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Showalter, John – 1975
Training state vocational education staff to generate and utilize labor market data was the purpose of this project. The objectives were to develop the capability to generate and integrate into a management information system labor market supply and demand data compatible with vocational education taxonomies; to train selected staff to perform the…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Educational Planning, Labor Market, Labor Needs
Clark, Donald W. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1978
Consolidation of Central Washington University's computing capability to an off-campus state service center and the use of mini computers on campus is discussed. The mini computer system is cost effective and provides an efficient on-line interactive student information system for the small and medium size institution. (BH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Centralization, Change Strategies, College Planning
CAUSE/EFFECT, 1978
Academic and administrative computer services at Trinity University in San Antonio are described. Computer services for the university are purchased from a separate profit-making company owned by Trinity University. It is suggested that the success of this type of arrangement is dependent on the local environment. (BH)
Descriptors: Business, Case Studies, College Administration, Computer Science
Rardin, Kevin – 1978
A descriptive model of the Fire Education Resources Information System (FERIS) is examined in this document. Information regarding educational materials relating to fire prevention, protection, and suppression is discussed. A description of the model is presented in two sections. Section 1, Problem Definition, surveys the background and needs for…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing, Fire Protection
Koble, Daniel E., Jr.; Cap, Orest – 1979
This report describes a study to collect, analyze, interpret, and report appropriate information that could be used to guide the implementation of an automated management information system (MIS) for vocational education in Vermont. The first section lists twenty-five specific recommendations for action to follow-up the completion of this study.…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Budgets, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Analysis
Burrill, Dwight A.; Copenhaver, Carol – 1993
The Information Services Plan (ISP) developed at Howard Community College (HCC), in Columbia, Maryland, is designed to ensure that the necessary data, equipment, and communications technologies will be available to enable the college to meet its strategic goals. The plan provides for analyses of the current information services operating…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Computer Networks, Computer Software
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
The way that the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) should conduct its quality assurance function of monitoring a processing contractor is described. For the following quality assurance procedures, information is provided on the goal of the procedure, activities to be measured, measures, and the role of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Software, Contracts, Data Processing
Bushnell, Don D., Ed.; Allen, Dwight W., Ed. – 1967
Trends in computer technology and electronic data processing as they relate to different facets of instruction and educational research are presented under four main topic areas: individualized instruction and social goals, computers in instruction and research, teaching the computer sciences, and information processing for education system.…
Descriptors: Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computers
Chartrand, Robert Lee; And Others – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
A series of 11 articles describes information technologies being used in the U.S. Congress, the impact of these technologies, and possible future developments. Included are a chronology of key actions affecting congressional information support and a list of readings in information technology and Congress. (CLB)
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Networks, Data Processing, Databases
DECROW, ROGER; AND OTHERS – 1967
RESULTS ARE REPORTED OF A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A NATIONAL ADULT EDUCATION INFORMATION CENTER, IN WHICH IT WAS PROPOSED TO (1) STUDY INFORMATION PROBLEMS AND RESOURCES IN ADULT EDUCATION AND RECOMMEND NEW SERVICES WHICH WOULD BE MOST USEFUL TO THE FIELD , (2) DEVELOP THE TOOLS OF SUBJECT ANALYSIS WHICH WOULD BE NEEDED IN THESE SERVICES, AND…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Automation
Plourde, Paul J., Ed.; Thomas, Charles R., Ed. – 1975
Addresses, technical papers, and descriptions of institutional administrative data processing (ADP) applications presented at the 1974 College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE) National Conference are compiled. Topics include (1) operational data systems, (2) management information systems, (3) planning and management systems, (4) new…
Descriptors: Administration, College Administration, Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs
Plourde, Paul J., Ed.; Thomas, Charles R., Ed. – 1975
Nineteen contributed papers presented at the 1974 College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE) National Conference are compiled. Topics include specific applications, data base management systems, and management techniques in administrative information systems for higher education. (DGC)
Descriptors: Administration, Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Galler, B. A.; And Others – 1973
A class project in a systems programing course at the University of Michigan sought to produce a system realistic enough to warrant production use, the underlying assumption being that the reality of the project would motivate students and provide them with valuable experience. Eighteen experienced students in the Computerized Registration…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Computer Science
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1982
A framework for monitoring quality control (QC) of processor contracts administered by the Department of Education's Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) is presented and applied to the Pell Grant program. Guidelines for establishing QC measures and standards are included, and the uses of a sampling procedure in the QC system are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Software, Contracts, Data Processing
BIVONA, WILLIAM A. – 1966
THIS REPORT PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS OF OVER EIGHTEEN SMALL, INTERMEDIATE, AND LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS FOR THE SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (SDI). SYSTEMS ARE COMPARED AND ANALYZED WITH RESPECT TO DESIGN CRITERIA AND THE FOLLOWING NINE SYSTEM PARAMETERS--(1) INFORMATION INPUT, (2) METHODS OF INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING, (3) USER INTEREST PROFILE…
Descriptors: Automation, Bibliographies, Costs, Data Processing
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