Many IT-related personal essays and posts are on LinkedIn (https://gregj.us/29ks3al), Medium (https://medium.com/@greg.jackson), or my personal blog (http://ruminations.gjackson.us)
- “We Shoulda Known: Lessons for the Future from the Past” (Educause Review, March 2019, with others)
- “Campus Closures. What’s Tech Got to Do With It?” EdSurge (August 9, 2018)
- “Enterprise IT, E-Learning, and Transformation: Prospects in Higher Education,” EDUCAUSE Review Online (October 3, 2012)
- “Networking, Telephony, and USF Patterns in Higher Education: A Sample Snapshot” (Research Bulletin). Louisville, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (July 3, 2012)
- “IT-Based Transformation in Higher Education: Possibilities and Prospects“, paper for special gathering sponsored by the Center for American Progress and EDUCAUSE (January 2012)
- “Leading an IT Organization Out of Control“, EDUCAUSE Review 46 (July/Aug 2011) 32
- “Policy Matters: The Roads Ahead“, with R Petersen and S Worona, EDUCAUSE Review 46 (May/June 2011) 60
- “The Shrinking CIO?“, EDUCAUSE Review 46 (January/February 2010)
- “The Digital Carrot, The Digital Stick”, Chronicle of Higher Education 54 (30 Nov 2007) B20
- “The Strategic Role of Lunch”, in “The Organization of the Organization: CIOs’ Views on the Role of Central IT”, EDUCAUSE Review 42 (November/December 2007), 46
- “Opine”, The University of Chicago Chronicle 26:19 (July 12, 2007)
- Written and oral testimony, The Role of Technology in Reducing Illegal Filesharing: A University Perspective, US House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology (5 June 2007)
- “Compartments, Customers, or Convergence? Evolving Challenges to IT Progress”, EDUCAUSE Review 42 (May/June 2007), 36-49
- “Open Source is the Answer. What’s the Question?”, Chronicle of Higher Education 51:5 (22 Sep 2004), B17
- “A CIO’s Question: Will You Still Need Me When I’m 64?”, Chronicle of Higher Education 50:21 (30 Jan 2004), B22
- “E Pluribus Unum”, EDUCAUSE Review 39 (Jan/Feb 2004), 56-57
- “Network Security versus Personal Computing: Which Will Win?”, EDUCAUSE Review 38 (May/Jun 2003), 64-65
- “Vive la Différence?”, EDUCAUSE Review 37 (Mar/Apr 2002), 54-55
- “Ya Can Talk All Ya Want, But IT’s Different Than It Was: Conundrums in Support of Information Technology”, EDUCAUSE Review 36 (Sep/Oct 2001) 16-26
- “Digital Certificates: How, Why, What to Do Next,” EDUCAUSE Review 35 (Sep/Oct 2000), 58-59
- “The Wired Campus: Enough is Enough,” Chronicle of Higher Education 56 (Aug 7, 2000), B8
- “Yes, You Can Trust Your E-Mail,” EDUCAUSE Review 35 (Mar/Apr 2000) 54-55
- ‘”Follow the Money’ & Other Unsolicited Advice for CIOs,” CAUSE/EFFECT 22 (Spr 1999) 44-48
- Internet 2 Preliminary Engineering Report (for Internet2, 1997)
- “The Keys to Wise Investments in Technology,” Chronicle of Higher Education 41 (May 26, 1995) A44 (with R. Hahn); also reprinted in Trusteeship 3 (Nov/Dec 1995) 27-29
- “Promoting Civility on the Academic Network: Crime & Punishment, or the Golden Rule?,” Educational Record 75 (Sum 1994) 29-39
- Education and Computing at MIT: A 10th Birthday Snapshot of Athena and Her Kin (for MIT, 1993)
- “Project Athena in the Evolution of Academic Computing at MIT,” in C. Avril, ed., Windows on Athena, third edition (Cambridge MA: MIT Project Athena, 1991)
- “Evaluating Learning Technology: Methods, Strategies, and Examples in Higher Education,” Journal of Higher Education 61 (1990) 194-311
- Computing for Education at MIT (for MIT, with others, 1990)
- Computation and Educational Community (for MIT, with others, 1990)
- “Workstations as Roommates: Project Athena and Student Life at MIT,” Review of Higher Education 12 (1988) 194-311
- “Technology and Pedagogy: Making the Right Match is Vital,” Change 18 (May/Jun 1986) 52-57
- “Technology, Learning Environments, and Tomorrow’s Schools,” Peabody Review 62 (1985) 93-113 (with T. Deal)