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Slabaugh, Katie; Newsom, Henry W. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1991
Two Ball State (Indiana) University divisions, Student Affairs and University Computing Services, joined together to create FastFacts, an online system which makes information on hundreds of topics about campus and local resources, programs, and activities available 24 hours a day via more than 2,000 networked computer terminals throughout the…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs, Databases
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Chiu, Jui-Man; Liu, Wei-Liang – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
The reasons that the current tutorial system (CTS) does not produce significant effects include the budgets and policies of schools, the greater independence of students, and the infrequent interaction of tutors with students. To reduce the deficiencies of the current tutorial system, this paper proposes a network tutorial system (NTS) and…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
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Workman, Sue; Childs, Melody; Causey, Jim; Moberly, Brent; Fitzpatrick, Christine – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2006
At the beginning of an academic year, thousands of students move into campus housing on Indiana University's Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses within a three-day period, and more than 96 percent arrive with at least one personal computer (and possibly also a PDA, cell phone, and gaming system), and most expect to connect to the campus network…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Student Personnel Services, Information Technology, Computer Security
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Salas, Grace; Alexander, Julie S. – New Directions for Student Services, 2008
Regardless of whether an institution is a reluctant passenger on the racing technology train or itching to throw another shovel of coal on the fire, continuing advancements in technology make it a formidable factor in life on college campuses today. While students are updating their most recent social networking sites, faculty, staff, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Student Personnel Services, Technology Uses in Education
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Heiberger, Greg; Harper, Ruth – New Directions for Student Services, 2008
Students today network with each other using technology as much as, if not more than, face-to-face communication. College administrators must not only recognize this phenomenon, but learn to use the variety of electronic media available in positive ways: to stay connected to college social networks, promote relevant events, and help students feel…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Social Networks, Student Participation, Theory Practice Relationship
Tunckan, Ergun – Online Submission, 2007
The Open Education Faculty Students Centers have been offering many services to students in Turkey since 1982. Building up bridges between students and faculties, student centers have had technological improvements since 1998 and thereafter quality of services have been increased and services given to students at the student center have been…
Descriptors: Open Education, Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Computer Networks
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Williams, Elizabeth A.; Anderson, Cary M. – New Directions for Student Services, 1999
Technologies that may be used to search for, gather, analyze, and disseminate information during the research process are explored. Focal points are networked computer technologies and technologies for facilitating survey research. (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Data Analysis, Information Technology
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Brown, Ray; Doughty, Gavin; McDowell, Valerie – 1999
This paper offers a brief history and description of a voluntary consortium of six church-related private colleges, the Associated Colleges of Central Kansas (ACCK), that is governed by a board of directors made up of the presidents of the member colleges. The schools, all within close geographical proximity, have a combined enrollment of over…
Descriptors: Administration, Church Related Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1995
Eight papers are presented from the 1994 CAUSE conference track on customer-centered partnering within and among higher education institutions in regard to information resources and technology. The papers include: (1) "Customer-Centered Collaboration: Libraries and IT," which focuses on the use of teams, total quality management, and…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Libraries, Colleges, Computer Networks
McCollum, Kelly – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
A recent study rated colleges and universities on computer connectedness, using such criteria as faculty use of the Internet for academic purposes (online homework, course home pages, online academic materials); required courses in Internet use; computers, wires, and network connections for students and faculty; non-academic Internet services…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis