In general, our recommendations are being guided by imagining a new software system that provides service improvements for students and efficiencies for staff by making pre-registration and registration procedures accessible over the network, that utilizes the network for communication with students, that takes advantage of electronic commerce possibilities, and which makes student data more accessible through a centralized database. Though we haven't had exposure to any new generation administrative software, we believe that there are systems that will no doubt offer all these possibilities and more. As we proceed through our analysis of the registration process, we realize that some of our recommendations may be impacted by decisions made in other task forces. For example, we spent some time discussing how placement testing and score reporting might be automated. We will make several recommendations in that area, but perhaps the advising task force will have suggestions that drastically change the placement process all together.
Registration is a complex process that involves many steps.
It is likely we will not have recommendations to cover every unique element of the system. For now, all meetings are summarized, and the report is distributed to all task force members and the co-chairs of the steering committee. As we proceed our suggestions and recommendations are included in these summary reports.