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Download full textMcClure, Polley A.; And Others – 1997
This essay addresses the fundamental changes in higher education that make existing models of information technology support inappropriate and insufficient, and it suggests how new models might evolve. The paper discusses three primary issues that define the current crisis: overwhelming demands on the central information technology organization;…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Higher Education, Information Management, Information Networks
Clagett, Craig A., Ed. – Maryland 2000: Journal of the Maryland Association for Institutional Research, 1995
This volume presents five papers on higher education institutional research in Maryland, all of which were originally presented at annual meetings of the Maryland Association for Institutional Research from 1993 through 1995. The first paper is "A Day in the Life of an Institutional Researcher: Past, Present and Future" (Merill…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Freshmen, Community Colleges
Moore, Laurence J.; Greenwood, Allen G. – Association for Institutional Research, 1984
The history and features of Decision Support Systems (DSS) and use of the approach by academic administrators are discussed. The objective of DSS is to involve the manager/decision maker in the decision-analysis process while simultaneously relieving that person of the burden of developing and performing detailed analysis. DSS represents a…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Databases
PDF pending restorationRidge, John William – 1978
Suggested are concepts and ideas for organizing for institutional research so that it might become a legitimate and separate entity within higher education administration. The following three-way categorization of institutional research is advocated: institutional studies; management analyses; and periodic management reporting. The role of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, College Administration, Educational Research
Peer reviewedWilliams, Richard C.; Bank, Adrianne – Administrator's Notebook, 1983
Activities in three of eight school districts that linked testing and evaluation data with instructional decision-making matched the seven components of management information systems. Each district had a unique system that focused, respectively, on student achievement, school improvement, and staff capacity building. (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Parker, Sue – FEDA Bulletin, 1997
This paper, which is intended for individuals responsible for information management at British further education (FE) colleges, describes the attempts by a number of FE institutions to manage their information effectively and provides guidelines for FE institutions to follow when developing their own information management strategy. After a brief…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Systems
Pillinger, Barbara Baxter; Kraack, Thomas A. – OSA Research Bulletin, 1980
The concept and implementation of long-range planning for student affairs is considered, and a simple model for planning that could be useful to chief student personnel officers is presented. Several issues are considered in this process: the conditions and premises crucial to planning, a systematic approach to planning, the locus of the planning…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Environment, College Planning, Decision Making
