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Stephen Gilfus, Blackboard Founder, Discusses Academic and Professional Background at Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009

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Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2009 – Panel – Using Social Networking in Building an Entrepreneurial Venture. This panel discussion is from the 2009 Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration event. This discussion was entitled, “Using Social Networking in Building an Entrepreneurial Venture”. Panelists included: Kirsten Barker, President and Co-Founder of Prendismo; Jay Fluegel, VP of Product Management […]

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Academic Analytics – Minnesota Commits to a Strategy

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Implementing an academic analytics strategy holds the potential for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of programs and activities across campus. Such an undertaking, however, would not come without cost. Process reviews, increases in staffing, new training offerings, expanded communications, and software purchases to implement an academic analytics strategy will require resources.

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The Next Open Source Movement

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July 6, 2009
While the open source movement has taken off in course management systems, with Moodle and Sakai as alternatives to the dominant Blackboard, the administrative side of the house has been almost entirely corporate. While some colleges use home-grown systems, the norm has been to use any of a number of vendors for systems that allow colleges to manage and report on budgets, billing and many other functions crucial to running a college. These administrative software systems cost millions of dollars to install and manage, and any malfunctions can be hugely frustrating to institutions.

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Saving and Creating Jobs and Reforming Education

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May 7th, 2009
In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity— it is a pre-requisite. The countries that out-teach us today will out-compete us tomorrow.
—President Barack Obama, Feb. 24, 2009

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