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Dear Colleagues
In the initial posting to a new AIS forum, AIS President Alan
Dennis calls on us to explore and help to document “the new world”
that we see emerging almost as rapidly as Covid-19 races around
the world. As Alan predicts:
“The pandemic will end, and will leave behind a new set of
technologies and social structures. We will have new customs and
new ways of working that will persist long after the pandemic is a
fading memory. In the future, we will more carefully choose how we
work together, having learned that FTF is not the “normal” way of
working together.”
Several of us have considered the challenges in a series of
discussions focused on the implications of the pandemic for higher
education. It was soon apparent that such discussions would be of
interest to, and benefit from, the entire AIS community.
Therefore, with the assistance of AIS staff, we have started a new
AIS forum to blog and discuss how this crisis will change our
world <>( <>
https://aisnet.org/page/covidforum).
Please visit the site to read the postings and please share the
link with others. You need not be an AIS member to read the
postings, but only AIS members will be able to recommend, reply,
and create postings.
Starting this week, and every couple of days, one of us will post
to the new AIS Forum on one of the topics listed below. We hope
the contributors to our original discussion will repost their
comments and will join us in encouraging others to join the
conversation.
THE BIG PICTURE: Overarching Assumptions / What are the
Implications for higher education?
OUR STUDENTS: How will this Impact Student Demand? Next
Semester/Next year/Ongoing? How Does it threaten our graduates?
What Challenges does it present? What does it mean for Ph.D.
students in particular? We look forward to hearing from some of
them.
EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS: What Changes Can We Expect to See in
education overall or in IS Education? What about other areas -
e.g., health sciences?
UNIVERSITY FINANCES & STRUCTURE: What Financial Risks Does
Higher Education Face? What Can We Expect Regarding Budgeting /
Cost Reductions? How Might This Impact Industry Structure /
Competition? The Sports-Academy Deadly Embrace? University
Infrastructure? FACULTY: What are the threats / opportunities for
faculty overall or faculty in IS? What are the research
opportunities?
We hope you will tune in and consider posting. If you post, we ask
that you keep your posts under 500 words and relate them to the
“Covid-19 and Higher Education theme.” Please also avoid
instigating political squabbles. Instead, we favor hearing success
stories, proposals, and well thought out predictions - i.e., less
whining and more winning.
We appreciate the efforts of the AIS staff to put together a forum
at short notice, while they deal with Covid-19’s impact on our
association.
We hope to meet you at the Forum
(
https://aisnet.org/page/covidforum)!!!
— Dennis Galletta, Blake Ives, Munir Mandviwalla, John Mooney, and
Rick Watson
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