and retooling on the part of IHEs. In addition, funding may be constrained con·strain tr.v. con·strained, con·strain·ing, con·strains 1. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige: felt constrained to object. See Synonyms at force. 2. , given the economic downturn and the resulting state budget shortfalls. * Concerns about financing and replacing aging IT resources, and issues centered on IT-related teaching and learning strategies continue to be important. But schools are finding ways to provide adequate user support and advanced networking technologies, reducing the importance of these issues to some extent. However, there continues to be significant concern centered on IT staffing and HR management. * Advanced networking has become a less pervasive challenge, possibly because many institutions have made bandwidth progress. At the same time, building and maintaining a network and IT infrastructure have increased in importance, suggesting a growing recognition that an institution's IT infrastructure has strategic implications for the fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. of its educational mission.
2001-2002 Average Hardware Budget Levels
(In Thousands)
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE
2001-02 2001-01 2001-02 2001-01
PUBLIC $434.2 $369.7 $305.7 $261.2
PRIVATE $250.6 $255.5 $159.4 $147.9
2001-2002 Average Software Budget Levels
(In Thousands)
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE
2001-02 2000-01 2001-02 2000-01
PUBLIC $105.2 $88.5 $140.2 $140.9
PRIVATE $82.5 $76.3 $117.0 $94.6
Source: Market Data Retrieval, 2002, Higher Education Findings
Note: Table made from bar graph.
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