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President Broad’s Column for ITS Summary Report/Newsletter
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The University’s ability to retain its standards of excellence – and to continue
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meeting the expectations of North Carolinians for high-quality, affordable higher
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education – depends on our full participation in the information technology revolution.
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IT has now moved beyond being a useful catalyst for our programs and services to being
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a primary determinant of whether UNC fulfills its three-part mission of teaching, research
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and public service.
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Over the past two years, many people representing all 16 UNC campuses have
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devoted much time, thought and hard work to the issues related to our shared IT
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challenges and opportunities. The work of the campus network evaluation teams in
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Phase I of the IT Strategy Project enabled us to obtain the legislative funding to start
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bringing our IT infrastructure up to baseline standards. In Phase II, the chancellors’
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Steering Committee, the task forces that developed proposals for each major strategy
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area, and many other staff and faculty members have made enormous contributions to the
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University’s future vitality and competitiveness.
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Now that we have a broad strategy for further developing our IT capabilities, we
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begin the exciting work of specific program planning and implementation. As we do, the
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campuses will be asked to engage in collaboration and sharing of knowledge so that they
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can make the best, most efficient use of their IT resources to improve teaching and
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learning, provide better services for students, expand access, and streamline our
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administrative systems.
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At the same time, each campus will have to evaluate the merits of the IT Strategy
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recommendations in light of its own mission, objectives, priorities and culture. The IT
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Strategy process has identified common needs and has outlined broad strategic
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approaches, but it will be up to the campuses ultimately to determine how these strategies
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are translated into solutions.
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Regardless of what form these solutions take, they all must support this basic
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objective: To make sure our students, faculty and staff must have up-to-date information
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technology tools to help them think critically, work cooperatively, reason analytically,
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communicate effectively and perform well – on campus and in the larger world.
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October 1999
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