This paper discusses the problems encountered by the small or medium size college computer center and explores possible solutions to these problems by using the case study technique of examining a particular generalized data management system. The primary source of problems in smaller computer centers often springs from presidential and…

The administrative and financial structure of the Office of Administrative Information Systems and Services at the University of Illinois are briefly described and its financing outlined. Support software and special services are detailed. (MSE)

The characteristics of application generators and the reasons they are and will be used increasingly in collegiate institutional research are addressed. The incorporation of application generators within a total institutional data and information processing network is also outlined. The analysis considers the often noted "gap" between…