Portals in the academic world: Are they meeting expectations?
This study investigates the status of portals in the academic world, including the adoption, implementation and evaluation of the portals. The results show that portals have received widespread attention in the academic world. Among those colleges who adopted the portals, half of them have horizontal portals and the majority of them have selected the Campus Pipeline software. The results also show that these portals mainly serve the needs of internal users by displaying campus wide information and to facilitate students in course related activities. The content of the portals in most schools is the responsibility of the IS/IT department. Integration and single logon are rated as the biggest challenges of implementing the portals. The results indicate that most schools have not formally evaluated their portals. The study also highlights the need for user participation and involvement in the implementation of campus portals, which has been ignored in most schools.
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