Technology "Outsourcing": The Results Are Mixed.

Blumenstyk, Goldie

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ERIC Number: EJ595299

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Technology "Outsourcing": The Results Are Mixed.

Blumenstyk, Goldie

Chronicle of Higher Education, v46 n10 pA59-A60,A62,A64 Oct 29 1999

Reviews "outsourcing" of technology services by institutions of higher education, including the College of Notre Dame (California) and East Tennessee State University, and finds that, although external companies, especially COLLEGIS, offer expertise and savings, they sometimes do not understand the special problems of an academic setting. (DB)

Descriptors: Consultants, Contracts, Higher Education, Information Management, Privatization, Technical Assistance, Technological Advancement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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