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Advancing Campus Efficiencies
A Companion for Campus Leaders in the Digital Era

by Sally M. Johnstone & WCET Associates

Current technologies, when planned and used properly, can improve the academy for those whserve students. This can be done by making the academic enterprise more efficient while offering students more opportunities tlearn in styles and at paces that are more individualized than has ever been possible. Many of these new ideas incorporate the wise use of information and communication technologies.

Advancing Campus Efficiencies is a pragmatic and practical tool for deans, vice presidents, and presidents of private and public colleges and universities. The book draws upon WCET's more than 15 years of work on the effective use of technology tincrease quality and efficiency in higher education. Authored by WCET staff and recognized leaders among its membership, the book provides straight-forward advice and non technical information thelp college and university administrators respond tthe calls for greater accountability in higher education and students' increasing expectations for the availability of higher levels of technology.

The book is available through for $39.95 through Anker Publishing. (ISBN 1933371137)

Table of Contents and Authors

  1. The Journey Begins – Sally M. Johnstone

    • For-Profit Institutions Have Competitive Advantage? – Michael B. Goldstein

    • The Top Critical Issues for Higher Education Today – David Longanecker

    • Leadership in a Technology-Rich Environment – Judith A. Ramaley

  2. Cost Efficiencies: Tools for Meeting Today’s Challenges – Katrina A. Meyer and Russell Poulin

    • Technology Costing Methodology Lessons Learned – Marianne Boeke and Dennis Jones

    • IInsights IntCosta and Quality: A Study at Washington State University – Tom Henderson and Gary Brown

  3. Student Services, Rethought for ALL Students – Patricia Shea

    • One-Stop Service Center – Darlene Barnett

    • E-Services at the Program Level – Michael Tagawa

    • Online Student Success Center and online Student Companion – Anita Crawley

    • Building a Statewide Student Advising System – Andrea Latham and Connie Graunke

    • Accelerating Your E-Service Initiatives Through Partnerships With Service Providers – Russ Adkins

  4. How Can We Help the Faculty? – Sally M. Johnstone

    • Virginia Tech’s Math Emporium – Anne H. Moore

    • Open Learning Initiatives at Carnegie Mellon University – Candace Thille and Joel Smith

  5. Accountability and Assuring Quality – Sally M. Johnstone

    • New Institutional Expectations Related tthe Integration of Technology – Steven Crowe

    • Making the Difficult Choice tIntegrate New Technology – George Connick

    • Accountability for Technology Investments tPolicymakers – Patricia Cuoccand Steve Daigle

  6. Joining Others: Lessons for Consortial Relationships – Sally M. Johnstone

    • The Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System – Susan B. Scott

    • Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium – Ed Klonoski

    • The Great Plains IDEA Story – Virginia Moxley and Sue Maes

    • Reaching Outside your Campus tBring Solutions Inside: The Collaborative Proposition of MERLOT for Higher Education – Gerard L. Hanley

  7. Putting It All Together – Sally M. Johnstone

    • The Role of Openness in the Future of Higher Education – David Wiley

    • Effects of Mobile Devices on Education – Ellen Wagner

    • 2020: Envisioning the Future Academic Ecosystem – John Witherspoon

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