In this week’s IT news, Columbia University’s Teachers College IT department decided the best way to fix its existing wireless network was to throw it out—and do some really innovative things. Also, how companies are working with higher education institutions and programs to help fill IT-based workforce gaps and bolster campus resources; and MIT’s new makerspace aims to forge global connections.

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