The author presents a framework against which educational 'data processing' tasks can be examined relative to each other." (Author/AK)

Information from the NASSP research project conducted in 1971, including suggestions on equipment, programs available, staff training, and school-manufacturer cooperation. (SP)

As the cost of computing decreases, computer aids are becoming readily available for facility planning, construction, and operation; three important technologies are decision support systems, computer-aided design, and management information systems. This article discusses the applications and availability of these systems, hardware and software…

A superintendent discusses the applications he is finding for a computer in his school district. (LS)

This monograph on the cost and use of computers in education consists of two parts. Part I is a report of the President's Science Advisory Committee concerning the cost and use of the computer in undergraduate, secondary, and higher education. In addition, the report contains a discussion of the interaction between research and educational uses of…

A survey was conducted to determine the extent to which electronic data processing (EDP) equipment is used by state education agencies, to define the applications being made of EDP equipment by state education agencies, and to estimate future activities required of state education agencies for systematic analysis of management information. The…

This report contains data regarding the status of automatic data processing services in New Jersey's 581 operating public school districts during the spring of 1973. The survey was conducted through the use of a questionnaire that was developed in cooperation with the New Jersey Association for Educational Data Systems. It presents data in a…

Business and management study programs are making increasing but still limited use of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) as an instructional tool. The cost of course development and design for business and management instruction is high, but declining hardware costs and increasing use will lower per student hour costs. CAI is now used primarily…

The 57 institutional members of Region IV of the National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA) were asked to provide information on computerization for teaching and conference use. Forty institutions (70 percent) responded. Sixty percent of the respondents indicated having a computer teaching facility. Of the 16 schools without a…

The introduction of computers, systems analysis, and various new media into education has been heralded as a panecea for for all the problems now facing our schools. The potential of new educational technology is indeed great, but much needs to be done before it can be realized. Computers and computing languages need extensive development to be…

With data obtained from a National Science Foundation Survey on Computers in higher education, the differences in the pattern of costs and usage of computer centers at higher learning institutions on the West Coast and comparative institutions in the rest of the nation were analyzed. Doctoral granting institutions of the West Coast are strikingly…