Plenty of colleges have already decided to let Google or other companies take over their e-mail services. But the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee remains committed to handling e-mail on its own. Bruce Maas, chief information officer, explains why.

Scott Carlson, a Chronicle reporter, and Warren Arbogast, a technology consultant who works with colleges, talk about the headaches, anxieties, and general problems you might be having with technology on your college campus. Look for new installments every other Thursday.