Technology in Higher Education: Shaping the Future Workforce
Technology in Higher Education: Shaping the Future Workforce
Thursday, November 01, 2018 | 10:45AM–11:30AM MT | Mile High Ballroom 2B/3B, Ballroom Level
Session Type:
Breakout Session
Delivery Format:
Interactive Presentation
How do we shape the future higher education IT workforce? The IT organization and its work are complex and require a range of skills to be successful. This panel will discuss work of an EDUCAUSE/Jisc task force on how to attract, prepare, and retain successful higher education IT staff.
Outcomes: Understand how evolving IT roles and responsibilities necessitate a change in how we attract and retain IT staff * Understand how education requirements relate to hiring * Understand ways to adjust recruitment and retention practices to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion * Develop a strategy to review and improve local hiring practices
Presenters
Louisa Dale
Director Sector Intelligence, JISC
Basem El-Haddadeh
Director IT Services - CIO, Leeds Beckett University
Kirk Kelly
Vice President, Vantage Technology Consulting Group
James Smith
Director of IT, Birkbeck College
Cheryl Washington
Chief Information Security Officer, University of California, Davis