The New CIO: Strategist, Change Leader, Digital Guide

Campus Technology: If one thing is constant in the world of the higher education chief information officer, it's change. Once seen as the plumber keeping networks and systems running, the CIO has morphed into a strategist, helping his or her institution keep up with technologies that are fundamentally changing the business of teaching and learning.

"The best CIOs are emerging as digital guides that universities are turning to for key leadership to drive that transformation," noted Gartner research analyst Terri-Lynn Thayer. "They have a different skill set as brokers, facilitators and change leaders."

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