TECHNOLOGY AND HIGHER EDUCATION

	Following are story ideas on how technology is transforming
the way the University of Virginia delivers its
product--education--and its services.

Technology and Jefferson's Academical Village

	How do you transform Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village
into an electronic village?  How do you install cables and wires in
a site proclaimed by the American Institute of Architects as the
most significant architectural achievement of the nation's first 200
years?  The answers are:  slowly and with great deliberation,
planning carefully to hide as many wires as possible.

	For details on the design plans of wiring the University's
historic site, contact:  James A. Jokl, director of communications,
Information Technology and Communication department, at (804)
924-0616, or J. Murray Howard, architect for historic buildings, at
(804) 982-5829. 

Technology and the University as a Workplace

	Technology is playing a major role in how the University is
trimming its operating costs.  In fact, technology is central to
four of the five objectives of the University's restructuring report
submitted to the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia this
year.  After analyzing and defining policies on data collection and
storage, University administrators are working on an "Information
Warehouse" that will reduce paper usage and costs. 

	  Among such examples are:  shifting administrative records
to electronic media; converting microfiche files to on-line storage
and optical disk; implementing a pilot telecommuting program,
installing voice/data/cabling capabilities in dormitories, refining
a telephone registration system for students; and providing faculty
with a computerized student advising system.  In addition, the
University has embarked on a three-part plan to help faculty
increasingly use technology in instruction.

	For an overview of how technology is changing the U.Va.
workplace, contact Polley Ann McClure, vice president and chief
information officer, at (804) 982-2249 or via mcclure@virginia.edu.

Technology and Faculty

FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP GOES ON-LINE

	Starting this month, University of Virginia faculty
scholarship will go on the Internet.  U.Va. Library's Electronic
Text Center is placing the scholarship on-line as a new service for 
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University faculty and as a national pilot project recommended by
the Associations of American Universities and the Research Libraries.

	Faculty can make available pre-print copies of articles to
be published as well as post-print copies of articles through the
new On-line Scholarship Initiative.  

	"We hope the initiative will serve as a model for other
universities and colleges, with the eventual aim of creating an
on-line, searchable, national archive of faculty scholarship," said
center director David Seaman.  He noted that the two national
associations felt that U.Va. was a clear choice for the initial
on-line scholarship project because of the pioneering work
accomplished by the E-Text Center.

	Among the benefits of placing the scholarship on the
Internet are rapid access to a wide range of works, an eventual
electronic archive of published articles and the ability to include
material, such as multiple color illustrations, sound and
"hypertext" that cannot be found in print journals.

	For more information, contact David Seaman at (804) 924-3230
or via osi@virginia.edu.

Technology and Students

STUDENT COMPETITION MAKES CASE
FOR TEACHERS' USE OF TECHNOLOGY	

	Prospective teachers from the United States and Canada will
battle electronically over a global computer network to solve some
of the tough discipline questions facing educators today.

	During the 1995 Virtual Case Competition, sponsored by the
Commonwealth Center for the Education of Teachers, students from six
universities will consider a scenario about children's behavior and
learning that will be presented with text and images over the World
Wide Web.  The competition starts this week and continues until
April 10.

	The center is the first to establish an electronic
competition for future teachers, according to director Robert F.
McNergney.  The idea is a logical extension of the center's earlier
work when, in 1992, it hosted on-site the first national case
competition for prospective teachers.  During the event five teams
from universities across the nation had just seven hours to analyze
and defend a case.

	The electronic competition offers several advantages over an
on-site contest, McNergney noted.  "It saves a tremendous amount of
money while linking students from different kinds of institutions
together.  It can also expose a large number of people to the idea
of cases, a method of study used successfully for years in medical,
law and business schools."  

	During the electronic contest, student teams will submit
their case analyses by April 3 and will then be asked a series of
follow-up questions by faculty from U.Va. and Drake University.
Teams will submit final responses by April 10, and the winner will
be posted by April 24.  A panel of nationally recognized educators
will choose a winner based on evaluations of the teams' performances.

	For more information on the competition, contact Robert
McNergney at (804) 924-0749 or via rfm@virginia.edu.
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AS JOB SEARCH '95 BEGINS IN EARNEST,
GRADS-TO-BE TURN TO ELECTRONIC JOB SEARCHING

	Jim Neumeister, a 1994 University of Virginia graduate,
postponed Notre Dame Law School this academic year to help future
grads find jobs electronically.  He accepted a nine-month 
internship with U.Va.'s Office of Career Planning and Placement
(OCPP), where he is creating an electronic career center that is
easy for both students and employers to use.

	By devising what is believed to be the first Internet
employment guide written specifically for students and recent
graduates, Neumeister is helping job hunters search for openings
worldwide.  In addition, with the creation of OCPP's World Wide Web
computer network site, students can search for internship listings
nationwide, browse classified ads in major newspapers, access
demographic and geographic information, investigate graduate and
professional schools and explore financial aid options.

	The electronic career center is reaching out to employers by
placing recruiting information and a profile of U.Va., its students
and rankings on its Web site.  Recruiters will soon be able to
register for interviews and to request student resumes
electronically.

	"Recruiters will eventually be able to enter directly into
the student resume database and search for students who appear to
match the company's profile," Neumeister said.

	In the electronic placement office envisioned by OCPP
director Lawrence A. Simpson and Neumeister, job listings will be
found on-line, companies will be researched via the World Wide Web,
resumes will be transmitted by e-mail, interviews will be scheduled
from remote sites and students will be interviewed using
videoconferencing technology.

	For more information on how '95 graduates are using
technology, contact Neumeister or Simpson at (804) 924-8900 or via
las2f@virginia.edu.

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS USE TECHNOLOGY 
TO CONSIDER JEFFERSON'S UNIVERSITY

	High school students shopping for potential colleges and
universities can electronically visit the University of Virginia by
accessing its home page on the World Wide Web.  

	Students can now submit their applications to the University
on diskettes.  "Believe me, that is a time-saver.  We simply put the
diskette into the machine, and it becomes a part of the student
information system," said admissions dean John A. Blackburn.  

	The office is also establishing server groups over the
Internet to communicate with high school counselors worldwide.

	For more information, contact John Blackburn at (804)
982-3200 or via jab2q@virginia.edu.

FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED ON INTERNET BY UNIVERSITY PRESS FOCUSES ON
VIRGINIA'S EXTENSIVE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY

	A significant resource for scholars and anyone interested in
African-American history is now available via a worldwide computer
network.  The University Press of Virginia published in February the
first on-line book by a university press when it released on the
Internet an updated 
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version of its "Afro-American Sources in Virginia:  A Guide to
Manuscripts."

	Prepared in collaboration with U.Va. Library's Electronic
Text Center and the University's Information Technology and
Communication department, the guide by Michael Plunkett, the
library's director of special collections, is an important resource
for anyone searching African-American history and culture.  The
illustrated, hypertext book is available at no charge.

	The University Press plans to add African-American resource
guides for other states and to begin publishing a variety of books
on Internet, says director Nancy Essig.  "With some scholarly
journals already published on-line and university press books and
reference resources sold in CD-ROM and other software versions,
university press publishing is clearly changing," Essig said.

	Internet users who have a World Wide Web program such as
Netscape, Lynx or Mosaic can access the book at
http://www.virginia.edu/~press.

	For more information, contact Nancy Essig at (804) 924-3468
or upressva@virginia.edu or David Seaman, director, U.Va. LibraryÕs
Electronic Text Center, (804) 924-3230 or etext@virginia.edu.


March 27, 1995