University Teaching as E-Business? Research and Policy Agendas: Selected Conference Proceedings. Diane Harley, Shannon Lawrence, Sandra Ouyang, and Jenny L. White, eds. CSHE.9.02. (June 2002)

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Abstract: Our original intent with the University Teaching as E-Business research project was to begin to bring some order to the myriad on-line ventures in which both new and old higher education providers were engaging. Our focus has been on the placement of research universities, as initiators and respondents, in this universe. We were especially interested to see whether, with discussion and analysis, we could define a common language and reveal underlying patterns that would be useful for higher education decision-makers and scholars alike. At the peak of the confusing dot.com frenzy, in 1999, these concerns seemed especially timely. Needless to say, the landscape shifted as much between 2000 and our
October 2001 meeting as it had in the few years prior to 1999. It is just this rapid pace of change—in business models, technologies, stakeholder demands and attitudes—that drove our original interest in issues of typology, categorization, and conceptual models. Cataloguing these shifts and rapidly disseminating our work has been an important goal of this project. The progress we have made to date is reflected in the materials and papers in this publication and on our website.