Higher-education institutions have come to rely upon technology to provide solutions and the infrastructure to support increased demands for services while dealing with a shrinking, less-experienced work force and tight budgets. It’s left up to chief information officers to find ways to support new technologies. Making decisions about which technologies to acquire today and which to adopt in the future can have a significant impact on budgets and strategies, and it requires wise choices, with little room for error. The Leadership Board for CIO's in higher education provides insights and strategies and personal relationships that can help IT leaders in higher education plan for and manage technologies and resources.
The Leadership Board for CIO's (LBCIO) was formed by The Chronicle of Higher Education and Dr. Michael Zastrocky in 2009. Since 2011, LBCIO is an independent higher education organization run by LBCIO members and Dr. Zastrocky. Dr. Zastrocky continues to work with the Chronicle on a series of sponsored Chronicle Webinars and a sponsored white paper analyzing the LBCIO survey data. The annual LBCIO global survey of higher education CIOs produced for ten years and provided insights into the strategic and tactical thinking of higher education CIOs and comparisons between types and sizes of institutions. We stopped doing the annual survey during Covid and currently do short surveys on specific topics chosen by members.
The purpose of the Board is to provide higher-education CIO’s with a series of online and face-to-face discussions to compare best or common business practices, discuss major issues pertaining to member functions and needs, and provide benchmarking data and key metrics to support both tactical and strategic planning. The size of the Board will be limited to no more than 50 members in order to provide a relationship based experience.
The Board meets regularly on-line and face-to-face with agendas for the meetings set by Board members. Board members also provide input into the annual CIO survey of higher education CIO's globally.
Meeting Schedule:
Online meetings will be held on a monthly basis around topics that are chosen by members. We will determine meeting times based on user schedules and time constraints. Meeting length will vary between one half hour to one hour based on the topics chosen for the meeting.
Face-to-face meetings will be held on a member campus for one and one half days. Usually arrival is the night before the full day meeting and the meetings end at noon on the second day to allow members to catch flights. Below is the schedule of LBCIO meetings:
Fall 2024 Meeting to be held at Fairleigh Dickinson University
Thursday, September 26, 2024 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Friday, September 27, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Spring 2024 Meeting to be held at The University of Mount Union
Thursday, March 7, 2024 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Friday, March 8, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Fall 2023 Meeting at The College of William and Mary
Thursday, September 28, 2023 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Friday, September 29, 2023 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Spring 2023 Meeting to be held at Yale University
Monday, March 13, 2023 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Fall 2022 Meeting held at Kent State University
Thursday, October 6, 2022 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Friday, October 7, 2022 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Spring, 2022 online meeting
Thursday, April 28, 2022 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Friday, April 29, 2022 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Fall 2021 online meeting
Thursday, September 30, 2021 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Friday, October 1, 2021 11:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Spring 2021 online meeting replacing face-to-face meeting
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 12:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Thursday April 8, 2021 12:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Fall 2020 online meeting hosted by the University of Texas at San Antonio replacing face-to-face meeting
Friday, October 9, 2020
9:00am - 5:30pm CDT
San Antonio, Texas
Hosted by Trinity University and University of Texas at San Antonio
April 1 -3, 2020 Cancelled due to the pandemic
Cedarville University
Cedarville, Ohio
September 18 - 20, 2019
Berkeley College
Woodland Park, New Jersey
March 27 -29, 2019
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virgina
September 30 - October 2, 2018
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California
March 14 - 16, 2018
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
October 22 - 24, 2017
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee
March 5 - 7, 2017
Saint Mary's College of California
Moraga, California
October 19 - 21, 2016
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
April 24 - 26, 2016
City University of New York, CUNY
New York City, NY
October 18 - 20, 2015
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
April 8 - 10, 2015
Texas Wesleyan University
Fort Worth, Texas
November 9-11, 2014
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Kentucky
April 27-29, 2014
Marshall University
Huntington, WV
September 25 - 27, 2013
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
March 6-8, 2013
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, Colorado
November 4-5, 2012
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
September 26-28, 2012
University of Florida
Gainsville, Florida
March 4-6, 2012
CUNY/Queens College
New York City, NY
November 9-11, 2011
The University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
February 9-11, 2011
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Denver, CO
April 25 - 27, 2010
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Washington, DC
October 12 - 13, 2009