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Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Learning Systems Inst. – 1992
This program contains four training modules on the development and use of the education management information system. It is designed primarily for planners and administrators at the provincial level in Indonesia, who are responsible for collecting, processing, and analyzing statistics for educational planning and management. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Bess, James L. – Journal of Higher Education, 1979
Improving the quality of classroom, academic, and management decisions through more intelligent and systematic use of student data is addressed. Kinds of student-data users are classified, variables of student attitudes and behavior relevant to each user are identified, and relevant published instruments are listed. (Author/JMD)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Data Collection, Decision Making
Ginsburg, Sigmund G. – American School and University, 1985
Sophisticated managers know that reams of data cannot take the place of important information. Planning is necessary to ensure that what is being reported in an organization is necessary and useful and that data are not assembled just because the computer makes it possible. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Information Needs, Information Utilization, Management Information Systems
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Joedodibroto, Roehjati; Martono, Andrini – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1987
Specific conditions and information needs of the engineer in Indonesia are described. Much foreign input is applied in development projects resulting in a continuous need for transfer of technology. Most libraries and information services are not adequately equipped to provide for the engineer's information needs. Steps are being taken to help…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineers, Higher Education, Information Needs
Jones, Dennis P. – 1982
Data and information needs of college administrators are discussed, along with the uses of information to support decisionmaking. Difficulties in applying information technology to the administration of higher education are briefly reviewed. Data and information are discussed both in definitional and functional terms. Data are defined as either…
Descriptors: College Administration, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Higher Education
Anderson, Jim – School Administrator, 1987
Selecting an appropriate school district information system means obtaining the best features while sacrificing few that are desirable. Evaluation criteria include scope of work; integration of modules; accuracy of attendance module; checking "power" for attendance; a fast scheduler; graduation requirements capabilities; and before adoption,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Information Needs
Kitsmiller, Gary – CASE Currents, 1983
User dissatisfaction with computer systems usually results from too little involvement of the user in the programing process. Defining information requirements satisfactorily and taking steps toward smooth staff acceptance of the system are important prerequisites to satisfaction with the system's design. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Programs, Higher Education, Information Needs
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Wofford, O. Douglas; Timmerman, Ed – College and University, 1982
A marketing information system approach for college admissions is outlined that includes objectives, information needs and sources, a data collection format, and information evaluation. Coordination with other institutional information systems is recommended. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Admission, Higher Education, Information Utilization, Management Information Systems
Ewell, Peter T. – 1983
The use of student outcomes data in higher education is discussed. Consideration is given to a widely recognized taxonomy of student outcomes developed by Alexander Astin and his associates, and a classification of outcomes developed by Oscar Lenning and his associates at the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). Issues…
Descriptors: Classification, College Graduates, Databases, Educational Assessment
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (DOL/ETA), Washington, DC. – 1986
This self-study curriculum guide is intended to assist counselors and teachers in learning to use labor market and career information with clients more effectively. The following topics are covered: understanding career development and the use of career and labor market information in career counseling (changing ideas about career development, the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Information Dissemination
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC. – 1985
Directed to the heads of executive departments and establishments, this circular establishes policy for the management of federal information resources. Procedural and analytic guidelines for implemented aspects of these policies are included as appendices. The policies apply to the information activities of all agencies of the executive branch of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Federal Government, Federal Regulation, Government Publications
Frost, Renee Woodten; Gohsman, John – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1993
The University of Michigan's information technology division has undertaken a data administration function and strategic planning process to ensure the accuracy, integrity, reliability, and accessibility of the institution's data resources. These support both current decision making and future attainment of institutional goals and objectives. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning, Higher Education
Fisher, Mark A. – Currents, 1993
It is proposed that market research needn't be formal but can be useful. Suggestions include using a variety of existing information sources; conducting focus groups; using readership surveys of school publications; paying attention to the timing of surveys; and sharing results with others who can use it. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Higher Education, Information Seeking
Oregon Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, Salem. – 1980
The Oregon Network is an approach to developing an occupational information system that is an interconnected set of persons, programs, and systems established for the purpose of developing, delivering, and using occupational information. This guide describes that network for potential users. The four sections of the guide define the network,…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Planning, Delivery Systems, Information Dissemination
Sheehan, Bernard S.; Newsted, Peter R. – 1984
Computer-based support services needed by individual planners/managers in small academic units (deans' and department heads' offices) within a larger higher education environment should provide the capability to interact easily and inexpensively with powerful information systems which allow the planner to integrate data from several sources, test…
Descriptors: Deans, Department Heads, Educational Planning, Educational Research
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