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Miller, J. J.; Skees, W. D. – 1973
The Montgomery County, Maryland Public Schools, working with Operations Research, Incorporated, developed a Pupil Master File (PLMF). PLMF is one of the several applications included within the Pupil Subsystem of the district's overall computerized School Information System. The PLMF is designed to provide: 1) a master file which enables users to…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Information Processing, Information Systems
Download full textFarber, Irvin J. – 1974
The Philadelphia School System developed a multilevel Management Information Feedback System to monitor the operation of the reading programs of its eight subdistricts. The major steps involved in the developmental process were: (1) the determination of what information was needed; (2) the development of noninterruptive information collection…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Feedback, Information Needs, Information Systems
Smith, Robin C. – 1973
A description is provided of the personnel subsystem of the computerized School Information System (SIS) developed by the Department of Advance Planning and Development of the Montgomery County, Maryland Public Schools. Other subsystems of SIS are being developed to deal with data relating to pupils, material, finance and facilities. The first…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Information Processing, Information Systems, Management Information Systems
Otterson, Carol – 1973
A review of the data processing operations used by the Tacoma, Washington School District to process its student records is presented. The first section of the paper provides some pertinent statistics about the district's student population and its hardware, software, and computer personnel. Next, a brief review of the results of a computer-usage…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Elementary Education, Information Processing
Creager, John A. – 1974
The Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) supports policy formation at two levels. On the static level, MISOE provides managers with data about students, teachers, administrators, costs, and the social impacts of educational programs which are essential to the accurate analysis of present policy. On another level, the…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Planning, Information Systems
Peer reviewedHyde, Albert C.; Shafritz, Jay M. – Public Personnel Management, 1977
Reports on the U.S. State Department's experiment with a new concept in management information systems for personnel resources--the Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS). Suggests that the HRIS approach may meet public executives' demands for accurate, rapid, responsive, and flexible information systems. (Author/JG)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Management Information Systems, Personnel Management, Program Descriptions
Conroy, William G., Jr.; And Others – 1974
An overview is provided of the Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE). MISOE is described as an interactive, computerized information system designed to be prototypical for the statewide management of education and to help managers at all levels better understand, through numerical analysis of past experience, the causal…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Administration, Educational Planning
Davidson County Community Coll., Lexington, NC. – 1973
Educational institutions typically have data filed in many forms in many locations, making the task of gathering relevant data for any purpose a difficult process. The Davidson Community College approached the problem by studying management information systems in other North Carolina institutions, searching ERIC, and pursuing leads in journals of…
Descriptors: Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection, Data Processing
Dyer, Maxwell – 1973
A discussion of the computerized Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) is presented. The author first describes it as a functional automated system, headquartered in the Arkansas Department of Education, which serves the record transferral needs of seasonal farm migrant children as they move throughout the contiguous 48 states.…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Information Systems, Migrant Children, Migrant Education
Alter, Steven L. – Harvard Business Review, 1976
Based on a study of 56 computerized decision-support systems, discusses the potential value of various decision-support systems, examines the challenges and risks such systems pose to managers, and suggests strategies for meeting those challenges and risks. (JG)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making, Guidelines
Peer reviewedGaunt, Roger N.; Haight, Michael J. – Journal of Education Finance, 1977
Examines issues related to real-world applications of higher education planning models, describing four different models as representative examples of the model spectrum. Also reviews situations in which qualitative considerations relegate the use of models to a low priority and situations in which information generated by models may be misused.…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Higher Education
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1969
The Language Information Network and Clearinghouse System (LINCS) Project of the Center for Applied Linguistics was designed to be a formal, adaptive network of individuals and organizations whose objective is to facilitate the transfer of scientific information within the language science community. It is intended to improve on formal channels of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Information Needs, Information Networks
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Vocational Education. – 1977
Written for the general audience concerned with management information systems for use by vocational education agencies, this document is one of six describing the Management Information System for Vocational Education (MISVE), and provides a capsule summary of the major purposes and features of MISVE, which was designed to provide users with an…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Management Information Systems, Program Costs
Desiderio, John – 1985
Proper planning and the use of current computer technology can provide a mechanism not only for coordinating and directing a broad-based recruitment program, but also for compiling a detailed database on applicant and prospective student markets. At West Shore Community College, these objectives were addressed through the development of an on-line…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Information Systems
Coffin, Robert – 1968
This appendix describes the Integrated Communications Experiment (ICE), a comprehensive computer software capability developed for the ComField Project. Each major characteristic of the data processing system is treated separately: natural language processing, flexibility, noninterference with the educational process, multipurposeness,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
