The major information systems at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University are described. The use of the feedback and feedforward controls in planning and projecting administrative functions is examined. (Author/BH)

Data in this computer-based information system are taken from reports provided to the New York State Education Department by degree and certificate awarding institutions through the annual data collection program. The reporting instruments used are the Federal Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) and the State Education Department…

The administrative computing operation of Miami-Dade Community College (Florida) is described. The financial aspects, equipment, and services offered by the institution's computer system are detailed. (BH)

In light of federal legislation requiring colleges and universities to provide accurate institutional information to the public, the first two stages of development of the Consumer's Institutional Information System at the University of Missouri-Columbia are described. (BH)

This monograph contains four position papers and two conference papers from the Systemic Evaluation Project (fiscal year, 1984) on the methodological issues associated with applying a comprehensive information system in a secondary school setting. These papers represent work in progress at a suburban Los Angeles high school field test of systemic…