A study was conducted at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan to determine selection of a computer for both academic and administrative purposes. The university has a total enrollment of 2,100 students and includes a college, graduate school and seminary. An initial feasibility study delineated criteria and desirable components of the…

This is the report of a feasibility study on the subject of a formal association between the Drama Department of the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Chapter I, the Introduction, states and defines the problem and presents the objectives and procedures of the study. Chapter II deals with questions of…

A survey of 101 college aviation faculty that received a 79% response indicated that 68.3% agree on the current need and 75.9% on the future need for a nonengineering doctoral program in aeronautical/aerospace sciences; 51% believe the Council on Aviation Accreditation would be more willing to accredit institutions with such programs. (SK)

This "theme" issue offers 17 articles all on the subject of dentistry education programs sponsored by the Macy project, a 24-month effort to assess the feasibility of "community-based clinical dental education." Following an introduction, articles are grouped into those concerning problems (financing dental education, public financing of dental…

Dimensions and perspectives of the external degree as a potential thrust for the University System of Georgia, are explored in this report. Emphasis is placed on a definition of terms, significant developments in the external degree movement, the scope of educational decisionmaking required in planning external degree programs, forces and…

Two articles describe the University of Michigan Brittle Book Microfilming Project. The first explains the procedures of the program and describes a cost study which determined the average time and cost of processing titles through the program, and identified procedures for revision. The second describes changes implemented after the study. (EM)

Provides continuing higher education administrators responsible for new program development with an introductory model for conducting feasibility studies. (JOW)

Watts (1993) attributes problems encountered in developing computer-aided career guidance systems to political and economic issues rather than technical or professional ones, a conclusion based largely on experience with the UK PROSPECT system. Offers an alternative view which draws attention to the role of project management in creating some of…

This study examined the feasibility of ordering an e-book (electronic book) to replace a lost or brittle book in the Kent State University (Ohio) library. The study checked a representative sample of 234 books lost during July to December 2000 to see the availability of the book in e-form, as well as the cost of the print versus the e-book…

In this report, two feasibility studies for international airports in the Far East, at Jakarta, Indonesia, and at Hong Kong, are described. For each situation, questions concerning the utilization and development of available facilities, future needs, and sources of finance were among questions investigated. This paper describes steps involved in…

This document was designed to study the feasibility of an external degree program among the member institutions of the Michigan Council of State College Presidents (MCSCP). Data were collected concerning the specific undergraduate and graduate noncampus, evening and Saturday activities available for credit during 1971-72 and analyzed by frequency…

This article discusses the steps involved in conducting a feasibility study to assess the need for an RN-BSN baccalaureate program at a particular site. It also presents a case report of a feasibility study for an outreach baccalaureate program for registered nurses in Colorado Springs. (Author/CT)

Describes a simulation of OCLC's TAPECON retrospective conversion service and its impact on an online catalog in a large university research library. The analysis includes results of Library of Congress Card Numbers, author/title, and title searches, and hit rates based on an analysis of OCLC and locally generated reports. (three references)…

Responds to Closs' (1994) article concerning the project management concerns of the UK PROSPECT system. Suggests that the problems encountered in the implementation of UK PROSPECT were not caused by project management, but were, as suggested by Watts (1993), economic and political in nature. (JPS)

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS PAPERS OFFERED AT A CONFERENCE ON INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY. CONSIDERATIONS WERE OFFERED ON THE ROLE PLAYED BY INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH IN CAMPUS PLANNING, STUDENT ADMISSION AND FOLLOWUP STUDIES, FACULTY EVALUATION, INTERINSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION AND ADAPTATION TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATION. PAPERS…