| January 2008 |
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1/10 |
Campus Technology
U Alabama Mines Data to Boost Enrollment, Retention
First-year enrollment at the University of Alabama is up 40 percent, at least in part because the school is using a sophisticated data analysis product to gauge which students to target in enrollment and retention campaigns.
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1/9 |
Campus Technology
Creating Life-Size Molecules in Second Life
The debate continues over just how useful virtual worlds like Second Life are for educational purposes. We spoke with Drexel University's Jean-Claude Bradley, who is e-learning coordinator for the College of Arts and Sciences, and an associate professor of chemistry.
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| December 2007 |
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12/31 |
Campus Technology
Ball State Dials in Network Management
Managing the network on a university campus may not be the most glamorous of jobs, but it's certainly a critical one. Just listen to the howls should the network go down
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| November 2007 |
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11/28 |
IT Compliance Institute
Case Study: A Healthy Sense of Security
While reacting to changes in the market, a health care services company has proactively tightened down security beyond HIPAA and aims for certification on the relatively tough ISO 27001 standard.
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11/14 |
Campus Technology
Podcasting on a Shoestring
A feisty online program director on a rock-bottom budget at a Los Angeles college is using free cast-off computers and help from an open source software startup to create podcasts of classroom lectures.
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| July 2007 |
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7/26 |
Business Intelligence Journal
Business Intelligence Case Study
Cleaner Data Allows Better Policing (membership required to access)
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7/17 |
IT Compliance Institute
Best Practices: Shoring up your Framework
No single enterprise risk management framework is comprehensive enough to guide your company in meeting all of its compliance, governance, and risk management needs. Instead, you’ll want to selectively combine standards by building around a central framework, such as COSO or AS/NZS 4360, and reinforcing it with one or more of these risk assessment standards.
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7/10 |
IT Compliance Institute
Ed Light: Ten Easy Ways to Score Fast CPE Credits
If you've earned a professional certification, you're ahead of the game. Now, don't let that new load of continuing education requirements drag you down. Here are 10 ways to earn education credits at little or no cost, often at your own keyboard, while learning something useful at the same time.
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| May 2007 |
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5/15 |
IT Compliance Institute
Private Lessons: Public Sector Notes on Security
Although the spotlight tends to shine on the poor grades federal agencies receive for their information security efforts, notable security successes in government are often overlooked.
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5/1 |
Campus Technology
Fighting Fire with Fire
The internet has made it easier than ever for students to illegally copy content, but anti-plagiarism tools are helping educators fight back.
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5/1 |
Campus Technology
Dare to Share
Pressed for dollars and resources, smaller institutions of higher education are discovering that sharing software, data management, and expertise is key to DDD success.
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5/1 |
IT Compliance Institute
Complaisant or Compliant: Training Employees to Care
In compliance, a focus on technical security can eclipse human factors.
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| April 2007 |
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4/24 |
IT Compliance Institute
Moving Targets: The Risk of Mobile Devices
How mobile data management presents a risk versus reward scenario for business.
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| February 2007 |
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2/21 |
IT Compliance Institute
Yabba Dabbawala : Lessons in Six-Sigma Quality Control for Compliance
The greatest sources of inspiration are often found in the strangest places. Thus, compliance management can take a lesson from lunchtime in Mumbai, where a 99.9999 accuracy rate in meal manufacturing and distribution offers a model of efficiency and control for complex compliance processes.
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| December 2006 |
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12/12 |
IT Compliance Institute
The Best Compliance Resource You Don’t Know About
Government agencies that struggle with security and information privacy issues—and yes, private industry, you can take heart from the fact that there are plenty—surely cringe when the Government Accountability Office (GAO) comes calling.
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| August 2006 |
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8/7 |
Campus Technology
Where Green and IT Meet
Here are some interesting facts you may not know: U.S. colleges and universities spend nearly $2 billion each year on energy, according to the federal government. And the Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that the average PC wastes up to 400 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year simply by running at full power when no user is present.
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| July 2006 |
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7/23 |
Campus Technology
Data-Driven Decision-Making: It’s a Catch-Up Game
Feeling the pressing need for sophisticated business intelligence solutions and processes, higher ed looks for models—-wherever they exist.
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| October 2005 |
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10/20 |
Campus Technology
Should We Outsource IT?
Smart schools are discovering that by freeing up IT to focus on core competiencies, outsourcing may be the great higher ed ‘enabler.’
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| August 2005 |
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8/16 |
IT Compliance Institute
Solutions Hiring: IT Compliance Skills in Growing Demand
It's not news that businesses are demanding more and more business knowledge from technical professionals. That's a trend that's been evolving for years. But what about specific compliance knowledge? How can employers screen for the right compliance skills in prospective IT employees? What sorts of training should an IT professional consider adding to stay relevant?
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| July 2005 |
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7/5 |
IT Compliance Institute
Watch Your Assets: Accounting for Company Property and Data
Compliance might be the catalyst for better asset management in IT. Its real business value, however, lies in better monitoring of company property, especially the myriad data-carrying devices that are common in most enterprises.
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