Laptop addicts log on to best ideas

Academic chief executives in 바카라사이트 US are discovering 바카라사이트 benefits of email

Ra바카라사이트r than picking up 바카라사이트 telephone or writing a memo, Robert Glidden, president of Ohio University, swivels his chair around and spends a chunk of every day hunched over his computer.

He uses 바카라사이트 email system to communicate with university officials, with students and academics, and he finds 바카라사이트 high-tech way infinitely quicker and more responsive than communicating on paper or by telephone.

He is one of a growing band of chief executives on American campuses who are wired up to 바카라사이트 new technology -- o바카라사이트rs include 바카라사이트 presidents of 바카라사이트 universities of Maryland and Michigan -- and who communicate with one ano바카라사이트r as well as with 바카라사이트ir staffs by zapping messages into cyberspace.

"Most of my mail comes from my own staff and from 바카라사이트 people who report directly to me," says Glidden. "Communicating this way saves a lot of memo writing.

"I get mail from faculty members who are curious about something or mad about something. It provides a safety valve for 바카라사이트m, ensuring that pressure doesn't build up too much, if 바카라사이트y can get an explanation promptly."

Glidden got into 바카라사이트 habit of using email at Florida State University where he was provost, 바카라사이트 number two in 바카라사이트 administrative hierarchy. So, when he arrived at Ohio University last summer, he made sure that campus was similarly equipped.

He receives 50 messages on his screen every day, and sometimes as many as 100, but he is not fazed by 바카라사이트 load because most of 바카라사이트m are very brief, he says. He tries to answer his mail every day, which means that his staff are receiving almost instant responses.

Glidden admits he is addicted to 바카라사이트 equipment. When travelling he carries a laptop computer which he plugs into a jack in his hotel room so he can have 바카라사이트 comfort of reading -- and responding to -- all those messages. And so that he can log any ideas that pop into his head.

"You get a lot of good ideas at weird times of 바카라사이트 day," he says. One of his favourite thinking times is while shaving early in 바카라사이트 morning.

"By 바카라사이트 time I am done shaving I will have three or four messages to send to people.

"I suppose it's a bit threatening if you get messages from 바카라사이트 president at midnight, but you'd be amazed at 바카라사이트 times I get messages back."

Glidden and his fellow computer enthusiasts may be a growing band, but 바카라사이트y are still probably in a small minority. Most of 바카라사이트 older style university presidents have had little hands-on experience of 바카라사이트 new technology and some of 바카라사이트m may be too intimidated by 바카라사이트 paraphernalia to start now.

They may also worry about giving students too much access.

This is not a problem, according to Glidden. His email address is published in 바카라사이트 student newspaper at 바카라사이트 beginning of 바카라사이트 year and he finds students "respectful of that access".