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Melissa Emrey-Arras – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the entry ramp to federal grants and loans that many students depend on to afford college. Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act in 2020 in part to make it easier to apply for federal aid. However, Education's rollout of the new FAFSA has suffered from numerous challenges and delays.…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Programs, Audits (Verification), Information Systems
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Leggate, Peter; Dyer, Hilary – Electronic Library, 1985
This second in a series of six articles introducing microcomputer applications in smaller libraries describes the main microcomputer hardware components--processors, internal and external memory, buses, printers, communications, hardware. Importance of ergonomic factors in equipment design, multi-user and network configurations, and the role of…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Design Requirements
Corcoran, Elizabeth – Scientific American, 1989
Described is hypermedia including computers, videodisks, and monitors. Classroom and industry applications are discussed. Some criticism and issues involving the hypermedia are summarized. (YP)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
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Marshall, Eliot – Science, 1989
Describes the formation of the supercomputer system which reaches from Seattle to South Florida. Explains the major obstacles of international protocols, billing, priority routing, and security. (RT)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Networks, Computers, Database Producers
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Dessy, Raymond E., Ed. – Analytical Chemistry, 1982
Discusses five approaches used by industry/colleges to provide local area network (LAN) capabilities in the analytical laboratory: (1) mixed baseband bus network coupled to a star net; (2) broadband bus network; (3) ring network; (4) star network coupled to broadband net; and (5) simple multiprocessor center. Part I (September issue) focused on…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Communications, Computer Programs
Partee, Barbara H., Ed.; And Others – 1985
The proceedings of a workshop on the study of information, computation, and cognition, a field of interdisciplinary research that includes communication research in artificial intelligence, computer science, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and psychology, gives an overview of the status of funding support for the field and the concerns of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communications, Computational Linguistics, Federal Aid
Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, VA. – 2000
This booklet highlights the efforts of five employers that rely on information technology (IT) workers and one "intermediary" organization connecting workplace experiences to classroom learning for secondary education students. The introduction lists the employers' and organizations' names, locations, and featured practices. The next…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adjustment (to Environment), Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies