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Cudnick, Ted M. – 1977
Management Information Systems are a successful reality at a vast and increasing number of higher educational institutions. This paper examines the need for and justification of the existence of management information systems and explores the various uses of such systems at all types of higher education related organizations with emphasis on the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Directories, Educational Administration, Governance
Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM), Princeton, NJ. – 1974
Proceedings of the EDUCOM 1974 Spring Conference are edited and collected under four topic headings related to questions of ever-tightening budgets and relationships between public institutions of higher education and state coordinating or governing boards. Aspects covered include the development of state-wide resources-sharing arrangements; the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Conference Reports, Decision Making
McLaughlin, Gerald W.; Howard, Richard D.; McLaughlin, Josetta S. – 1998
This paper describes a methodology for helping institutional research assess its roles and its effectiveness in supporting decision-making at all institutional levels. The paper discusses how to meet this goal by planning, doing, checking, and acting. Planning requires the understanding of the roles of the data custodian, the broker, and the…
Descriptors: College Planning, Decision Making, Educational Research, Higher Education
Wharton, Carole; DeBruin, Todd – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2005
Commissioned by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to assess the status of data collection activities in the museum community, this report reinforces recommendations made by a similar 1998 study, addressing the need for systematic data collection to inform public policy and museum management decision-making. The report examines a…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Public Policy, Directories, Strategic Planning
Frost, Jacqueline; Dalrymple, Margaret; Wang, Mindy – 1998
Institutional researchers play a key role in an environment where data warehouses are used to store and retrieve vast amounts of data. Along with the benefits of increased access for more users, improved reporting capabilities, and less reliance on centralized information, come questions of appropriate data usage, data access and security,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computer Software, Data Collection, Database Management Systems
Cope, Robert G., Ed. – 1975
These proceedings include 83 papers and 24 abstracts of papers contributed at the AIR's Annual Forum. Practitioners at two- and four-year colleges and universities, public and private (teachers, department chairmen, and administrators) as well as theoreticians are addressed. Papers fall into 13 categories: (1) presidential address and theme…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Evaluation, Affirmative Action, College Admission