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Articulation Outcomes from Use of the Products and Services of the Florida Statewide Course Numbering System.
Waggaman, John S. – 1982
The results of an evaluation of the Florida Statewide Course Numbering System (SCNS) are discussed. Surveys were conducted with the institutional liaison officers to SCNS, as well as with faculty members and department chairs. The uniform course numbering system is designed to enhance articulation, particularly the efficient movement of students…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Articulation (Education), Computer Oriented Programs, Courses
The Decision to Go On-Line: A Survey of Advance Registration Practices of Selected Colleges and Universities in the Southwest.
Cook, M. Olin; Parker, William K. – 1983
The advantages of implementing an advance registration system and specifically the benefits of being on-line were studied in order to help Arkansas Tech University in long-range planning. Questionnaires were completed by 66 colleges and universities in Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. One of the most significant…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Geographic Regions
A Mandatory Freshman Advising Program in a University of 9,000 Undergraduate Students.
Siegel, Dorothy; And Others – 1983
Based in part on a study at Towson State University, Maryland, retention was found to be linked to advising. In response to this defined linkage, a freshman advising program was developed which emphasized mandatory participation, increased faculty awareness of the complexities of advising, self-assessment, the merger of Academic Affairs with…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Freshmen, Counseling Services, Decision Making Skills
Linking Outcomes Assessment and the Freshman Experience.
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Banta, Trudy W. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1991
A review of externally mandated outcomes assessment activities and resulting innovations in freshman programs focuses on efforts in Tennessee and Virginia, in which higher education funding is linked to outcomes assessment. Areas examined include registration, advising, student-faculty contact, computer use, basic skills, staff development,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Basic Skills, College Curriculum, College Freshmen
Effective Systems To Cope with Increasing Demands and Decreasing Dollars.
Ferland, Raymond A.; DiMaria, Joseph P. – 1992
As a solution to the problem of serving large numbers of students with a small staff, the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) has adopted three new technologies to advise and register students and respond to telephone inquiries. The first of the technological innovations is TELUS, a telephone voice response registration system offered as an…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness
Distance Education "Lifeguards": Saving Students from Traditional Waters.
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Wilka, Kathy; Fitzner, Sue – 1998
This paper describes how the University of Arizona (UA) School of Information Resources and Library Science (IRLS) distance Master of Arts program works with policies and procedures written for traditional programs with different needs and objectives. Challenges discussed include: (1) registration, including using the university's automated…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Access to Education, Computer Uses in Education, Continuing Education