Outlines design requirements for situation description, policy specifications, and decision consequences feedback systems of type that could be used to help manage Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) portfolios for large organizations. Several systems are described, and three additional systems design characteristics are…

Research proposals funded by the National Academic Advising Association are summarized. Topics include adult student retention factors, high-risk students' learning processes, undergraduate engineering performance predictors, traditional and computerized advising in research universities, re-entry women, advisor training through case studies,…