June 13, 2014 UCLA I love my visits to UCLA because I always feel like I am the student, learning more about higher education. UCLA has long been a thought leader in student engagement and success, which is being enabled…
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May 6, 2014 Redwood City People ask me about the “vendor days” that I’ve been setting up. In the monthly Q&A I explained that large organizations usually have a set of vendors that are more strategically relevant in its long-term…
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April 29-30, 2014 CRESST Conference, Redondo Beach For 40 years, the UCLA Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) and, more recently, the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) have been at the forefront of…
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April 2014 Merced, San Francisco, Riverside, Santa Barbara I really enjoy visiting the campuses. It’s not just about being closer to students or what’s going on in the classroom. It’s about the energy there and what’s going on all around…
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March 2014 Healthcare Conferences Before joining UC, I worked in the healthcare industry, and spent more than a decade connected to the mission to help save and improve lives. Because UC has 5 medical centers, I stay engaged with developments…
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March 17, 2014 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory I spent the early part of the day with CIO Rosio Alvarez and her IT team at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Rosio has been a faculty member, an advisor to the Secretary…
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March 12, 2014 UC San Diego UCSD is home to two extraordinary technology centers – Calit2 and the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla, an electrical and computer engineer, is very interested in leveraging technology to…
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March 7-8, 2014 UC Berkeley, International House I attended the March 7-8 seminar, “How Technology Impacts the Pedagogy and Economics of Residential Higher Education,” which was sponsored by MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, and Harvard. Presenters from around the country gave their…
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October 17, 2013 UC Merced ePay Virtual CashierWhile on my initial campus and med center visits, I was on a quest to find the most innovative uses of IT across the UC. While visiting Merced in the fall, they brought…
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