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Page 1: Top IT Issues in Higher Education

Top IT Issues in Higher Top IT Issues in Higher EducationEducation

Results from the 2005 EDUCAUSE

Current Issues Survey

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2005 Survey Measures2005 Survey Measures

Which issues: are most important for the institution’s

strategic success? have potential to become more significant in

the coming year? do senior IT leaders spend the most time on? require the most human and/or financial

resources?

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2005 Survey Choices 2005 Survey Choices Administrative/ERP/information systems Advanced networking Assessment/benchmarking Business continuity/disaster recovery Change management Collaboration/partnerships Converging technologies Data administration Digital library/digital content challenges Digital records management Distance education/virtual universities E-learning/distributed teaching and

learning Electronic classrooms/technology

buildings Enterprise-level portals Faculty development, support, and

training for IT Funding IT

Governance, organization, and leadership for IT

Infrastructure Instructional/course management

systems Intellectual property and copyright

management Online customer services Policy development and legislative

compliance Remote access Research support Security and identity management Staffing/HR management/training Strategic planning for IT Student computing Support services/service delivery models Web systems and services Other

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Findings in This PresentationFindings in This Presentation

Top Five Trends 2000–2005 2005 Survey Results and Comparison

with 2004 2005 Survey Results—Demographic

Detail

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Top Five Trends 2000–2005 Top Five Trends 2000–2005

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Survey Measures RecapSurvey Measures Recap

Which issues: are most important for the institution’s strategic

success? have potential to become more significant in the

coming year? do senior IT leaders spend the most time on? require the most human and/or financial

resources?

The vertical lines between issues show their relative aggregate importance to IT leaders.

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Critical for Institution’s Strategic Success2000–2005

Security & Identity Mgmt

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Funding IT

Security& Identity Mgmt; Admin/ERP Systems

Strategic Planning

Infrastructure Mgmt

2003

Funding IT

Admin/ERP Systems

Infrastructure Mgmt

Faculty Dev,Support & Training

Security & Identity Mgmt;

2002

Admin/ERP Systems

Funding IT

Faculty Dev,Support & Training

Strategic Planning

2001

Admin/ERP Systems

Funding IT

Faculty Dev,Support & Training

IT Staffing/HR Mgmt

Distance Education

2000

Funding IT

Faculty Dev,Support & Training

Distance Education

E-Learning Environments

Admin/ERP Systems

2004

Funding IT

Admin/ERP Systems

Security & Identity Mgmt

Strategic Planning

Faculty Dev,Support & Training

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Potential to Become More Significant2000–2005

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Security & Identity Mgmt

2005

Strategic Planning

Enterprise-level Portals

Admin/ERP Systems

Funding IT

Security & Identity Mgmt

2004

Enterprise-level Portals

Strategic Planning;

Admin/ERP Systems

Security & Identity Mgmt

Funding IT

2003

Faculty Dev, Support & Training

Enterprise-level Portals

Admin/ERP Systems

Security & Identity Mgmt

Funding IT

2002

Online Student Services

Enterprise-level Portals

Admin/ERP Systems

Security & Identity Mgmt

Funding IT

2001

E-learning Environments

Ubiquitous Computing/Universal Access;

Emerging NetworkTechnologies;

Distance Education

2000

E-Commerce

Funding ITAdvanced Networking;

Emerging NetworkTechnologies

E-learning Environments

Distance Education

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend Most Time On2000–2005

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Governance,Organization & Leadership

Infrastructure Mgmt

Admin/ERP Systems

Strategic Planning

Funding IT

Governance,Organization & Leadership

2004

Infrastructure Mgmt

Admin/ERP SystemsStrategic Planning;

Funding IT

2003

Infrastructure MgmtSecurity & Identity Mgmt;

Admin/ERP Systems

Strategic Planning

Funding IT

2002

Change Mgmt

IT Staffing/HR Mgmt

Funding IT

Admin/ERP Systems

Strategic Planning;

2000

Governance,Organization & Leadership

Funding IT;Support Services

Strategic Planning

IT Staffing/HR Mgmt

2001

Support Services

Funding IT

IT Staffing/HR Mgmt

Admin/ERP Systems

Strategic Planning

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Expenditure of Most Human/Financial Resources2000–2005

Year

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IT Staffing/HR Mgmt

Support Services

Desktop Computing Mgmt

Infrastructure Mgmt

Admin/ERP Systems

2002

E-learningEnvironments

Support Services

Desktop Computing Mgmt

Infrastructure Mgmt

Admin/ERP Systems

2003

E-learningEnvironments

Support Services

Web Systems & Services

Infrastructure Mgmt

Admin/ERP Systems

2004

E-learningEnvironments

Support Services

Security &Identity Mgmt

Infrastructure Mgmt

Admin/ERP Systems

2000

Advanced Networking

Infrastructure Mgmt

Desktop Computing MgmtSupport Services;

Admin/ERP Systems

2005

Support Services

Student Computing;

E-learningEnvironments;

Security &Identity Mgmt;

Admin/ERP Systems

Infrastructure Mgmt

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2005 Survey Results and2005 Survey Results andComparison with 2004Comparison with 2004

Survey response rate:36% (603) of 1,653 institutions

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2005 Survey Choices Recap2005 Survey Choices Recap Administrative/ERP/information systems Advanced networking Assessment/benchmarking Business continuity/disaster recovery Change management Collaboration/partnerships Converging technologies Data administration Digital library/digital content challenges Digital records management Distance education/virtual universities E-learning/distributed teaching and

learning Electronic classrooms/technology

buildings Enterprise-level portals Faculty development, support, and

training for IT Funding IT

Governance, organization, and leadership for IT

Infrastructure Instructional/course management

systems Intellectual property and copyright

management Online customer services Policy development and legislative

compliance Remote access Research support Security and identity management Staffing/HR management/training Strategic planning for IT Student computing Support services/service delivery models Web systems and services Other

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Critical for Institution’sCritical for Institution’sStrategic SuccessStrategic Success

1. Funding IT2. Security and identity management 3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Infrastructure5. Strategic planning for IT6. Faculty development, support, and training7. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning8. Governance, organization, and leadership for

IT9. Enterprise-level portals10.Web systems and services

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant

1. Security and identity management 2. Funding IT3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Enterprise-level portals 5. Strategic planning for IT6. Faculty development, support, and training for

IT7. Infrastructure8. Business continuity/disaster recovery9. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning10.Web systems and services

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What Senior IT Leaders What Senior IT Leaders Spend Most Time OnSpend Most Time On

1. Funding IT2. Strategic planning for IT3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Infrastructure 5. Governance, organization, and leadership for

IT6. Security and identity management7. Change management8. Staffing/HR management/training9. Support services/service delivery models10.Policy development and legislative compliance

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Expenditure of Most Human Expenditure of Most Human and/or and/or

Financial ResourcesFinancial Resources1. Administrative/ERP/information systems2. Infrastructure3. Security and identity management4. Support services/service delivery models5. Electronic classrooms/technology buildings 6. Student computing 7. Web systems and services8. Instructional/course management systems9. Advanced networking10.Funding IT

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Critical for Institution’s Strategic Critical for Institution’s Strategic Success Success

1. Funding IT2. Administrative/ERP/information

systems3. Security and identity

management4. Strategic planning for IT5. Faculty development, support,

and training6. Infrastructure7. E-learning/distributed teaching

and learning8. (tie) Enterprise-level portals;

Web systems and services 9. (tie) Business

continuity/disaster recovery; governance, organization, and leadership for IT

1. Funding IT2. Security and identity

management 3. Administrative/ERP/

information systems4. Strategic planning for IT5. Infrastructure6. Faculty development,

support, and training7. E-learning/distributed

teaching and learning8. Governance, organization,

and leadership for IT9. Enterprise-level portals10.Web systems and services

2004 2005

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant

1. Funding IT2. Security and identity

management3. Administrative/ERP/

information systems4. Strategic planning for IT5. Enterprise-level portals6. Faculty development,

support, and training for IT7. Business continuity/disaster

recovery8. Infrastructure9. (tie) Support

services/service delivery models; Web systems and services

1. Security and identity management

2. Funding IT3. Administrative/ERP/

information systems4. Enterprise-level portals 5. Strategic planning for IT6. Faculty development,

support, and training for IT7. Infrastructure8. Business continuity/disaster

recovery9. E-learning/distributed

teaching and learning10.Web systems and services

2004 2005

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Most Time-Consuming forMost Time-Consuming forSenior IT LeadersSenior IT Leaders

1. Funding IT

2. Strategic planning for IT

3. Administrative/ERP/information systems

4. Governance, organization, and leadership for IT

5. Infrastructure

6. Security and identity management

7. Change management

8. Staffing/HR management/training

9. (tie) Policy development and legislative compliance; support services/service delivery models

1. Funding IT2. Strategic planning for IT3. Administrative/ERP/

information systems4. Infrastructure 5. Governance, organization,

and leadership for IT6. Security and identity

management7. Change management8. Staffing/HR

management/training9. Support services/service

delivery models10.Policy development and

legislative compliance

2004 2005

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Expenditure of Most Human Expenditure of Most Human and/or and/or

Financial ResourcesFinancial Resources

1. Administrative/ERP/information systems

2. Infrastructure3. Security and identity

management4. Support services/service

delivery models5. Electronic

classrooms/technology buildings

6. Student computing7. Web systems and services8. Instructional/course

management systems9. Funding IT10.Staffing/HR

management/training

1. Administrative/ERP/information systems

2. Infrastructure3. Security and identity

management4. Electronic

classrooms/technology buildings

5. Support services/service delivery models

6. Student computing 7. Web systems and services8. Instructional/course

management systems9. Advanced networking10.Funding IT

2004 2005

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2005 Survey Results 2005 Survey Results

Demographic Detail

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Demographic Groups IncludedDemographic Groups Included

Governance– Public – Private

Carnegie classification– Doctoral/research: doctoral/research universities intensive +

doctoral/research universities extensive– Master’s: master’s colleges and universities + master’s colleges

and universities II– Baccalaureate: baccalaureate colleges–liberal arts +

baccalaureate colleges–general + baccalaureate/associate’s colleges

– Associate’s colleges: community and other two-year colleges– International: non-U.S. institutions

Enrollment size– Small (fewer than 2,000)– Medium (2,000 to 7,999)– Medium-large (8,000 to 17,999)– Large (18,000+)

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Issues Critical for Issues Critical for Institution’s Strategic Institution’s Strategic

Success Success

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Critical for Institution’s Critical for Institution’s Strategic SuccessStrategic Success—Small —Small

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT2. Administrative/ERP/information systems3. Faculty development, support, and training for IT 4. Security and identity management 5. Strategic planning for IT6. Infrastructure7. (tie) E-learning/distributed teaching and

learning; Web systems and services8. Electronic classrooms/technology buildings9. (tie) Instructional/course management systems;

enterprise-level portals

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Critical for Institution’s Critical for Institution’s Strategic SuccessStrategic Success—Medium —Medium

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT2. Security and identity management3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Strategic planning for IT 5. Faculty development, support, and training for IT 6. Infrastructure7. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning8. Web systems and services 9. Enterprise-level portals10.(tie) Business continuity/disaster recovery; electronic

classrooms/ technology buildings; governance, organization, and leadership for IT; support services/service delivery models

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Critical for Institution’s Critical for Institution’s Strategic SuccessStrategic Success—Medium-Large —Medium-Large

InstitutionsInstitutions1. (tie) Funding IT; security and identity

management2. Administrative/ERP/information systems 3. Enterprise-level portals 4. Strategic planning for IT 5. Governance, organization, and leadership for IT 6. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning 7. Infrastructure8. Web systems and services9. (tie) Business continuity/disaster recovery;

support services/service delivery models

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Critical for Institution’s Critical for Institution’s Strategic SuccessStrategic Success—Large —Large

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT 2. Security and identity management3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Infrastructure 5. (tie) Governance, organization, and

leadership for IT; strategic planning for IT

6. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning 7. Business continuity/disaster recovery8. Instructional/course management systems9. Advanced networking

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Critical for Institution’s Critical for Institution’s Strategic SuccessStrategic Success—Private —Private

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT2. Administrative/ERP/information systems3. Security and identity management4. Faculty development, support, and training for IT5. Strategic planning for IT6. Infrastructure7. Web systems and services8. Enterprise-level portals9. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning 10.(tie) Business continuity/disaster recovery;

electronic classrooms/technology buildings

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Critical for Institution’s Critical for Institution’s Strategic SuccessStrategic Success—Public —Public

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT2. Security and identity management3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Strategic planning for IT5. Infrastructure6. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning7. Faculty development, support, and training for

IT8. Governance, organization, and leadership for IT9. Enterprise-level portals10.Electronic classrooms/technology buildings

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Critical for Institution’s Critical for Institution’s Strategic SuccessStrategic Success—Associate’s —Associate’s

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems 2. Security and identity management3. (tie) Funding IT; enterprise-level portals4. Strategic planning for IT 5. Infrastructure 6. Faculty development, support, and training

for IT 7. Web systems and services 8. Online customer services 9. (tie) Converging technologies;

e-learning/distributed teaching and learning

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Critical for Institution’s Critical for Institution’s Strategic SuccessStrategic Success—Baccalaureate —Baccalaureate

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT2. Security and identity management3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Faculty development, support, and training for IT5. Strategic planning for IT 6. Infrastructure7. Electronic classrooms/technology buildings8. Support services/service delivery models9. (tie) Business continuity/disaster recovery; e-

learning/distributed teaching and learning; enterprise-level portals; staffing/HR management/training; Web systems and services

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Critical for Institution’s Critical for Institution’s Strategic SuccessStrategic Success—Master’s —Master’s

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT2. Security and identity management 3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Faculty development, support, and training for IT5. Infrastructure 6. Strategic planning for IT 7. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning8. Enterprise-level portals9. Web systems and services 10.(tie) Business continuity/disaster recovery; online

customer services

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Critical for Institution’s Critical for Institution’s Strategic Strategic

SuccessSuccess—Doctoral/Research —Doctoral/Research InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT

2. Security and identity management3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Strategic planning for IT 5. Infrastructure6. Governance, organization, and leadership for IT7. (tie) E-learning/distributed teaching and

learning;instructional/course management systems

8. (tie) Faculty development, support, and training for IT; research support

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Critical for Institution’s Critical for Institution’s Strategic SuccessStrategic Success—International —International

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Security and identity management 2. Funding IT 3. Governance, organization, and leadership for

IT 4. Administrative/ERP/information systems 5. Strategic planning for IT 6. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning 7. Infrastructure8. Change management9. Business continuity/disaster recovery 10.Support services/service delivery models

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Issues with Potential to Issues with Potential to Become More SignificantBecome More Significant

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant—Small Institutions—Small Institutions

1. Funding IT2. Security and identity management3. Strategic planning for IT 4. Faculty development, support, and training

for IT5. Administrative/ERP/information systems6. (tie) Infrastructure; enterprise-level portals7. Instructional/course management systems8. (tie) Support services/service delivery

models; Web systems and services

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant—Medium Institutions—Medium Institutions

1. Security and identity management2. Funding IT3. (tie) Administrative/ERP/information systems;

enterprise-level portals4. Strategic planning for IT5. Faculty development, support, and training for

IT6. Business continuity/disaster recovery7. (tie) Assessment/benchmarking; infrastructure8. Converging technologies

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant—Medium-Large —Medium-Large

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Security and identity management2. Funding IT3. Administrative/ERP/information systems 4. Enterprise-level portals 5. Infrastructure 6. Web systems and services7. Strategic planning for IT 8. (tie) Business continuity/disaster recovery;

converging technologies9. Governance, organization, and leadership for

IT

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant—Large Institutions—Large Institutions

1. Funding IT2. Security and identity management3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. (tie) Business continuity/disaster recovery;

strategic planning for IT 5. (tie) Governance, organization, and

leadership for IT; research support

6. Assessment/benchmarking 7. (tie) Infrastructure; staffing/HR

management/training

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant—Private Institutions—Private Institutions

1. Security and identity management2. Funding IT3. Enterprise-level portals4. (tie) Administrative/ERP/information systems;

faculty development, support, and training for IT

5. Strategic planning for IT 6. Web systems and services7. Business continuity/disaster recovery 8. Infrastructure9. Instructional/course management systems

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant—Public Institutions—Public Institutions

1. Funding IT2. Security and identity management3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Enterprise-level portals5. Strategic planning for IT6. Infrastructure7. Faculty development, support, and training for

IT8. (tie) Assessment/benchmarking; converging

technologies9. Support services/service delivery models

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant—Associate’s Institutions—Associate’s Institutions1. Funding IT2. (tie) Administrative/ERP/information systems;

security and identity management3. Enterprise-level portals4. (tie) Strategic planning for IT; support

services/service delivery models5. Faculty development, support, and training for

IT 6. Infrastructure7. (tie) Business continuity/disaster recovery;

online customer services; staffing/HR management/training; Web systems and services

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant—Baccalaureate —Baccalaureate

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Security and identity management 2. Funding IT3. Enterprise-level portals 4. (tie) Administrative/ERP/information systems;

strategic planning for IT5. Faculty development, support, and training for

IT 6. Infrastructure7. (tie) Instructional/course management systems;

support services/service delivery models8. Business continuity/disaster recovery

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant—Master’s Institutions—Master’s Institutions

1. Security and identity management 2. Funding IT3. Enterprise-level portals 4. Administrative/ERP/information systems 5. Faculty development, support, and training for

IT 6. Assessment/benchmarking7. Converging technologies 8. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning9. (tie) Infrastructure; instructional/course

management systems; strategic planning for IT

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant—Doctoral/Research —Doctoral/Research

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Security and identity management2. Funding IT3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. (tie) Infrastructure; research support5. Business continuity/disaster recovery 6. Strategic planning for IT 7. Enterprise-level portals8. Web systems and services9. (tie) Advanced networking; governance,

organization, and leadership for IT

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Potential to Become More Potential to Become More SignificantSignificant—International —International

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT 2. Security and identity management3. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning 4. Strategic planning for IT 5. Administrative/ERP/information systems6. Governance, organization, and leadership for IT7. Business continuity/disaster recovery 8. Enterprise-level portals 9. Change management10.Converging technologies

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What Senior IT Leaders What Senior IT Leaders Spend Most Time OnSpend Most Time On

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend What Senior IT Leaders Spend MostMost

Time OnTime On—Small Institutions—Small Institutions1. Funding IT2. Strategic planning for IT 3. Administrative/ERP/information systems 4. Infrastructure5. Governance, organization, and leadership for IT 6. Change management 7. (tie) Security and identity management;

staffing/HR management/training8. Support services/service delivery models9. Faculty development, support, and training for

IT

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend What Senior IT Leaders Spend Most Time OnMost Time On—Medium —Medium

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT2. Strategic planning for IT3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Infrastructure5. Governance, organization, and leadership for

IT6. Security and identity management7. Change management 8. Support services/service delivery models9. Staffing/HR management/training 10.Policy development and legislative compliance

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend What Senior IT Leaders Spend Most Time OnMost Time On—Medium-Large —Medium-Large

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT2. Administrative/ERP/information systems3. Strategic planning for IT4. Governance, organization, and leadership for IT5. Security and identity management6. Policy development and legislative compliance 7. (tie) Infrastructure; staffing/HR

management/training8. (tie) Change management; support services/

service delivery models

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend What Senior IT Leaders Spend Most Time OnMost Time On—Large Institutions—Large Institutions1. Funding IT2. Governance, organization, and leadership for

IT 3. Strategic planning for IT 4. Administrative/ERP/information systems5. Security and identity management6. Infrastructure 7. (tie) Change management;

collaboration/partnerships 8. Policy development and legislative compliance9. Staffing/HR management/training

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend What Senior IT Leaders Spend MostMost

Time OnTime On—Private Institutions—Private Institutions1. Funding IT2. Strategic planning for IT3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Infrastructure5. Governance, organization, and leadership for IT 6. Security and identity management7. Change management8. Support services/service delivery models9. Staffing/HR management/training 10.Electronic classrooms/technology buildings

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend What Senior IT Leaders Spend MostMost

Time OnTime On—Public Institutions—Public Institutions1. Funding IT2. Strategic planning for IT 3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Governance, organization, and leadership for

IT5. (tie) Infrastructure; security and identity

management 6. Change management7. Staffing/HR management/training 8. Support services/service delivery models9. Policy development and legislative compliance

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend What Senior IT Leaders Spend Most Most

Time OnTime On—Associate’s Institutions—Associate’s Institutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems 2. Strategic planning for IT 3. Infrastructure4. Funding IT 5. (tie) Change management; governance,

organization, and leadership for IT 6. Staffing/HR management/training 7. Security and identity management8. (tie) Policy development and legislative

compliance; support services/service delivery models

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend What Senior IT Leaders Spend MostMost

Time OnTime On—Baccalaureate —Baccalaureate InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT

2. Strategic planning for IT 3. Administrative/ERP/information systems 4. Infrastructure 5. Governance, organization, and leadership for IT 6. Security and identity management7. Staffing/HR management/training 8. Support services/service delivery models9. Change management 10.(tie) Electronic classrooms/technology buildings;

faculty development, support, and training for

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend What Senior IT Leaders Spend Most Time OnMost Time On—Master’s —Master’s

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT2. Strategic planning for IT3. Administrative/ERP/information systems4. Infrastructure5. Security and identity management6. Governance, organization, and leadership for IT7. Support services/service delivery models 8. Change management 9. Staffing/HR management/training10.Policy development and legislative compliance

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend What Senior IT Leaders Spend Most Most

Time OnTime On—Doctoral/Research —Doctoral/Research InstitutionsInstitutions1. Funding IT

2. Administrative/ERP/information systems 3. Security and identity management 4. Strategic planning for IT5. Infrastructure 6. Governance, organization, and leadership for

IT7. (tie) Collaboration/partnerships; support

services/service delivery models 8. Change management 9. Policy development and legislative compliance

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What Senior IT Leaders Spend What Senior IT Leaders Spend Most Time OnMost Time On—International —International

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Governance, organization, and leadership for IT2. Strategic planning for IT3. Funding IT4. (tie) Administrative/ERP/information systems;

change management 5. Infrastructure6. Security and identity management7. Staffing/HR management/training8. (tie) Policy development and legislative

compliance; support services/service delivery models

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Issues Requiring ExpenditureIssues Requiring Expenditureof Most Human and/orof Most Human and/orFinancial ResourcesFinancial Resources

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Expenditure of Most Human Expenditure of Most Human and/or Financial Resourcesand/or Financial Resources——

Small InstitutionsSmall Institutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems2. Infrastructure3. Student computing 4. Security and identity management5. Web systems and services 6. Support services/service delivery models 7. Electronic classrooms/technology buildings 8. Instructional/course management systems9. Faculty development, support, and training for

IT10.Funding IT

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Expenditure of Most Human Expenditure of Most Human and/or Financial Resourcesand/or Financial Resources——

Medium InstitutionsMedium Institutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems2. Infrastructure3. Electronic classrooms/technology buildings4. Security and identity management 5. Student computing6. (tie) Support services/service delivery models;

Web systems and services 7. Instructional/course management systems8. Faculty development, support, and training for

IT9. Funding IT

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Expenditure of Most Human and/or Expenditure of Most Human and/or Financial ResourcesFinancial Resources——Medium-Large Medium-Large

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems2. Infrastructure3. Security and identity management4. Support services/service delivery models 5. Instructional/course management systems6. Web systems and services7. Electronic classrooms/technology buildings 8. Advanced networking9. Enterprise-level portals10.Student computing

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Expenditure of Most Human Expenditure of Most Human and/or Financial Resourcesand/or Financial Resources——

Large InstitutionsLarge Institutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems2. Infrastructure3. Security and identity management4. Instructional/course management systems5. (tie) Advanced networking;

e-learning/distributed teaching and learning 6. Data administration 7. Web systems and services8. Support services/service delivery models 9. (tie) Staffing/HR management/training;

student computing

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Expenditure of Most Human Expenditure of Most Human and/or Financial Resourcesand/or Financial Resources——

Private InstitutionsPrivate Institutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems2. Infrastructure3. Security and identity management4. Web systems and services 5. Electronic classrooms/technology buildings6. Support services/service delivery models7. Instructional/course management systems8. Student computing9. Faculty development, support, and training for

IT10.Funding IT

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Expenditure of Most Human Expenditure of Most Human and/or Financial Resourcesand/or Financial Resources——

Public InstitutionsPublic Institutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems2. Infrastructure3. Security and identity management4. Electronic classrooms/technology buildings5. (tie) Student computing; support

services/service delivery models 6. (tie) Web systems and services;

instructional/course management systems 7. Advanced networking8. E-learning/distributed teaching and learning

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Expenditure of Most Human Expenditure of Most Human and/or Financial Resourcesand/or Financial Resources——

Associate’s InstitutionsAssociate’s Institutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems2. Infrastructure 3. Student computing4. Electronic classrooms/technology buildings5. Support services/service delivery models 6. (tie) Instructional/course management

systems; Web systems and services

7. Staffing/HR management/training 8. (tie) Distance education; security and

identity management

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Expenditure of Most Human and/or Expenditure of Most Human and/or Financial ResourcesFinancial Resources—Baccalaureate —Baccalaureate

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems2. Infrastructure 3. Security and identity management4. (tie) Electronic classrooms/technology buildings;

support services/service delivery models 5. Student computing6. Web systems and services7. Faculty development, support, and training for IT8. Instructional/course management systems9. Data administration

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Expenditure of Most Human Expenditure of Most Human and/or Financial Resourcesand/or Financial Resources——

Master’s InstitutionsMaster’s Institutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems 2. Infrastructure 3. Electronic classrooms/technology buildings4. Security and identity management5. Student computing6. Web systems and services7. Instructional/course management systems8. Support services/service delivery models9. Faculty development, support, and training10.(tie) Online customer services; enterprise-level

portals

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Expenditure of Most Human and/or Expenditure of Most Human and/or Financial ResourcesFinancial Resources—Doctoral/Research —Doctoral/Research

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems 2. Infrastructure3. Security and identity management 4. Instructional/course management systems5. Advanced networking6. Enterprise-level portals7. Support services/service delivery models8. Web systems and services9. (tie) Data administration; electronic

classrooms/technology buildings

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Expenditure of Most Human and/or Expenditure of Most Human and/or Financial ResourcesFinancial Resources—International —International

InstitutionsInstitutions1. Administrative/ERP/information systems2. Infrastructure3. Student computing4. Web systems and services5. (tie) E-learning/distributed teaching and

learning; support services/ service delivery models

6. Security and identity management7. Advanced networking8. Staffing/HR management/training9. (tie) Digital library/digital content challenges;

electronic classrooms/technology buildings

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Helpful ResourcesHelpful Resources

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Helpful Resources at EDUCAUSEHelpful Resources at EDUCAUSE

Full results and analysis of 2005 Current Issues Survey– www.educause.edu/eq

Current issues resources—links to helpful online resources for this year’s top issues– www.educause.edu/issues

Core Data Service—comparison data on campus IT environments and practices – www.educause.edu/coredata

Resource Center—multimedia collection of online resources on all of higher education IT– www.educause.edu/resources

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Helpful Resources at EDUCAUSEHelpful Resources at EDUCAUSE

EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research—high quality research on top higher education IT issues– www.educause.edu/ecar

National Learning Infrastructure Initiative—teaching and learning programs and resources– www.educause.edu/nlii

Net@EDU—advanced networking and policy resources– www.educause.edu/net@edu

Security Resources—news, effective practices, discussion groups, meetings, and more– www.educause.edu/security