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Following the keynote address on the importance of planning and the changing style of management in colleges and universities, various prepared papers developed the meeting theme of using technology in college and university planning. William Massey described the development and use of a computer model for strategic planning at Stanford. Edmund Cranch reviewed the long-range implementation of the planning process with reference to Cornell's experience. The design and use of a support Administration Information System for planning and control at the University of Pennsylvania provided another case report. Planning for computer and television technologies provided the focus for several presentations. After an overview of the obstacles to innovations with instructional technology by Franklin Patterson of the University of Massachusetts, Bruce Lusignan gave a brief description of the Public Service Satellite Consortium and Robert Scott from MIT discussed planning for the expense of information processing systems. (KB)

New possibilities for colleges and universities in a networking environment and the role of minicomputers in higher education were the two main topics of the conference. William Miller of Stanford presented policy prospects for the late 70's. Other speakers indicated some more immediate steps which administrators and faculty might take to utilize the advantages of computer network arrangements. A progress report on the EDUCOM Planning Council on Computing in Education and Research described the first steps in the implementation of a facilitating network designed to help a particular group of institutions respond to the challenges of network computing. Several papers addressed the policy and management issues faced by colleges implementing distributed computing on campus, noting particularly the influence of state government on public college systems. An analysis of the new technologies which will bring increased computing resources to higher education in the next few years was the subject of a speech by David Winkel. (KB)

Seminars devoted to different aspects of the immediate implementation of cost effective information systems were conducted. A keynote address emphasizing the need for tough management decisions to accompany information systems in the years ahead preceded the workshop reports. The first workshop discussed the impact of new technologies--structured programing, top down design and top down programing--and the management of programing projects. Planning for computer facilities and the budgeting and pricing of those services were the foci of two other groups. One workshop explored the present and potential impacts of minicomputers on the development of cost effective information systems in colleges and universities. Another taught the APL programing language to participants for use in administrative functions. The value of file management systems for simplified database updating, retrieval and report generation was emphasized in the database management seminar. A last group used a system model to develop strategies for academic library management in a time of rapid change. (KB)

The ninth annual EDUCOM conference developed its theme along four major lines: computing for research; computing for instruction; management information systems; and the allocation of computing resources. Papers in this volume address primarily the organizational and political considerations (Parts II, III, IV, and V), and technological/economic issues (Part VI) relevant to the utilization of computing and networking in higher education. (WCM)

A collection of papers is presented which focuses primarily on presently available technology of multi-channel one-way cable television which presents major new opportunities for education and to a lesser extent on the more advanced two-way cable which will assume increasing importance in educational applications in the years ahead. The 30 articles are divided into six parts: (1) the present status of cable communication in relation to higher education; (2) the market for cable-based higher education; (3) software for higher education programing; (4) the university and the municipal cable system; (5) institutional organization and administration; and (6) the university and the knowledge industry. (WCM)

Further developing a theme that has characterized several recent EDUCOM conferences, the 1974 EDUCOM Fall Conference focused on "Computing and Networks in Higher Education." Included in the conference program were papers and discussions on approaches to solving the organizational and financial problems of networking used in both the United States and Canada. The specific topical sections were: (1) national computing policies, (2) integrating CATV and computing instruction, (3) computers and the learning process, (4) networking for instruction, (5) management of systems and institutions, and (6) communication and innovation. (Author/DGC)

Proceedings of the EDUCOM 1974 Spring Conference are edited and collected under four topic headings related to questions of ever-tightening budgets and relationships between public institutions of higher education and state coordinating or governing boards. Aspects covered include the development of state-wide resources-sharing arrangements; the ways in which computing can be delivered; resource allocation within an institution; and computing for instruction. Addresses and papers are gathered into 21 subcategories of these four themes. Names and addresses of all conference participants are included in an appendix. (SK)

This book presents the proceedings of a 1976 Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM) conference focusing on the successful application of computer networking to education and research in North American universities. Thirty-two papers share the common theme of the need for management and planning, user services and support, and facilitating organizations. Topics include: (1) issues in computer networking, with emphasis on political, legal, technological, and marketing problems; (2) applications of computer networking to library use and administration, as well as to education and research in the health, physical, and chemical sciences; and (3) practical aspects of administering computer networks. A directory of participants is included in the appendices. (Author/KP)

Addressed to individuals in higher education who are concerned about the application of information and data processing technologies to problems in college and university administration, instruction, and research, the 43 papers in the collection are concerned with such topics as the nature of new information technology; the use of information technology in institutional resource management and program planning; institutional strategies for document preparation and information dissemination; information technology applications for student recruitment and enrollment activities, fundraising and alumni relations, and monitoring and controlling institutional energy costs; word processing for instructional and research purposes; developing a computer-literate faculty; access to specialized educational resources through computer systems; national and regional resource sharing organizations; the impact of computer technology on library organization and staffing; the use of computers for library circulation and inventory management; information technology and the storage and use of library holdings, with special attention to document delivery, remote access systems, and networking and national bibliographic databases; and contrasting views on the role of computer and information technology in institutions of higher learning. (JL)

The development and use of financial planning models, with a focus on the Stanford University financial tradeoff (TRADES) methodology, are covered in conference papers, along with the application of the Stanford conceptual framework in five institutional settings. Additional papers consider an experimental modeling language that was developed to implement the Stanford methodology: the EDUCOM Financial Planning Model (EFPM). Titles and authors of the 12 conference papers include the following: "The Case for Planning Models" (William F. Massy, David S. P. Hopkins); "TRADES: A Model for Interactive Financial Planning" (Nathan Dickmeyer, D. Hopkins, W. Massy); "Models as Planning Tools: The Harvard Experiment" (Sally H. Zeckhauser); "Transition to Financial Equilibrium at Oberlin College" (James L. Powell); "Modeling the Budget at Lehigh University" (Eric V. (Ottervik); "Modeling and Planning at the University of Pennsylvania" (Jon C. Strauss, Randall Porter, Robert Zemsky); "Financial Planning at the State University of New York, Albany" (Robert C. Shirley, Wendell G. Lorang); and "EFPM--Generalizing the Stanford TRADES Model" (Daniel A. Updegrove). Appendices include sample EFPM reports for Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University. (SW)

Provided in this report are substantive summaries of the papers presented and discussions held at the Spring 1973 conference convened by EDUCOM, the Interuniversity Communications Council. The general focus is upon issues and obstacles related to the development of national computer networks in higher education; these networks have become more and more necessary due to increases in both the contributions and the costs of computers. Part I of the report considers the general question of networking, with individual papers dealing with the kinds of networks needed, the development of a national science computer network, and computing resource networks from the buyer's and seller's perspectives. Part II treats networking for disciplinary users, with specific presentations reviewing applications in transportation, chemistry and chemical engineering, economics, business administration, and medicine. Part III covers national and regional networking. Separate chapters discuss: 1) the Advanced Research Projects Administration Network (ARPANET); 2) the relationship between the states and the universities; 3) network instructional aides; 4) the datacomputer, a network data utility; 5) Project MAC at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and 6) regional networks as a basis for national networks. (PB)