Computer data on the technical level of devices, their speed rates, and computer languages of two Oakland County Michigan area centers' business data processing skill programs are discussed to provide information for other area centers on various hardware, software, and teachware. (BP)

Difficulties in implementing the EXCHECK/VOCAL System, a general program for mathematics instruction written in the VOCAL language, are presented in terms of informal mathematics procedures, audio and prosodic features, and proposed research. References are appended. (CMV)

This report, the result of developmental research on a planning information system for North Carolina, describes the planning process at higher levels of State government, defines a general information system and derives a planning information system from various types of planning, provides guidelines for system design and evaluation, and…

New technical specialties are emerging within the computer industry at a rate threatening the ability of educational institutions to train those who would understand and apply them. The industry's ability to undertake more ambitious projects and to thereby solve more complex problems is limited by an inadequate force of skilled manpower. Thus, it…

Statistics on computer manpower in higher education are presented. These are based upon three surveys conducted by the Southern Regional Education Board's Computer Science Project. Regarding manpower production, it is noted that there is a movement toward the use of only two names for academic programs in the area, either computer science or data…

Data from a survey conducted with National Science Foundation support, which was published in December 1970, are reviewed. It is pointed out that, with regard to computers in higher education, national goals stated in the Rosser and Pierce Reports have not been attained. Inspection indicates that quality was lacking in hardware or courses in…

Three outstanding features of the Rapidly Extensible Language (REL) System are discussed. REL itself is an integrated software system designed to facilitate conversational interaction with the computer, especially by those working with dynamic, highly interrelated data. The system's main parts are: 1) the operating system, which manages the…

More than 100 data banks are listed with notes indicating the sponsoring agency, the type of material stored, where available, and the number of references stored annually. Characteristics of data banks, types of storage, descriptions of devices, and storage organization are briefly discussed in the introduction. Indexes to the data banks listed…

Advocates that in order to serve their community's needs, administrators must encourage instructors to increase their knowledge of technologies such as microcomputers by participating in workshops offered by computer training companies so that students who find microcomputers in equipment they handle on the job will have basic knowledge of them.…

Describes the phases of a data processing project used to help computer science students become better writers. (FL)

Construction of a separate data base for university planning information is proposed. Characteristics of a planning system and its relationship to other university systems are discussed as well as the need for data bases that contain both quantitative and nonquantitative information. (BH)

Discusses the technological changes that have occurred in computers and the recent and projected employment trends in the major computer occupations. Implications of growth in computer occupations are examined in five areas: education, recruiting techniques, salaries, competition between industry and education, and employment opportunities. (CT)

As an illustration of an attempt at dealing with the problem of time-sharing small computers for laboratory control resulting from conflicts between real-time responsiveness needs and the matter of priorities and administration of the system as a whole, a description is provided of a time-shared system that is used to control and service multiple…

The Texas plan for computer services provides services to public school districts through a statewide network of 20 regional Education Service Centers (ESC). Each of the three Multi-Regional Processing Centers (MRPCs) operates a large computer facility providing school district services within from three to eight ESC regions; each of the five…

This compilation of papers presented at the sixteenth annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing presents 13 papers on the library within the context of technological developments in publishing and related facets of human communication. Instead of focusing on library automation per se, the contributors have chosen to look at various…