2002 Partners Meeting
Results and Presentations
Conclusions about Participating in the Project
The final partners meeting, held in Denver on November 4 and 5,
brought together project leaders eager to share their results:
Partners
- Ellen Waterman, project leader at Regis University
- Mel Chastain, project leader at Kansas State University
- Mike Tagawa, project leader at Kapi'olani Community College
- Peggi Munkittrick, project leader at SCT
Advisory Board Members
- Gary Kleeman, Arizona State University
- Tom Kerr, Campus Group International
- Donna Ford, former president of the American Counseling Association
Evaluator
- Karen Paulson, project evaluator from NCHEMS
Advisor
WCET
- Pat Shea, project director
- Sue Armitage, project assistant
- Rachel Sonntag, project administrative assistant
Results and Presentations
All the partners reported success in meeting the project's main
goal of creating and deploying new student services online. The
institutional partners created homegrown solutions and the corporate
partner developed commercial solutions.
The partners provided these PowerPoint presentations to help tell
their project's story and demonstrate their new service:
Conclusions about Participating in the Project
- The three-year time period was an appropriate time period for
the project.
- Funding for the partners was too small to compensate for the
staff time, software and hardware involved in the project. Other
budgets were tapped and staff added project assignments to their
work loads.
- None of the project leaders were in the student affairs or information
technology departments; they were involved in distance learning.
By their leading the project, however, the academic, student affairs
and IT staffs are now better integrated and share a better understanding
for each other's responsibilities.
- Collaborating was difficult because the partners worked on different
services. Sharing concerns and perspectives on their processes
helped—and even motivated—the partners. Our corporate
partner was limited by business/proprietary concerns and could
not share information about solutions in the pipeline.
- Site visits by consultants and WCET staff helped focus and motivate
the project teams.
- The project won't end here! New policies, training, and additional
services are already being demanded by staff and students.
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