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Paul, Patricia – American School and University, 1985
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)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing, Higher Education
CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
The University System of Georgia Computer Network serves 33 colleges and universities throughout the state. It provides low cost computing services to meet research, education and instructional needs of students, faculty and administrators. Computers used and the general administrative structure are noted. (SF)
Descriptors: Budgets, Computers, Data Processing, Higher Education
Arns, Robert G.; Urban, Patricia A. – 1983
Issues and strategies for developing a campus data communications system are discussed. It is suggested that individual microcomputer (MC) workstations will occasionally have a need for (1) access, via a data communications network, to a more powerful processor; (2) specialized software; (3) sophisticated output devices; (4) central data sets; or…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Data Processing

Heydinger, Richard B.; Norris, Donald M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1976
The expanding networks of computer hardware, software, and organizations for controlling them and the institutional data bases they access are described. Improvements are making the data sources accessible but raise some new problems for data managers and institutional researchers. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Data Processing, Databases, Higher Education
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Washington, DC. – 1993
It is common for information about students to be transferred from one learning institution to another or to some other location. The ease with which student records can be transferred and understood often depends on their design, the efficiency of the delivery system, and how the information is handled by the receiver. The Standardization of…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Data Processing, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Prisk, Dennis P. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1981
Results of a computer needs assessment study by and for the Indiana University School of Continuing Studies are presented. Recommendations for cost effectiveness suggest starting with individual small computers and building towards a larger system. (DC)
Descriptors: Computers, Continuing Education, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
Leslie, Judith W.; Wright, Bill – 1983
The feasibility of a partnership between educational institutions and data processing companies is explored. The purpose of a partnership would be to advance institutions technologically by utilizing the best resources of business and education. Attention is directed to a framework based upon a succession of paradigms for explaining stages of data…
Descriptors: Business, Computer Oriented Programs, Cooperative Planning, Data Processing
Juckiewicz, Robert; Kroculick, Joseph – 1983
Columbia University's major program to distribute its central administrative data processing to its various schools and departments is described. The Distributed Administrative Management Information System (DAMIS) will link every department and school within the university via micrcomputers, terminals, and/or minicomputers to the central…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Databases

College and University, 1977
Proceedings of AACRAO's 63rd annual meeting cover: computer networking in small colleges; continuous registration; computer logic; computerized academic record overview; on-line registration systems; and analysis of registration and records systems. (LBH)
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Oriented Programs, Conference Reports, Data Processing
CAUSE/EFFECT, 1985
A major conversion of existing systems has significantly improved the administrative computing capabilities of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The training function has been emphasized as a vital element for an interactive computing environment. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Data Processing

Cohen, Joel A. – Journal for Higher Education Management, 1994
Copyright issues are discussed in the context of expanding use of digital media for publication and dissemination of information. Issues reviewed include conflict of academic values and copyright, the challenge of copyright protection for digital works, and the applicable law. Several scenarios illustrate specific legal problems. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Copyrights, Court Litigation, Data Processing
Emery, James C., Ed. – 1978
A comprehensive review of the current status, prospects, and problems of computer networking in higher education is presented from the perspectives of both computer users and network suppliers. Several areas of computer use are considered including applications for instruction, research, and administration in colleges and universities. In the…
Descriptors: Computers, Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1986
Proceedings of a 1986 CAUSE conference on the impact of converging information technologies are presented. Topics of conference papers include: policy issues in higher education, planning and information technology, people issues in information technology, telecommunications/networking, special environments, microcomputer issues and applications,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing
Ardoin, Beth; Weems, William – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1993
The academic computing office at the University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center implemented a campuswide system for information dissemination. The system has since been tied into a worldwide system. The evolution of the system is described, including selection and adoption of procedures, staffing, and development of publishing tools. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Software, Data Processing, Desktop Publishing
Chew, Robert L. – 1983
Reasons for distributed systems (DS) of planning and design for information services for colleges are discussed. The methodologies and approaches from industry and academe are contrasted to show how the process of DS can be effectively managed to meet a variety of institutional needs. DS represent a natural evolution of the historic development of…
Descriptors: Business, College Administration, College Planning, Comparative Analysis