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Turner, Judith Axler – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1984
Allocating limited resources to an unlimited demand is an issue faced by data processing management in higher education. Use of the central computer for word processing is creating a demand at many institutions that is stretching and exceeding the available computing resources. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Computers, Data Processing, Higher Education
Klausner, David – 1976
More emphasis should be placed on "human factors" in the management information systems (MIS). They should be tailored to their users--the administrators, faculty, and students. Easy communication with an information system is a basic necessity, just as is the ability to get simpler answers to the most complex questions. All levels of…
Descriptors: College Administration, Data Processing, Higher Education, Humanization
Kornfield, Leo – College and University Business, 1971
Three university case studies - the University of Utah, Ohio State University and the University of Illinois - show varying levels of sophistication in their application, modification and practical use of management information systems. (Editor)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Costs, Data Collection, Data Processing
St. Thomas, Sister – 1985
The use of computers in hospital clinical nursing and implications for the education of nurses were studied with a sample of 130 hospitals. Of concern was how computers were used, which hospital personnel used computers in health care, costs to educate staff nurses, and who teaches nurses about computers. Questionnaires completed by hospital data…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Higher Education, Hospitals
Plourde, Paul J. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1981
The findings of a CAUSE survey of institutions of higher education that are either currently using or have used a database management system are presented. In addition to demographic information, other issues addressed are: management implications, systems concepts, systems development, personnel, operational considerations and prospects for the…
Descriptors: Computers, Data Processing, Databases, Higher Education
Lukesh, Susan S. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1988
Decision support systems integrate information from multiple data sources, both internal and external, to produce concise analytic reports for both decision making and planning. The administrator requiring information for decision making is usually not concerned with daily, detailed changes, but rather with aggregated numbers, from fixed points in…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Data Collection
Byrne, Thomas E.; Thompson, Christine W. – 1977
The significant accomplishments and events in computing at Dartmouth College during the period July 1, 1973 through June 30, 1976 are described in detail. The report is divided into six sections: (1) review of activities, (2) acquisition of equipment, (3) software development, (4) computer applications, (5) highlights of the first decade of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Data Processing
