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2005
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ847840 |
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- Working Overseas: Implementing Technology for a Branch Campus in the Middle East Chester, Timothy M. Multicampus Colleges Foreign Countries Educational Technology Telecommunications Accounting Library Services Overseas Employment Information Technology Higher Education Internet On July 5, 2003, the author landed in Qatar, a newly minted CIO from College Station, Texas. His charge is to design and implement the required IT infrastructure--including telecommunications, networking, computing, and instructional technology--necessary to support Texas A&M University's newest branch campus, Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ). With the exception of centralized administrative systems (student information, financial accounting, budget and payroll, and library services), this infrastructure was to be provided locally by a dedicated technology team in Qatar. The next 18 months proved to be challenging and ultimately fulfilling for the author, leading the development of infrastructure in a culture with values and expectations that differed significantly from those in the United States regarding work, communication, and schedules.