This article explores the changing environment facing higher education institutions (HEIs), the value of an academic strategy and the role businesses can play in assisting institutions to achieve their goals. Focus is given to the support IBM has contributed to HEIs around the world.
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This paper was first presented at the Sixteenth International Conference on Improving University Teaching, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, pp. 3–6 July 1990.
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SultanRalph G.M.SultanPaul E., ‘From ivory towers to permeable membranes: higher education's challenges to competitive realities’, Industry & Higher Education, Vol 4, No 1, March 1990, pp 9–14.
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For one of the earliest and best discussions of academic strategy, see KellerGeorge, Academic Strategy, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1983.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Self Study for the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Vol 1, Madison, WI, December 1988, p 4.
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Recommendations for the 1988 UW-Madison Self-Study, ibid, p 9.
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Indonesia Director General of Higher Education (DGHE), ‘Master Plan: development of computer science and technology pp. 1991–1995’, unpublished draft, DGHE, Jakarta, January 1990.
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Ibid, p 1.
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For another look at how information technology is helping HEIs deal with the information age see MarchelloJoseph M.KellyJohn J., ‘The evolution of higher education: the impact of technology’, Industry & Higher Education, Vol 3, No 4, December 1989, pp 224–228.
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IBM is ranked as the paramount contributor to education in the USA (including all disciplines from pre-kindergarten through post-doctoral): The Conference Board, Across the Board, May 1990, pp 30–33.
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The AFP is a project of IBM's Asia Pacific unit based in Japan and is administered by the International House of Japan.
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IBM research labs include the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York (USA); Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California (USA); Zurich Research Laboratory, Ruschlikon, Switzerland; and the Tokyo Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.
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IBM Canada's annual publication, Exchange, provides an excellent report of IBM's involvement with HEIs in that country: contact: Mr Larry Rittenhouse, IBM Canada, Ltd. Corporate and Scientific Programs, Department 43/625, 3500 Steeles Ave East, Markham, Ontario L3R 271, Canada.
