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Direct linkCharp, Sylvia; Hines, Duffy – New Directions for Higher Education, 1988
Networking trends have accelerated the convergence of computers and communications. With this and the increasing need to share resources and information, educators are faced with many considerations concerning vendor selection, equipment compatibility, performance criteria, wire and cable specifications, and installation of selection systems to…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Equipment Utilization
Dunn, John A., Jr.; Glover, Robert H. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1988
Many operational and some tactical information needs can be well supported with current information technology and campus-based data, but information support for many tactical and most strategic decisions may be aided by interinstitutional collaboration. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making
Green, Kenneth C. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1988
The past decade has seen dramatic changes in administrative computing, including more systems, more applications, a new group of computer users, and new opportunities for computer use in campus administration. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change
Hawkins, Brian L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1988
University computing is in rapid and continuing change. What is needed are structures and procedures flexible and adaptable enough to capture new opportunities and stable enough to allow order in each transition. This must involve all parts of the institutional community and include both centralized and decentralized participation. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Centralization, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education
Kissler, Gerald R. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1988
As campus computing is decentralized, new responsibilities will devolve to deans. These can be met by appointing faculty committees to develop academic computing plans for teaching and research, assigning departmental staff to administrative systems project development teams, and forming new alliances with directors responsible for academic and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Faculty, Computer Oriented Programs
Ryland, Jane N. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1988
The microcomputer revolution, in which small and large computers have gained tremendously in capability, has created a distributed computing environment. This circumstance presents administrators with the opportunities and the dilemmas of choosing appropriate computing resources for each situation. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
Powell, James L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1988
The description of the day of a hypothetical college president and his intense use of microcomputers illustrates how the use of this technology may become integrated into administrative style and efficiency. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Presidents, Computer Oriented Programs
Albert, Louis S.; Marchese, Theodore J. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1988
A step-by-step transition to automation at the American Association for Higher Education led to a smaller staff and higher individual productivity. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Efficiency
