The desktops and laboratories are a major concern. The desktops and laboratories solution has not been given adequate emphasis in the process to date. It appeared, on the surface, to be a wonderful alternative, but to my knowledge, did not pan out, and we made an excellent choice not to participate. All campuses and their faculty would have much to gain from being involved in innovative projects. That does not appear to be fully addressed.
Current staff are constant members of the academic community and understand the culture.
There are concerns about who the staff will report to under the partnership. It is believed that students should have choices in the service providers and competitive edge that usually arises when there are choices. Faculty are concerned for themselves because of exclusivity regarding their hardware, software, training, and support. Faculty are concerned that students will be looked at as customers in the same sense that industry looks at customers. There are concerns that we will enter a partnership without the adequate CSU legal participation in the development of the partnership.