This paper discusses the management information needs of state governing boards and higher educational institutions in their efforts to develop and implement management information systems designed to improve institutional accountability. Based on a literature review, the paper describes the need and the experiences that state governing boards and…

This paper presents an overview of the emerging information resources management (IRM) concept and suggests reasons why IRM would be a useful framework for educational institutions. An introductory look at current information problems precedes a review of definitions of information and IRM in the literature, and a definition of IRM as used in this…

The first summaries of the CAUSE National Database, which was established in 1980, are presented. The database is updated annually to provide members with baseline reference information on the status of administrative information systems in colleges and universities. Information is based on responses from 350 CAUSE member campuses, which are…

Project Impact, a support system for the administrative and instructional staff in the Onondaga-Madison BOCES schools, was designed to support a diagnostic-prescriptive approach in the classroom by providing the information the teacher needs in order to make instructional decisions. It consists of a series of computer programs with a large storage…

This document provides a description and discussion guide for each of the filmstrips developed to accompany the Career Decision-Making (CDM) program developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. (See CE 019 229 for an overview of the total CDM program.) The following filmstrips and cassettes are listed: "Career Goals";…

Charting is based on the assumptions that relevant curricula will attract and maintain student interest, and that continued poor enrollment in courses is indicative of weaknesses in instruction, curriculum, or site/environment. Charting success or failure in these areas within the model of weekly student contact hours, average daily attendance…

The initial phase of a project to design a policy and procedures manual for the internal use of the Community College of Denver (CCD) resulted in the development of a taxonomy with a numeric codification scheme for all facets of CCD operations to organize this manual. Three factors were considered in establishing broad classifications to cover…

This paper describes the components of an Instructional Accomplishment Information (IAI) system, discusses general procedures for using the information reports to communicate instructional accomplishments to appropriate audiences, compares IAI information and standardized tests in a public relations context, and notes the role of educational…

This paper discusses the procedures best suited for storing, organizing, and using past and present National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data, as well as procedures and systems used for archiving past and future data, and the quality-control procedures employed to ensure the integrity and responsiveness of the data management system.…

This paper concerns the potential uses of management information systems (MIS) for clinical, administrative, research, and program evaluation applications in mental health settings. The process of developing and implementing a computer-assisted medical record in a community mental health center (CMHC) is described. Principles which facilitated…

This catalog is a collection of computer programs which have been designed and used as curricular support in Business Education on the college level. It is intended for use by the business instructor who wishes to initiate the use of the computer as an instructional aid in his courses. Discipline areas covered include: (1) accounting, (2) finance,…

The survey instruments that are a part of an ongoing systematic process of information gathering at Delaware County Community College (DCCC) form the bulk of this manual. Designed to familiarize the faculty and staff with the process of survey use for decision-making, the intended populations and the possible applications of data are described.…

The planning for, design, and implementation of information management systems in colleges and universities is approaching a state of adolescence as a science. Because rules cannot be devised with sufficient scope and depth to cover all institutional and systems contingencies, the necessary activities remain somewhere between magic and art. At…

The use of analytical models and quantitative methods for both short- and long-range problem solving offer library managers an excellent opportunity to improve and rationalize decision-making for strategic and organizational planning. The first step is to identify the problems confronting the library and understand its current capabilities.…

Individualized instruction including continuous progress education and team teaching requires a complexity of organizational structure dissimilar to that of traditional schools. In such systems, teachers must maintain extensive and complex student record systems. This teachers' manual provides an example of a computerized record system developed…