Technology: Planning for Academic Computing Important Trends and Issues

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By G. Phillip Cartwright e _ ^^^ ting involved in planV ^B ning for computing P^^^^^ and information technology. My first involvement with a comprehensive, university wide plan for computing and information technology began 12 years ago. I served on a small task force that talked, researched, and argued for months and finally developed a serious, thoughtful, and ultimately successful plan for a 70,000-student, multi-campus university (Penn State). A few years later, I participated in a similar planning effort for one of the University of California campuses; later I served as one of 19 commissioners who