Temple and Pepperdine Universities have found it profitable to contract out developing a plan for new computer facilities, equipment, systems, and staff to meet the needs and goals of the institutions. (Author/MLF)

Describes how Ohio University devised computer forms that would coordinate the requirements of the university, minimize the problems of students in completing the forms, and meet the specifications of its data processing equipment. (JF)

Cornell University is installing a high-speed telecommunication system that will link campus telephones and computers with the outside world. Voice communication, computer data, and video images will travel through a university-owned multipurpose system. (MLF)

Cherry Creek (Colorado) and Los Angeles (California) school districts are using microcomputers linked to central computers to process student data. (Author)

Discusses how a small two-year college uses the excess capacity of its computer system to provide low-cost data processing services to 48 schools in its area while defraying its own data processing costs. (JG)

Michigan's Wayne County Intermediate School District, which serves 36 constituent districts, has converted from a centralized to a distributed computer system, resulting in improved and expanded data processing service to local district administrators, staff, and students at a substantially lower cost. (Author/MLF)