Colleges and universities are ever changing environments which means that if a technical solution is going to be useful - it needs to be flexible. Open source content management and social networking application are built not only to get a site up and running quickly but they contain great collaboration tools which lend themselves perfectly to an educational environment. As technologies evolve social networking sites and tools are being used more regularly. Open sources solutions offer colleges and universities the opportunity to take advantage of some of the existing tools and also create their own.
4. Solutions are supported by a large community
5. Allows for experimentation and trials without a large investment
Here are just a few articles that show how Universities are embracing open source:
How the Open Source Movement Has Changed Education: 10 Success Stories
