Students get more realistic experience working with IT professionals in the real environment of the university with its challenges and opportunities
Common data models that span the "information supply chain" of the university enable better integration and interoperability between applications, reduce data re-entry and improve data integrity
Common models create foundation for more usable and user-friendly applications that bring together "stovepipe" transactions in new ways
Model-driven user interfaces can be autogenerated and be automatically transformed for different bandwidths, devices, user requirements (e.g., accesibility considerations)
Strategic application of XML, web services, other Internet technologies into campus IT infrastructure and applications will reduce its overall complexity and cut development and maintenance costs
Opportunities for more systematized cooperation between academic and IT units will harness the enthusiasm and skills of students while reducing total costs for campus IT