Campus Consortium Explained

Campus Consortium
Type:Not for Profit
Industry:K-12, Higher Education
Founder:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Oklahoma State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Case Western Reserve University, University of Montana and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Location City:Miami, Florida
Area Served:10+ countries
Key People:Karl Horvath (President)
Num Employees:50
Location Country:United States

Campus Consortium, previously CampusEAI Consortium, is a non-profit organisation which provides IT consulting services to colleges.[1]

Campus Consortium was founded in 2003 by fourteen institutions in response to increasing IT budget cuts, resource constraints, and the needs of incoming students. Among the founding universities are the University of Montana;[2] the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Oklahoma State University.[3]

History

Campus Consortium was founded by fourteen institutions—including University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Case Western Reserve University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Montana, the University of Montana, and Oklahoma State University.

Campus Consortium was incorporated as a non-profit in Ohio by Executive Director, now Chairman, Anjli Jain in June 2003.

The Executive Advisory Committee was established in June 2004 composed of CIOs from various member campuses:.[4]

In June 2005, the company received a grant from the City of Cleveland to move its headquarters from the BioEnterprise incubator located on the Case Western Reserve University campus to downtown Cleveland.[5] The following August, Campus Consortium received a Certificate of Recognition from the Mayor of Cleveland in recognition of the Consortium's active participation in creating a new IT industry in Cleveland and for the organization's dedication to servicing higher education.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CampusEAI is continuing to fund, guide ed tech startups. Crain's Cleveland Business. Check Soder. September 14, 2017. November 9, 2017.
  2. Web site: University Relations | The University of Montana-Missoula . Umt.edu . 2006-12-15 . 2010-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101108202618/http://www.umt.edu/urelations/TGIF/archive/121506.htm . 2010-11-08 . dead .
  3. Web site: Accreditation at Oklahoma State University . Accreditation.okstate.edu . 2010-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100618094602/http://accreditation.okstate.edu/RR/selfstudy/report/intro.html . 2010-06-18 . dead .
  4. http://community.campuseai.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=215695&name=DLFE-3589.pdf
  5. Web site: City's tech community to grow. 8 June 2005.