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ERIC Number: ED291293
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Sep
Pages: 93
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Business School Computer Usage, Fourth Annual UCLA Survey.
Frand, Jason L.; And Others
The changing nature of the business school computing environment is monitored in a report whose purpose is to provide deans and other policy-makers with information to use in making allocation decisions and program plans. This survey focuses on resource allocations of 249 accredited U.S. business schools and 15 Canadian schools. A total of 128 schools completed the 13-page questionnaire, yielding a 48% response rate. The report is divided into nine sections: (1) introduction; (2) profile of surveyed schools (demographics, budgets); (3) computer resources (mainframes, minicomputers, and computing staff and services); (4) microcomputers (models and market penetration, microcomputer densities, acquisition and ownership, and portable systems); (5) communications (terminal and microcomputer communications, and local and wide area networks); (6) software (word processing, spreadsheets, database management systems, integrated and statistical packages, mathematical modeling, simulation, games, languages and graphics); (7) instruction and research (curriculum penetration, courseware sources, classroom electronic equipment, training, computer course and language requirements, and available databases); (8) administrative activities; and (9) summary and issues. The evidence supports the general impression that microcomputers have become a significant component in a school's resources; whereas 20% of schools had microcomputers 5 years ago, today the figure is 100%. Operational costs and computers support staff are important funding allocation issues. Data are presented in 17 tables and 10 figures. Three appendices comprising nearly half the document provide data on the schools and their mainframe/minicomputer and microcomputer equipment. (KM)
Information Systems Research Program, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1481 ($7.50).
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard, MA.
Authoring Institution: California Univ., Los Angeles. Graduate School of Management.
Identifiers - Location: Canada
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A