Article describes a lab to investigate instructional decisions and to help instructors acquire new strategies. It consists of a computer simulation of a set of students which permits the user, cast in the role of teacher, to make pre-instructional decisions. (Author)

A brief look at the potential of the computer as an educational research tool. (HB)

A description of the University of Minnesota's star shaped computer network for all public higher educational institutions in the state, primarily for instructional uses. (Author)

A Discussion of the development of a computer-based information system which allows flexible, simple student record maintenance for administrative use, while directly interfacing with the student advising process. (Author)

Various aspects of computer and information science and librarianship are discussed, including the problem of foreign language material increasing in the U.S. and Canada. (SM)

The recent experiences of the Ohio College Library Center's computer-based cataloging system illustrate how the computer can facilitate interlibrary cooperation. The paper also presents some of the difficult organizational problems which must be coped with in developing a computer-based cooperative system. (6 references) (Author/DH)

A computer-based accounting system keeps a documentation of investments. (Editor/HS)

Explores the present uses of the computer in education, points up identifiable trends, and describes some experimental programs. (LN)

At a time when computing dollars are scarce and computing power has never been greater, colleges are forced to look at some new computing alternatives. (Editor/HS)

Architects have devised a series of computer programs tailored to the planning and to the schematic design of community colleges. (Author)

A report on the computer time sharing developments at universities, particularly at Dartmouth College. Attempts to assess what value this kind of program would have in other locales. (AD)