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Using Technology to Improve Fee Collection
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Schoenberg, Doug – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
A child care center's financial health depends on collecting and processing payments. It is one of the most time-consuming and unpleasant administrative tasks. Fortunately, it's an area where the smart use of technology can provide dramatic benefits. This article discusses various tools and technologies that can be used by child care centers to…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, School Accounting, Income, Fees
The eProcurement Equation
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Briggs, Linda L. – Campus Technology, 2007
This article describes the benefits one gets when big schools roll out highly effective eProcurement systems--strategic improvements and savings. eProcurement systems are hot again in higher education, driven by unrelenting cost containment demands, along with industry shifts that have consolidated choices and brought top products to the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Costs, Administrators, Purchasing
The Computer Revolution and the Small School District Business Office.
Muir, Bruce – School Business Affairs, 1984
Describes the management advantages computers can bring to small school districts. Advises purchasers to select quality software first, then purchase a computer that can handle the software. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers
Lauderdale County School System's DP Solution.
Linville, Osbie J.; Bailey, Orville – School Business Affairs, 1984
Administrators in an Alabama school district found that purchasing their own data processing equipment was a better buy than the public consortium they had been using to supply data processing needs. The system, its uses, and advantages are described. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computers, Data Processing
The Student End-User on Remote: Providing the "Best Possible Access."
Richardson, Steve; Stratton, Lew – Online, 1994
Discusses searching from remote workstations by novice undergraduate users based on experiences at Furman University (South Carolina). Highlights include CD-ROM databases versus online searching, including costs; electronic resources at Furman University, including a special lab for biology and chemistry majors; front-end search aids; and software…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, College Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction
Electronic Timekeeping: North Dakota State University Improves Payroll Processing.
Vetter, Ronald J.; And Others – Business Officer, 1993
North Dakota State University has adopted automated timekeeping to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of payroll processing. The microcomputer-based system accurately records and computes employee time, tracks labor distribution, accommodates complex labor policies and company pay practices, provides automatic data processing and reporting,…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Data Processing
A World of Magic: Conference Papers from the Selected Sessions of the AACRAO Annual Meeting (79th, Orlando, FL, April 18-23, 1993).
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Russell, Michele, Ed. – 1993
Papers on aspects of college admission, records, and institutional research functions are: "How To Improve Office Morale" (Victor Swenson); "Staff Meetings: How To Save Hours per Month and Develop Your Staff" (LuAnn Harris, Shelley Olsen); "Selling SPEED/ExPRESS" (Laura Patterson, Thomas Scott); "Advisement and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes