Managing IT From the Top Down.

INTERNET in education; INFORMATION technology; COLLEGE presidents; HIGHER education; COMPUTER science; CROW, Michael M.; HATCH, Nathan O.; NEAS, Bonnie

The article presents comments from university presidents and information technology officials concerning the best practices in information technology for higher education. Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, Nathan O. Hatch, president of Wake Forest University, Philip E. Long, chief information officer at Yale University and Bonnie Neas, deputy CIO and executive director of ConnectND present their views on the subject, focusing on the lag between academia and technology's abilities to advance.