A research plan for identifying and acting upon constraints that impede the development of knowledge-based intelligent systems is described. The two primary problems identified are knowledge programming, the task of which is to create an intelligent system that does what an expert says it should, and learning, the problem requiring the criticizing…

PRESENT HUMAN COUNSELING SYSTEMS DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO VARIOUS DATA REQUIRED FOR THE FORMULATION OF "INTELLIGENT" DECISIONS ON THE PART OF THE STUDENT. A TAXONOMY OF DECISION SITUATIONS SHOWS THAT NINE OF THE 12 DECISION MODES REQUIRE THE USE OF A RAPID ACCESS INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM OR COMPUTER. AT LEAST FIVE OF THE DECISION…

Outlines design requirements for situation description, policy specifications, and decision consequences feedback systems of type that could be used to help manage Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) portfolios for large organizations. Several systems are described, and three additional systems design characteristics are…

Research proposals funded by the National Academic Advising Association are summarized. Topics include adult student retention factors, high-risk students' learning processes, undergraduate engineering performance predictors, traditional and computerized advising in research universities, re-entry women, advisor training through case studies,…