Enhance Research and Professional Education. Today s researchers require high-speed connections to national research networks for collaboration with colleagues, access to national research facilities and eligibility for research grants. Work is underway to expand traditional professional education through distance education and to offer distance and on-campus training in the technology required in modern industries. Teacher education is needed throughout the state. Network design and management training is greatly in demand.
Medical education is already heavily reliant on technology.
Provide Reliable, Secure, Effective Administrative Processes. Planning, management, accountability, and productivity are dependent upon accessible, accurate data and effective tools for analysis and reporting. Campuses are using data warehouse technology to develop institutional administrative systems to make their data more accessible and to perform a wide variety of tasks, such as presenting financial data in varied formats, tracking and linking personnel and student data, scheduling classrooms, using electronic forms and many other specialized applications. Significant progress has been made in providing tools for reporting and analysis. Increased web access is planned for both institutional and core administrative systems.