1. Transformation and Innovation in
the New Normal: A Call to Action
Dr. Curtis A. Carver Jr.
Vice Chancellor and CIO
Board of Regents of University System of Georgia

2. Agenda

3. Some Background
• 35 Institutions of higher education
31
• You may know some of our schools: Georgia Tech,
University of Georgia, Georgia State, Medical
College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences
University, Georgia Regent’s University
• Central governing body independent from
legislature who allocates institutional budget and
can hire/fire presidents (CEOs).

4. Virtual Library
3,500 mile Private Cloud Software Store
Distance Education Collaboration Learning Management
Enterprise Security and ePrivacy
Student Information
Library Operations
Enterprise Financials Enterprise BI

5. Education, Employment, & Earnings

6. The Impact of Education on Individuals:
Lifetime Earnings
U.S. Department of Commerce-Economics and Statistics Administration-U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Estimated Difference
Education Level Lifetime Compared to
Earnings High School Graduate
Less than 9th grade $976,350 -$478,903
High school dropout 1,150,698 -304,555
High school graduate 1,455,253 0
Some college, no degree 1,725,822 270,569
Associate degree 1,801,373 346,120
Bachelor's degree $2,567,174 $1,111,921
Master's degree 2,963,076 1,507,823
Doctorate 3,982,577 2,527,324
Professional degree 5,254,193 3,798,940
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7. The Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development
http://www.oecd.org
If you are not moving forward, you are falling behind.
We are falling behind.

8. Percent of Adults Age 25 to 34 Holding an
Associate’s Degree or Higher
Source: OECD Education at a Glance (2008); U.S. Census Bureau; American College Survey
Georgia
United States

9. New Normal

10. New Normal Rules
• IT budgets, with two national exceptions, are
flat or decreasing.
• Large reserves are being held due to
uncertainty or are non-existent after the
economic downturn.
• Is there a difference between capacity
planning and portfolio management?

11. Technology Trends in the
“New Normal”

13. Advantages of
Statewide Network
• Economies of Scale
• Proactive Growth
• Campus Agility
• Traffic Prioritization

14. “On the Internet, the First Amendment is
• Data…. a local ordinance,” said Fred H. Cate, a
law professor at Indiana University.
• Big Data…..
• Location-based Big Data…..
• Big Data Driven Decision Making…..
What are folks saying about your
organization on Facebook?
Need decisions now
What are you doing about what they are Requires a report
saying? Report requires a collection
Do you even know? Collection requires months

15. Consumerization of IT
– Bring Your Own Device will change
campus culture, security, and instructional
delivery
– Managed/Unmanaged Applications
– Private/Work Split
– Who Owns the data?

16. Call for Action
• Maintain control
• Gain flexibility, pace and agility
• Lose micromanagement gracefully

17. Maintain Control

18. Gain
Flexibility
Pace Agility

19. Lose Micromanagement Gracefully

20. Questions, Comments, a
Conversation
Dr. Curtis A. Carver Jr.
Vice Chancellor and CIO
Board of Regents