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IT Decision Making

The University of Colorado at Boulder’s IT decision-making processes reflect the complexity of the campus’s IT environment as well as the campus’s commitment to broad participation in discussions and decisions about IT resources. A variety of groups are involved in various aspects of decisions regarding campus technology. IT advisory committees that are managed by the Office of Academic and Campus Technology include:

Information Technology Council (ITC)

The Information Technology Council (ITC) is CU-Boulder’s official consultative, advisory and representative council to the Vice Provost for Academic and Campus Technology (VPACT) as well as from the VPACT to CU-Boulder. The purpose of the ITC is to provide council and advice to the VPACT who has leadership and oversight responsibility for campus information technology infrastructures and for the academic uses of information technology.

IT Infrastructure Advisory Group (ITIAG)

ITIAG, established in 2002, advises on CU-Boulder operational and strategic administrative and infrastructure IT issues. Members are largely IT professionals, and are drawn from all Vice Chancellor areas as well as from units with significant IT staff or services.

Academic Technologies

Several conduits and venues are available for faculty to become involved in decisions about IT on campus.

  • Advisory groups help set strategic direction for large lecture hall technologies and for CU-Boulder's use of Second Life.
  • A needs assessment in spring 2008 offers broad participation by faculty campus-wide and allows central IT organizations to tailor academic technology deployments and services appropriately.
  • Currently, the Academic Technology unit is convening a faculty group interested in evaluating emerging technologies.

To become involved in any of these initiatives or groups, please contact Deborah Keyek-Franssen, Director of Academic Technology (deblkf@colorado.edu). To learn more about the BFA's Technology and Administration Committee, please contact Christian Kopf (E.Kopff@Colorado.EDU).

Other committees at the campus and system level address specific IT-related issues and initiatives, such as:

Academic and Campus Technology, University of Colorado at Boulder
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E-mail: vpact@colorado.edu, Phone: 303-492-5094, FAX: 303-492-8861
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