Students can check course syllabi, schedules, assignments, reference materials, or campus events. E. Results E.1. After a short adaption phase, the implementation of integrated administrative systems based on a single data base has improved administrative functions across campus enormously. Support is easier, as technical staffs deal only with a single system and do not have to interface and synchronize various application software packages. End user departments who worked in isolation and used incompatible systems, now work together on data standards and procedures for data maintenance and dissemination.
Users benefit, as they have access to more accurate and timely information.
The integrated administrative system simplified the creation of a Data Warehouse substantially as only a single instance of any data element exists in the data base, which eliminates data cleaning and reconciliation. The Data Warehouse, even in its current elementary phase, enables many expert users to generate their own reports and those for their immediate constituents shifting the demand and generation of reports from the technical staff to expert users in the various user departments. Last Spring, the Registrar's Office and the IT department implemented a WWW student system that accesses the operational data base directly. Its capabilities allow students to look up their grades on line and check remaining open seats during registration. This system proved to be an overwhelming success and was used by half the student population to check their grades online from home.