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Behind the news P E O P L E W AT C H Former University of Colorado system President Alexander E. “Sandy” Bracken has been appointed the Quigg and Virginia S. Newton Endowed Chair in Leadership at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He succeeds former CU President Hank Brown, who held the chair from 2008 to 2010. Bracken served as the 19th president of the University of Colorado in 2000 and most recently served as executive director of the Bard Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of ColoradoDenver’s School of business from 2001 to 2007. … James McCarthy, former provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Baruch College, City University of New York, is now presiAlexander E. Bracken dent of Suffolk University (Mass.). … In June, Mildred Garcia, president of California State University, Dominguez Hills, will take over as the fifth president of California State University, Fullerton. … D.C. Coston was appointed president of Dickinson State University (N.D.) in January. … Mark Volk, executive vice president of Lackawanna College (Pa.), will take over as the college’s eighth president on July 1. He will succeed Raymond Angeli, who is stepping down after 17 years as president. … Jay Lee, vice president for instruction at North Idaho College, will lead Northeastern Junior College (Colo.) beginning March 12. … Bryant University (R.I.) has named Chuck LoCurto its vice president for information services and chief information officer. … Rogan Kersh, associate dean of academic affairs and professor of public policy at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service has been appointed provost and professor of political science at Wake Forest University (N.C.). The Wake Forest alumnus will start in his new role this summer. … H. Ken DeDominicis is the new vice president for institutional advancement at the Catholic University of America (D.C.). … Effective March 12, Laura Ellis, associate vice president for development and alumni relations at Pace University (N.Y.) will be vice president for university advancement at St. Lawrence University (N.Y.). —K.D. U Apple Dives Into the Textbook Game On January 19, Apple held a much-hyped education event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City where the company revealed its move into the textbook distribution market with the release of the iBooks 2 and iBooks Author apps. Notable for its higher ed implications, iBooks Author is available as a free download from the Mac App Store and lets anyone with a Mac create iBooks textbooks and publish them to Apple’s iBookstore. Education technology experts weigh in on how this could change how professors disseminate information. Jody Forehand, vice president of product planning for Luidia, a provider of interactive eBeam technology used to capture and share content, says she foresees that, in the early stages of iBooks Author, the content produced will “sit more in the middle of the spectrum of the course materials that a professor currently produces and posts on a cloud-based service (like Blackboard) and a formal textbook.” “I don’t see the content that’s produced by iBook Author replacing what folks are doing to create a textbook anytime soon,” Forehand adds. Rey Junco, a professor in the Department of Academic Development and Counseling at Lock Haven University (Pa.) who researches social media and technology trends in higher ed, says many professors may be turned off by Apple’s End User License Agreement, which only allows the user to distribute content through the iBookstore. “I think the professors who are savvy enough to use it might actually be tempted to go with a more open solution,” he says. Another issue is access. “I’m really concerned about how this will affect students from lower socioeconomic groups, as well as minority students,” he says, pointing to research that shows these groups use technology differently and may not have access to an iPad, with a cost starting at $499. “Unless the institution gives you the iPad, then I think you’re placed at a disadvantage if you’re from a low-income family.” Apple also announced a new iTunes U app, designed to give educators and students everything they need on their iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to teach and take entire courses. Among the offerings is the world’s largest catalogue of free educational content, along with over 20,000 education apps and hundreds of thousands of iBooks. —K.D. SOUND BITE ‘A college education is the best way to end the poverty cycle. ‘ —Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley Source: The State News 14 | March 2012 universitybusiness.com http://www.universitybusiness.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - March 2012

University Business - March 2012
Contents
Editor’s Note
College Index
Ad Index
Behind the News
Human Resources
Campus CFO
ERP in the Ethers
Digital Treasure
Scoring Big With New Football Teams
Money Matters
End Note

University Business - March 2012