This study examined salary data for 6,476 college faculty in the field of computer and information sciences for both public and private institutions for the years 1995-1996 and 1998-1999. The study reflects data obtained from the 279 public and 386 private institutions that participated in both study years. The study found that the average faculty…

Discusses the user-oriented design, technology application, and innovative re-organization employed in the new facility of the Iowa City Public Library. Shelving of audiovisual materials, open access, cable television, the online catalog, and staffing considerations are noted. Nine references are cited. (EJS)

Reviews computer assisted instruction projects in these categories: major implementations and evaluations, dissemination projects, authoring languages/systems, intelligent CAI, use of computers in nontraditional teaching environments, and CAI work directly/indirectly resulting in generation of new theories. Six major conclusions resulting from the…

An evaluation of an informatics program was based on students' academic success from 1973 to 1979. Four main influences in the course's success were analyzed: curriculum development, qualifications of students applying for the highly mathematical course, increase in faculty, and correlation of curriculum and student qualifications. (Author/MSE)

Helping teachers understand the relationship between the message of instructional content and the medium of instructional technology is a legitimate focus for colleges of education. Colleges of education can respond to the need for computer sophistication by creating survey courses on the uses of computers in education. (JN)

Describes the nature and use of computer algebra and its applications to various physical sciences. Includes diagrams illustrating, among others, a computer algebra system and flow chart of operation of the Euclidean algorithm. (SK)

A major information systems planning study undertaken by Boston University and recommendations that were made to enable the university to meet the new demands and changing priorities of educational management are discussed. (BH)

The planning, design, and implementation of an information system at Pepperdine University in California is described. The difficulties of total redesign and new programing of a management information system are explained and recommendations for this process are made. (BH)

Computer-managed instruction (CMI) has potential for helping solve research and instructional management problems. Computer-managed individualized instruction involves the scoring of diagnostic tests, generation of study prescriptions, and record keeping. (JN)

Describes the programs and courses of the sales training department at British Airways from induction to management level. The staff uses one of the largest commercial computer facilities in the world to provide seat reservations, fare quotations and tickets, hotel reservations, and tours. (MF)

Developed by the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission for use in Canada Employment Centres and also ultimately used in schools, CHOICES is a unique employment counseling tool involving computers to match individual interests and abilities with suitable occupations. (MF)

To develop and validate a framework for assessing academic program quality, national data from the fields of computer science and electrical and mechanical engineering were examined. Results, which are evaluated from four perspectives of quality assessment, support the notion that single-variable or single-dimension concepts of quality are…

Describes scientific animation workstations, i.e., computer systems with visualization programing environments that were developed by the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois, Chicago. The need for visual communication between teachers, students, and scientists is discussed; networking, or televisualization, is…

New developments in the use of automatically scorable constructed response item types for large-scale assessment are reviewed for five domains: (1) mathematical reasoning; (2) algebra problem solving; (3) computer science; (4) architecture; and (5) natural language. Ways in which these technologies are likely to shape testing are considered. (SLD)

Presented is a scheduling algorithm that uses all the busses at each step for any rectangular array. Included are two lemmas, proofs, a theorem, the solution, and variations on this problem. (KR)