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Data from a brief survey of current and potential uses of minicomputers in small educational institutions suggests that the principal role of minicomputers in such institutions will be for school administration and for teaching the use of computers. In the instructional area, emphasis should be placed on teaching (1) the potentials and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Computers
Hickman, Linda J. – 1986
Technological advances in microcomputer hardware and software, including size of memory and increasingly more sophisticated statistical application packages, create a new era in educational research. The alternative to costly main-frame computer data processing and statistical analysis is explored in this paper. In the first section, typical…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Data Processing, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textDrozda, W. – 1968
The objective of the study was to evaluate (1) the needs and resources available to local school districts in data processing; (2) the needs and resources available for regional data processing centers; and (3) the types of services, including programing packages, that would be offered by the regional data processing centers. The study analyzed…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing, Education Service Centers
Shworles, Thomas R. – 1973
The project (1968-1973) was undertaken to demonstrate job and earning potential for competitive work of homebound and/or severely disabled persons who otherwise have not benefited from rehabilitation programs as they conventionally exist. In the lifetime of this project, three companies were formed: An non-emergency transportation service for the…
Descriptors: Business, Computers, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
Sharpe, William F. – 1969
A microeconomic theory is applied in this book to computer services and costs and for the benefit of those who are decision-makers in the selection, financing, and use of computers. Subtopics of the theory discussed include value and demand; revenue and profits; time and risk; and costs, inputs, and outputs. Application of the theory is explained…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Science Education, Computer Storage Devices, Computers
International Business Machines Corp., White Plains, NY. – 1967
The economic and technical feasibility of providing a remote terminal central computing facility to serve a group of 25-75 secondary schools and colleges was investigated. The general functions of a central facility for an educational cluster were defined to include training in computer techniques, the solution of student development problems in…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Centralization, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Storage Devices
