A study dealing with administrative computer centers in four-year institutions of higher education in the United States is described. Organizational impact on management of computers, descriptive findings about the institutions used in the study, factor analysis of dependent variables, and multiple regression analysis are reviewed. (MLW)

Data on levels of computer-related expenditures for two-year colleges are presented. The data show institutions whether their computer-related expenditures, as a percentage of total operating expenditures and in dollars per credit headcount student, are high, medium, or low relative to expenditures of other similarly sized institutions. (MLW)