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Download full textAdvisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1988
An evaluative study was done by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance of the structure and costs of multiple data entry (MDE) processing for work on applications for higher education financial aid through federal programs. The Committee reviewed reports, met with Department of Education staff, completed a position paper, and…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Federal Programs, Financial Aid Applicants, Higher Education
Pope, James A.; Cross, Edward M. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1984
The results of a follow-up evaluation of a decision support system installed 5 years ago at Guilford College are reported. Changes in the system, resulting procedures, and the organization are described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Admission, Data Processing, Decision Making
Saunders, Laura E. – 1979
Institutional research and the role of information systems are examined and three types of information provided by institutional research offices are discussed: institutional studies, management analyses, and periodic management reports. The varying characteristics of research offices are described and the role of the institutional research office…
Descriptors: Administration, Computers, Data Processing, Databases
Arkansas State Dept. of Higher Education, Little Rock. – 1973
The Commission on Coordination of Higher Educational Finance was created by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1961 for the purpose of coordinating financial matters between public colleges and universities in Arkansas and to make recommendations concerning finances to the governor, the general assembly, and the respective institutional boards of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Processing, Degrees (Academic), Educational Finance
Hollowell, David E. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1978
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)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning, Computer Science
Coleman, D. R.; Bolte, J. R. – 1980
A planning and evaluation model for management information systems (MIS) at the institutional or system level in higher education is presented. The procedure provides an analytical approach for assessing the effectiveness of an existing information system utilizing a variation of the Business Systems Planning methodology developed by the IBM…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Data Processing, Decision Making
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
The issues, options, and procedures for annually measuring overall payment error in the Pell Grant program are specified in detail. Guidelines for establishing a definition of Pell Grant payment error are provided, and the design issues related to error measurement are examined. A comparison is made of options for selecting a study sample and for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Costs, Data Collection
Baldridge, J. Victor; Tierney, Michael L. – 1979
A nationwide longitudinal study was undertaken by the Higher Education Research Institute in Los Angeles to study the impact of Exxon Education Foundation's Resource Allocation Management Program on the 49 institutions receiving grants under the program. The focus was the behavioral consequences of management changes for administrators, staff, and…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
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The development of a complex, highly computerized system of performance indicators by the State University of New York provides the means to monitor internal progress, report to a skeptical public, and compare the system's performance with a national sample of institutions. The system is described here, and the performance indicators and data…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment
Touche Ross and Co., Washington, DC. – 1979
Technical assistance provided to loan guarantee agencies by Touche Ross and Co. under contract to the U.S. Office of Education (OE) is described. Objectives of the report are: to summarize the work performed and the results of each of the projects that were conducted; to describe certain prototype systems that were developed for the guarantee…
Descriptors: Accounting, Compliance (Legal), Computer Oriented Programs, Consultation Programs
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Univ. Extension. – 1967
PROJECTS REVIEWED IN THIS REPORT OF ACTIVITIES IN WISCONSIN UNDER TITLE I REPRESENT A WIDE VARIETY OF COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND APPROACHES BY INSTITUTIONS, AND COVER THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1, 1966 TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1967. FOR EACH PROJECT, THE PROBLEM IS DEFINED, AND INFORMATION PROVIDED ON FUNDING, PROGRAM ACTIVITIES, STATUS, AND OBJECTIVES,…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Arts Centers, Audiovisual Instruction, Budgets
