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Howard, James E.; Gardiner, Peter C. – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1979
Proposes a computer-based simulation technique--system dynamics--for use in policy development and decision making by community college administrators. Utilizes the technique to create a model showing the responses of three student income groups to increases in tuition. (DD)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making
Howard, James E. – 1978
After identifying the components of a community college financial system as enrollment, costs, revenues and tuition, this paper addresses the need for a system dynamics analysis of a California community college district. This systems approach would assess the possible effects of alternative policies on the characteristic behavior modes of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment