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Orienting Principles
A Strategic Plan for Information Technology at
Penn State Altoona
Strategic Planning Committee for Information Technology
Charge to the Committee. To prepare a strategic plan for computing on this campus that ensures that our future choices of technology are informed and responsive to the academic future that we plan for ourselves.
Mission Statement. Information technology at Penn State Altoona exists to meet the communication, computing, instruction, and research needs of the faculty, students, and staff of the university. To this end, the college will seek to provide:
- Faculty with computing and information technology sufficient to meet their teaching, research, and service needs.
- Students with information technology that supports their learning in their chosen field of study and prepares them to continue their education within the university and/or enter the workforce.
- Administrators and staff with the technology that is required to support the educational mission of the university.
Goal. To provide the information technology required by an academic environment in which students of the university are to receive an excellent education; faculty are fully supported in their professional development as teachers, researchers, and providers of service to the community; and staff have the resources to perform their responsibilities.
Benchmarks. In order for us to determine whether or not we have achieved the goals of this planning effort, we need to identify benchmarks we can use assess success or failure. These should include:
- The information technology available to students, faculty, and staff of Penn State Altoona should be at least equivalent to that available to students, faculty, and staff on the University Park campus of the university.
- The planning process should become institutionalized in order to withstand changes in personnel yet be sensitive to and responsive to changing needs of the organization and the information technology environment.
- Those providing technical and managerial support for information technology on this campus should be sufficiently cross-trained in order to withstand changes in personnel without adversely affecting the information technology environment.
Source of the Budget for Which We Are Planning. There are three broad sources of funding that could be employed for the plan that we are charged with developing. These are:
- University funds budgeted on an annual basis (01-042-59, 142-44AA, 142-59AA, 632-20AA, and 632-25AA).
- University funds dispersed on a "one-time funding" basis.
- Funds generated through use of the Student Information Technology Fee (001-02AA)
Special consideration must be given to the uses to which the Student Information
Technology Fees are placed as we must honor a commitment to students to use these moneys in direct support of activities central to their instruction. It would seem that only a limited number of individuals/organizational settings noted in the stakeholder table would be eligible for use of these funds. I have noted with an asterisk stakeholders which would appear to be appropriate candidates for use of these funds.
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L.A. Wilson, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, Committee Chair
W110 Smith Building, 3000 Ivyside Park, Altoona, PA 16601
Phone: 814-949-5768; E-mail: LAW21@psu.edu
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