As a result, institutions can learn a great deal about how their prospective students will use web applications and other internet services without a large investment. Campus staff can not often reproduce the variety and quality of services offered by these companies. In addition, in many instances the contracts are only one or two years in duration so enrollment managers can later develop their own websites if they determine that they can effectively manage web services themselves. These comments are not meant to suggest that all campuses have failed to develop strong websites and services on their own, but at the moment they appear to be in the minority. Large universities and schools with strong computer science, technology and engineering programs may be more likely to build and sustain their own websites over time.
Large universities are also more likely to devote the necessary financial resources to web design.
Colleges and universities with a strong technology orientation may also have the resident expertise among their faculty and a steady supply of able students. Eventually, changes in the ways in which the web evolves may become more stable and it could then be more cost effective for institutions to develop and manage their own websites. This entire site protected by copyright. All rights reserved.