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The College of New Rochelle

Technology at The College of New Rochelle is defined as the way in which information such as data, text, voice and video are delivered electronically through digital or analog communication systems.
 
Technology planning at The College of New Rochelle is firmly rooted in the mission of the College which states that "its primary purpose is the intellectual development of persons through the maintenance of the highest standards of academic excellence and educational growth. As we look to the future we need to effectively integrate the use of technology into our programs to provide students with the resources, convenience, and the communication tools they need to become active participants in an evolving global community.
 
In this context, technology is a tool that will assist the entire College community in maintaining the highest standards of academic excellence and educational growth. Technology, therefore, will be used to enhance communication and collaboration through its:
1) integration into the teaching-learning paradigm
2) utilization as a communication vehicle both internally and externally.
 
In order to accomplish these goals, the Technology Plan at The College of New Rochelle has several purposes:
1) To look at institutional (those not confined to one school or area) technology needs
2) To enumerate the steps necessary to provide the technological infrastructure needed at the College
3) To give direction to the specific planning efforts of the four Vice Presidential and five Deans' areas.
 
 
Goal and Objectives
Outcome/ Measures
Title(s)/ Person(s)
Responsible
A. Goal #1
Enhance communication and collaboration through universal network access.
Objective 1 Provide network access to all faculty, instructional staff, professional and support staff and students All faculty, instructional staff, professional staff and support staff will have access to the network. (Target date: June 2002)
Complete intra-building wiring, activate all data jacks and fiber connections to all buildings All students on all campuses will have access to the network. (Target date: January 2003)
All classrooms will be wired for network access. (Target date: June 2003)
Director of Information Systems
Objective 2 Upgrade existing infrastructure Convert remaining 56K WAN lines to higher bandwidth circuit and investigate alternatives to T-1 to improve reliability and reduce costs
Complete transition from token ring to ETHERNET
Perform comprehensive security audit and enhance firewall and network monitoring capabilities
Explore the use of wireless technology and the integration of cellular services
Director of Information Systems
Objective 3 Enhance network services Investigate the need and financial viability for dial-in access to critical applications
Enhance domain services and expand use of Intranet to as a vehicle for interoffice communications
Put in place a replacement cycle for all hardware.
Expand network services such as listservs, chat rooms, space and support for student, faculty and staff web pages, and telnet access to selected databases
Director of Information Services
Objective 4 Expand use and functionality of Web A detailed plan for expansion and use of the Web will be developed and presented to the Executive Team (Target date: June 2001)
Executive Assistant to President
VP College Advancement
Director of Information Systems
Webmaster/Web developer
B. Goal #2
Enhance teaching/learning through the integration of technology.
Objective 1 Increase technical support Additional technical and support staff will be hired to accommodate College wide requests for computer installation, repair, and support. Additional training will be provided to Help desk Operators to improve the quality of the first level of support. The hours of operation will be expanded to become more available and responsive to the needs of the College Community.
Director of Information Systems
Director of Academic Computing
Objective 2 Conduct in-service workshops to create technologically savvy faculty and increase instructional support An in service program for faculty will be in place. (Target date: June 2001)
Director of Academic Computing
Objective 3 Create curricula and programs to ensure our students are technologically savvy Each school will have incorporated technology integration into curriculum planning (Target date: September 2001)
Deans
Objective 4 Identify and develop initiatives for student computer ownership A Project Team will be established to identify and develop initiatives for student computer ownership (Target date: September 2001)
A report will be presented to the President (Target date: December 2001)
Financial Aid
Deans
Executive Assistant to the President
Director of Information Systems
Director of Academic Computing
Objective 5 Explore distance learning through a project team A report will be presented to the President (Target date: April 2001)
Executive Assistant to the President
Senior VP for Academic Affairs
C. Goal #3
Standardization of technology.
Objective 1 Clarify roles of professional staff and support staff responsible for technology including committees Job descriptions of staff members will be reviewed, clarified and communicated to the College community (Target date: September 2001)
Executive Assistant to the President
Vice President - Academic Affairs
Vice President - Financial Affairs
Director of Information Systems
Director of Academic Computing
Objective 2 Coordinate and centralize technology spending   Executive Team
Director of Information Systems
Director of Academic Computing
Technology Committee
Objective 3 Develop institutional policies regarding technology The College will update and promulgate its policies regarding the use of all information resources (Target date: September 2001)
Develop and implement a plan to systematically upgrade all users to a standard platform
 Executive Assistant to the President
Senior VP of Academic Affairs
Director of Information Systems
Director of Academic Computing
Objective 4 Create an institutional standard and process committee for updating software and hardware A committee will be established to regularly assess and update standard. A process for updating will be established by September, 2001 Executive Assistant to the President
Committee
Objective 5 Develop and implement replacement cycle for hardware Each Vice Presidential area will develop a written plan for replacement of computers in the area Vice Presidents
D. Goal #4
Upgrade and Web-enable Administrative Computing.
Objective 1 Centralization of Data Centralization and integration of data from Registrar, Bursar, Financial Aid and Admissions.

Elimination of multiple databases, access through a web browser

Director of Information Systems
Steering Committee
Objective 2 Web-enable data Extend accessibility of the data to students, faculty and staff while providing appropriate security and privacy. This accessibility should allow for on-line admission, registration, bursar payments and transcript requests.
Director of Information Systems
Steering Committee
Objective 3 Document Imaging Develop a document imaging system that could be integrated into existing programs. This system could address the needs of financial aid, registrar, bursar and admission.
Director of Information Systems
Assistant VP Academic Affairs
E. Goal #5
To identify and develop mechanisms to:
improve information gathering
forecasting of technology trends for decision making
develop proposals that can be used to obtain corporate, government, alumni funding
Objective 1 Use of committees or roundtables to keep people informed, surface need, monitor programs and provide ongoing recommendations The present College Technology Committee will expand its role to incorporate information gathering and forecasting technological trends
Each school will develop a mechanism to both gather and dispense technological information
Executive Team
Executive Assistant to the President
Director of Information Systems
Director of Academic Computing
College Technology Committee
Objective 2 Create concept papers that address the specific technological needs of the College Each school will create a mechanism to generate concepts for programs to meet specific technological needs (Target date: January 2002)
At least 4 grant proposals regarding technology will have been submitted (Target date: June 2002)
College Community
Grants Office