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Information Technology

How to order The Chronicle's special report on Information Technology

This latest supplement focuses on the discussions and debates that took place at the recent Chronicle Technology Forum, attended by more than 200 college presidents, provosts, and other top academic leaders.

The supplement includes these highlights:

  • Arden L. Bement, director of the National Science Foundation, says cyberinfrastructure will be at the heart of the next IT revolution.
  • James Martin, of Mount Ida College and the Education Alliance, and James E. Samels, CEO of the alliance, argue that keeping up with information technology is a crucial aspect of university presidents' jobs.
  • Richard T. Sweeney, university librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, chats with students from Nevada State College and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas about their academic and technological habits.
  • View From the Top: Highlights of a panel on presidents' and IT executives' best practices and biggest concerns. With Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University; Nathan O. Hatch, president of Wake Forest University; Philip E. Long, CIO at Yale University; and Bonnie Neas, deputy CIO and executive director of ConnectND.
  • Gene I. Maeroff, of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Columbia University's Teachers College, and Robert Zemsky, chairman of the Learning Alliance for Higher Education, discuss whether e-learning has lived up to its potential.
  • What's the role of online archives in academe? Daniel Greenstein, of the California Digital Library of the University of California; Adam Smith, group business-product manager for the Google Book Search and Google Scholar programs; and Danielle Tiedt, general manager of Windows Live Premium Search, discuss the possibilities.

Plus: Insights views from Edward J. Maloney, of Georgetown University's Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship; Luke Fernandez, of Weber State University; and Samuel C. McQuade III, of Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Multidisciplinary Studies.

If you are a Chronicle subscriber, you can read the complete report online.

Additional copies may be ordered online. Just use your credit card and our convenient online order form. You may order The Chronicle's previous special report on Information Technology, published in December 2005, as well.

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