Educause Leadership Strategies, Technology Everywhere: A Campus Agenda for Educating and Managing Workers in the Digital Age / Edition 1

by Brian L. Hawkins, Julia A. Rudy, William H. Wallace Jr.

Overview

Information technology (IT) has transformed human resource management across our society, and its influence on higher education has been profound. Technology Everywhere addresses the dual role played by colleges and universities that must recruit, hire, and train knowledge worker professionals and educate IT learners to manage the ever-increasing flow of information both on campus and off. Each chapter in this much-needed volume addresses a critical phase of IT human resource management, identifies key issues, and offers practical advice based on actual experiences that can help colleges and universities develop a plan of action to respond effectively to the IT workforce challenge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787950149
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/29/2002
Series:	Jossey-Bass Educause Leadership Series , #6
Edition description:	Volume 6
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.17(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

EDUCAUSE is committed to advancing higher education by promotingthe intelligent use of information technology.
Brian L. Hawkins is president of EDUCAUSE.
Julia A. Rudy is director of product development at EDUCAUSE.
William H. Wallace, Jr., is associate vice chancellor for humanresources for the University System of Georgia.

Table of Contents

Preface (Brian L. Hawkins, Julia A. Rudy, William H. Wallace,Jr.).

Acknowledgments.

The Authors.

Part One: The Context.

1. The Supply of IT Workers in the United States (William Aspray,Peter A. Freeman).

2. Information Technology Jobs and Skill Standards (NeilEvans).

3. IT Fluency: What Is It, and Why Do We Need It? (Herbert S.Lin).

Part Two: Campus Challenges and Solutions.

4. Campus Human Resource Leadership:A Mandate for Change (Lauren A.Turner, Susan Perry).

5. Recruiting, Retaining, and ReskillingCampus ITProfessionalsAllison F. Dolan).

6. Technology Across the Curriculum:Information Literacy and ITFluency (Anne Scrivener Agee, John G. Zenelis).

7. Economic Development Partnershipsto Close the Gap (Annie HuntBurriss, William H. Wallace, Jr.).

8. Leadership Challenges for theCampus and the Profession (Brian L.Hawkins, Deanna B. Marcum).

Index.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"It is increasingly clear that the weakest link in technology lies not in hardware or software but rather in the workforce. Hawkins, Rudy, and Wallace have put together a superb collection of essays that explain ways to meet this challenge, despite the breakneck pace of technology."
—Martin Ringle, chief technology officer, Reed College

"This book is a valuable tool for IT professionals in understanding the current and future pressures of finding staff to provide the services required, as well as for campus leaders in building an articulated vision of the role each institution can play in addressing these needs at a national level."
—Margaret F. Plympton, vice president for finance and administration, Lehigh University

"At long last someone closes in on the critical crossroads between the human resource offices charged with finding, recruiting, employing, and retaining IT workers on the one hand and, on the other, the colleges and universities seeking to attract, enroll, prepare, and graduate IT learners. For too long these two worlds seemed to live in parallel but distant universes without communicating very effectively with one another. The chapters in this solid work give hope that convergence might yet be had-indeed, might well be near to hand. It's about time."
—Richard A. Skinner, president and CEO, Georgia GLOBE, and chair, 1997 Task Force on Improving the Responsiveness Between Industry and Higher Education, Information Technology Association of America

Editorial Reviews

Detailing the role of universities in the Information Technology economic sector, both as the employers and producers of IT workers, these eight chapters each address an important phase of IT human resource management. They identify key issues, offer practical guidance, and describe the experiences of other institutions facing similar challenges. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"It is increasingly clear that the weakest link in technology liesnot in hardware or software but rather in the workforce. Hawkins,Rudy, and Wallace have put together a superb collection of essaysthat explain ways to meet this challenge, despite the breakneckpace of technology."
—Martin Ringle, chief technology officer, Reed College

"This book is a valuable tool for IT professionals inunderstanding the current and future pressures of finding staff toprovide the services required, as well as for campus leaders inbuilding an articulated vision of the role each institution canplay in addressing these needs at a national level."
—Margaret F. Plympton, vice president for finance andadministration, Lehigh University

"At long last someone closes in on the critical crossroadsbetween the human resource offices charged with finding,recruiting, employing, and retaining IT workers on the one handand, on the other, the colleges and universities seeking toattract, enroll, prepare, and graduate IT learners. For too longthese two worlds seemed to live in parallel but distant universeswithout communicating very effectively with one another. Thechapters in this solid work give hope that convergence might yet behad-indeed, might well be near to hand. It's about time."
—Richard A. Skinner, president and CEO, Georgia GLOBE, and chair,1997 Task Force on Improving the Responsiveness Between Industryand Higher Education, Information Technology Association ofAmerica

From the Publisher