In the modern world, higher education is transitioning from enrollment mode to recruitment mode. This shift paved the way for institutional research and policy making from historical data perspective. More and more universities in the U.S. are implementing and using enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, which collect vast amounts of data.…

The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of…

Describes a dynamic scheduler program that provides for preregistration of students and also gives the university administration options to change class loads prior to the final scheduling. The student is given the various options that he had under a manual system for both priority and substitution. (Author/IRT)

Information systems are becoming more than computer systems, with new equipment and techniques combining with data processing to form a new field called information technology. The emerging discipline of systems engineering is discussed along with nine systems engineering techniques. An organization chart of an information services department is…

At what levels should business data processing be taught and what should be the desired training or career education outcomes at each education level? The levels discussed here are (1) comprehensive secondary school, (2) secondary vocational skills center or technical institute, (3) community or junior college, and (4) college or university. (LRA)

The use of computers in Virginia's institutions of higher education is reviewed and the role played by data communications in the work of the institutions is discussed. In this paper, data communications is defined to mean the movement of information from one place to another without changing the value of the information. State plans for…

Describes a computer program called GRADER that aids the instructor of large or multi sections in recording student test scores, combining them with lab grades or other ratings and weighing each appropriately. (MLH)

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)

Quality assurance is defined and some of the tools of the quality assurance analyst and how they are being used at the Division of Administrative Programming Services at Clemson University are described. Customer involvement and training of the data processing staff to ensure quality products are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) provide greater flexibility at a lower cost than a computer. (Ed.)

Determination of policy for an institution's computer center is one of the most important decisions an administrator must make. (Editor)