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Myers, Donald L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1981
The development, implementation, and features of Northern Colorado's continuous registration system are described. The system is an online distributed processing system, written in COBOL for an IBM Series I under the CPS operating system. Course selection, permit to enroll, and drop/add forms are provided. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Courses, Data Processing, Higher Education, Management Information Systems
Cobb, Jennifer T. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1982
The University of Georgia's course offerings system, an online registration system, is described. All section data are entered and maintained online; every element is immediately validated against the course, faculty, and facilities databases or tables. The data is the source for student schedule reporting, space utilization, and budget reporting.…
Descriptors: College Administration, Courses, Databases, Higher Education
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
Peer reviewedPrice, Gary B. – College and University, 1975
A study was conducted at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1968 to explore policy and determine major reasons for large numbers of course drops and adds. Findings are reported. The major conclusion is much greater effort must be placed on communication of course information to students. (JT)
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling, Courses, Educational Research
Peer reviewedYoung, William H. – NACADA Journal, 1981
The impact of registration procedures on advising at Western New England College is analyzed, and some constructive changes are identified. A checklist for analysis of how well the registration process serves the needs of students and their advisors is provided. (MLW)
Descriptors: Courses, Educational Counseling, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Advisers
Rosenthal, Daniel J. A.; Tantillo, Charles – 1983
A management information system that monitors course enrollments during an institution's registration cycle is described. The registration cycle includes pre-registration demand, pre-registration scheduling, cancellation for nonpayment of bill, in-person registration, and add/drop. The information system utilizes the course registration process as…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Courses, Data Collection, Educational Planning
Dimond, Arnold L.; And Others – 1983
A brief case history describing a situation in which two administrative areas of a college joined to outline a program for the resolution of a budgetary control problem is presented. Adjunct instructional costs had been escalating but with the onset of city and state fiscal constraints it was essential that such costs be controlled. Part of the…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Courses, Enrollment
Open Univ., Walton, Bletchley, Bucks (England). – 1977
This 1978 Open University BA degree Handbook begins with information about the university organization, correspondence materials, assignments and examinations, television and radio broadcasts, audio-cassette loan service, books and libraries, study centers, the computing service, handicapped students, tutor-counselors and course tutors, tuition,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Adult Students, Advanced Placement, Assignments
Center for Education Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1980
The Adult and Continuing Education: Noncredit Activities in Institutions of Higher Education machine-readable data file (MRDF) is a periodically obtained subfile of the larger Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS). Its purpose is to obtain a measure of the extent to which individuals beyond compulsory school age (but that are not…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, College Administration
