From campustechnology.com/articles/2009/05/13/a-study-of-cio-roles-and-effectiveness-in-higher-education.aspx A Study of CIO Roles and Effectiveness in Higher Education

The Chief Information Officer role in higher education is a very complex position, and the people filling it are equally complex. This role has been in existence for approximately 25 years, but the CIO career path is not as well-defined a road, as for example a Chief Financial Officer's, which has had a much longer time to become standardized. But, in spite of our "new " executive position and somewhat obscured journey into this key IT leadership role, we are here to stay. We need to help the next generation by defining the role of the CIO in higher education, along with some pathways to it. I have been studying higher education CIOs since 2004 and my study, The Study of the Higher Education Chief Information Officer Roles and Effectiveness, has entered its fifth edition. Here's a brief glimpse at this work along with some useful links and references. In conducting this year's research, all CIOs from two- and four-year higher education institutions in the US were surveyed, and 352 CIOs responded. The management teams from those 352 CIOs ' institutions were sent a second survey. One hundred and twenty-four institution management team (IMT) members responded, representing 100 of the 352 responding-CIO institutions. The two-part survey remains a unique approach to the study of the higher education CIO, their effectiveness, attributes, and how the IMT views them. This study methodology i