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Huwe, Terence K. – Computers in Libraries, 2009
This article discusses Research Blogging, a community-run nonprofit organization that is promoting a suite of blogging software to scholars. Research Blogging itself does two things. First, it extends an invitation to a community, and it is open to anyone. Second, it requires its users to follow guidelines. The combination of rigorous guidelines…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Database Management Systems
Benson, Gordon L. – 1993
If educational institutions are to experience continued growth in times of declining enrollments, they must develop an organizational concept of enrollment management which incorporates all institutional areas in its activities. At the base of an effective enrollment management system is institutional research, which should focus on market…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Educational Research
Association for the Development of Computer-based Instructional Systems. – 1986
This volume is divided into full formal paper manuscripts and 200-word abstracts of presentations that were made without submitting formal papers. The 73 papers presented in full represent recent research and applications in the field of computer-based instruction. They are organized into 13 sections by special interest group: (1) Computer-Based…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation
Yost, Michael – 1985
This paper is based on the assumption that in shaping academic strategies for long-range planning purposes, educational institutions must be able to gather adequate information on which to base administrative decisions. Information on how the institution has operated in the past as well as how it is currently operating are critical items for valid…
Descriptors: Databases, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Higher Education
Boche, Raymond E. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1978
The importance of cooperative development among and exchange between university information systems is discussed. Cooperative developments in the California State University and Colleges System and exchange efforts between university systems in other states are described. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computers, Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Braniff, Thomas A. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1978
Distributed data bases in statewide and multi-institutional systems are discussed. It is suggested that traditional approaches to data processing and current data base software are inappropriate for a distributed data base system. (BH)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computers, Cooperative Planning, Data Processing
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Ramer, Maureen H.; Snowden, Mike – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1994
Discusses the rationale for applying management information systems (MIS's) to contract education programs, depicts an ideal MIS, and describes the MIS currently utilized in California. Suggests that computer-based MISs, such as California's Contract Education Data Inventory System, serve as invaluable aids in organizing and interpreting program…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Contract Training