A system developed for acquisition of information germane to long-range community college planning in North Carolina is described. The three surveys developed for the information system can serve several purposes: (1) to give planners a basis for considering change/expansion of course offerings; (2) to give institutions a means of assessing…

This paper addresses accountability and the role emerging technologies can play in improving education. The connection between accountability and technology can be best summarized in one term: feedback. Technological supports provide ways of designing, collecting and sharing information in order to provide the basis for the improvement of systems…

Distance Learning (DL) initiatives are proceeding full speed ahead, both within traditional universities and in "virtual" institutions specializing in on-line course delivery. Much has been written about the virtues and limitations, the obstacles and enablers, and the "Do's" and "Don'ts" of DL. However, considerable…

Management of student teams in information systems (IS) courses so that students learn how to participate in teams effectively is an important task for IS professors. However, most research on this topic applies what is learned from student teams to teams in the work world, not to the academic environment. Three professors at two universities in…

Because the complex link and node structure awaiting users can lead them into becoming lost in hyperspace and cause them cognitive overload, navigating the hypertext system is often not an easy task, especially for novices. They may have difficulty perceiving a structure of an entire system, locating specific information, or using a navigational…

This guide provides recommendations for collecting accurate, comparable, and useful data about virtual education in an elementary/secondary education setting. Its goals are to: (1) identify components common to many education information systems that are necessary to meet the information needs of policymakers, administrators, instructors, and…

The current method of advising students at Grambling State University was compared with that of Computer-Assisted-Academic-Advisement-and-Placement (CAAAAP) to determine which approach would be more effective for advising students. The current method was a "semi-manual" method that takes quite a while to advise and place one student. As…

This Guide has been developed to provide a framework for decision makers, school facility managers, and the public to identify a basic set of school facilities data elements, including definitions that will meet their information needs. Chapter 1 describes the purpose, scope, and intended audience for this guide. Chapter 2 describes how to use the…

This report, annually prepared by the Executive Director of National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) for the NOICC Career Development Training Institute, provides current information on its performance. It identifies issues that require attention, and informs the Board of any NOICC management or policy decisions that may…

This paper presents the most important concepts and techniques to use in successfully searching the major World Wide Web search engines and directories, explains the basics of how search engines work, and describes what is included in their indexes. Following an introduction that gives an overview of Web directories and search engines, the first…

The purpose of this chapter is twofold: to provide the reader with an economist's view of education as a social investment and to offer a description of the basis for MISOE cost systems. (Author)

The rationality of the planning process can be increased by improving the exchange of information that feeds the decision system. (Author/WM)

A look at how the Atlanta Public Schools has utilized computers for collecting data to support a large community of computer users and a variety of computer applications. (Author/HB)

A look at Great Britain's plans for a comprehensive documentation system for the media, closely integrated with that for books and operating at both the national and local levels. (Author/HB)

Minimum, maximum, and average lengths and frequency counts for the data elements in the Chemical Substance and General Subject segments of the Standard Distribution Format (SDF) files distributed by Chemical Abstracts Service are presented. (5 references) (Authors)