The new calendar year coincides with the midpoint of what has been a challenging academic year for higher-education institutions worldwide. Public financing has been shaken by weak tax revenue and an increasing tendency on the part of governments to rethink their funding formulas. At the same time, the growing IT security worries of the past few years are merging with more-general security concerns, as well as with regulatory matters, such as student visa and healthcare records management. In addition to new constraints and demands, a shaky enterprise software market is making vendor relationships more volatile, and e-learning is entering a new phase of scale, complexity and cost.   Read more		Ron Yanosky Senior Analyst, Gartner Research

			It's Time to Set 2003 IT Priorities for Higher Education 12 December 2002 Michael Zastrocky  Ron Yanosky  A wide range of IT challenges face higher education in 2003. Trends include tight budgets, security concerns, increased emphasis on IT's business value, vendor consolidation and growing complexity in academic IT environments.

	Budget Threats and Opportunities for Higher-Education IT 10 December 2002 Michael Zastrocky  Marti Harris  Ron Yanosky  Doug Hurley  Higher-education institutions globally face bleak budget outlooks. However, through planning and collaboration with key academic and business leaders, CIOs can turn tight budgets into opportunities to build winning partnerships.		Time to Assess Business Value of IT in Higher Education 11 December 2002 Michael Zastrocky  Marti Harris  Ron Yanosky  Doug Hurley  The combination of tightening budgets and a history of IT project overruns will force higher-education institutional leaders to establish the business value of IT as the prerequisite for future IT investments.
	Higher Education Must Reduce Vendor Exposure 11 December 2002 Michael Zastrocky  Marti Harris  Ron Yanosky  Doug Hurley  In today's economic climate, higher-education institutions must protect their information assets against vendor failure.		Information Security Officers Needed in Higher Education 9 December 2002 Michael Zastrocky  Marti Harris  Ron Yanosky  Doug Hurley  Security concerns are here to stay as state and national governments continue to exert pressure through new, more-stringent security policies and laws. Institutions need to develop a coordinated approach to privacy and security.
	Higher-Education IT Gets Academic 10 December 2002 Michael Zastrocky  Marti Harris  Ron Yanosky  Doug Hurley  Academic IT is positioned for a new — and expensive — pre-eminence among campus IT priorities.