Discusses such topics as selection of data elements, the entering and updating of data, and the computer software for an automated property accounting system. (IRT)

A checklist designed to pinpoint proper use of "transfer type" files also suggests a review of conditions of the planned storage area, local regulations, type of documents to be stored, and cost. (Author/MLF)

Asserting that confusion about the treatment of merit-based or categorically-based aid has revealed the need for a generalized financial aid reporting methodology, suggests a procedure for financial aid reporting that recognizes differing treatment of need-based aid before and after awarding. Offers general information about the theoretical…

Describes record linkage as a data-generating technique, and presents a method for linking client records to live and stillbirth records, using 32,974 births in the Cleveland (Ohio) area. Biases that can enter the linkage process and general research issues related to record linkage are discussed. (SLD)

Discusses how achieving compliance with the federal government's new Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) will require higher education institutions to establish, on a very tight schedule, systems to track international students and share data about them with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). (EV)

Suggestions are offered for teaching parents how to tutor their children. Four steps are identified: (1) selection of tutoring materials; (2) basic tutoring instructions; (3) error correction procedures; and (4) record keeping and success charting. (DB)

Describes the importance of early childhood education as a source of information about health and safety of young children. Discusses the significance of early childhood programs adopting an epidemiological approach to document this information. Outlines a five-step plan to conduct an epidemiological study, using examples from epidemiological…

Discussion of cost sharing in the government-university relationship focuses on the controversial idea that adding a "factor" for voluntary cost sharing in the rate base for facilities and administration and rationalizing the assignment of space to functions could simplify rate negotiation, decrease record-keeping burdens, and avoid…

Presents a system of student reporting that provides a continuous record within the faculty for each student, comprehensive reporting including student attitude, and an opportunity for both student and parent input. (GS)

The Committee on Academic Science and Engineering (CASE), now defunct, established the CASE reporting system in 1965 to collect data on the Federal Government's obligations to universities, colleges, and other nonprofit organizations. The National Science Foundation, who has responsibility for the CASE system, uses the data for preparing annual…

Presented are a strategy for recording observations of preschool children, documentation of the strategy in use in a nursery school, and thoughts on the importance of observing for curriculum planning, teacher-parent conferences, and professionalism. The system of documentation includes a daily attendance record, written observations on children's…

The activities and procedures for Education Service Center, Region 20, Evaluation Services' time accounting system are described. Each individual in the evaluation component at the end of the working day records his or her time spent on an activity. This is done through the use of the time accounting form which is completed and turned in weekly to…

Provided is an alphabetical list of American Colleges and universities that have undergone name changes since their founding, accompanied by the names formerly held by the institutions and the years in which those names were adopted. Included in the listing are the names of the colleges that have closed since the 1964/65 school year. An appendix…