April 13, 2001

A College Outsources Its I.T. Operations to a University

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

Cabrini College leaders had some firm ideas about the kind of outsourcing organization they wanted to manage their campus computing operations: one that understood their educational mission, their academic values, and their culture.

The small Roman Catholic college, in suburban Philadelphia, didn't have to look far, geographically or otherwise. It selected the larger and more urban Drexel University, just 22 miles away.

While outsourcing and