The use of the floppy disk as an alternative mode for delivering Information Services reports was evaluated for fiscal year 1985 by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). A 5.25 inch, 8/9 sector, 40 track ASCII floppy disk used under PC-DOS on the IBM PC and IBM PC compatible hardware was tested. Tabular data but not…

Describes a computerized information network, Vocational and Occupational Information Center for Educators (VOICE), that was designed to disseminate vocational education materials to practitioners throughout the state of California. (Author/CS)

This paper briefly describes the organization of a "data bank" containing research on communication networks, specifies the kinds of information compiled about various network properties, discusses some specific results of the work done to date, and presents some general conclusions about the overall project and its potential advantages to…

Higher education has been criticized for not producing a student who can fit in with the operational environment. The problem appears to be the way in which curriculum is developed, and involves four components: faculty, students, business, and administration. A possible solution is the development of an information system. (Author)

Alternative delivery modes that can be used to transmit Information Services reports of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems are discussed. The objective is to permit transfer of data in a more easily manipulable form. Attention is focused on the medium into which reports can be feasibly put, as well as ways in which the…