Data Form E - Institutional Computing Resources

Report for Current Academic Year

WorldWideWeb (WWW) URL address: www.mtu.edu

A. ORGANIZATION, PLANNING, AND POLICIES(Please attach an organizational chart. Include names)	YES	NO
Designated administrator(s) for institutional computing?	X
Designated administrator(s) for Administrative computing?	X
Designated administrator(s) for Academic computing?	X
Centralized computing services?	X
Formal, written, and approved technology plan?	X
Technology plan linked to institutional mission and purposes?	X
Computing resources included in institutional strategic plan?	X
Policies on the purchase, replacement, and repair of hardware?	X
Policies on the purchase and updating of software?		X
Institutional computing responsible/ethical use policy? (under development)	X
Institutional policies that include institutional computer issues?	X
Institutional policies that include administrative computing issues?	X
Institutional policies that include academic computing issues?	X
B. FACILITIES
Institutional network backbone?	X
Computer labs networked?	X
Classrooms functionally networked?	X
Multi-media computers in labs?	X
Administrative offices networked?	X
Academic offices networked?	X
Residence halls wired?	X

Number of non-networked computer labs: 0

Total number of stations: 0

Number of networked labs: 29

Total number of stations: 1,025

Type of access?

Wired through network yes

Wired Ports no

Remote dial-up access yes

Personal computers yes

Internet yes

Slip/ppp connection to WWW no

C. FUNCTIONS: ADMINISTRATIVE (Place checks where appropriate)

	Access Available To					Via
	Students	Faculty	Staff	Admini- strators	Public	Direct Access	Remote Access Modem WWW
College Activity Calendar	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
College Catalog	X	X	X	X	X	X
Class Schedule		X	X	X		X
Financial Aid		X	X	X		X
On-line registration		X	X	X		X
Student Academic Record		X	X	X		X

E-mail: Intra-institution? Yes

Inter-institution? Yes

D. FUNCTIONS: ACADEMIC	YES	NO
Computers in all full-time faculty offices?	X
Computers in full-time faculty offices networked?	X
All part-time faculty have access to computers?	X
All divisional/departmental offices networked?	X
All students required to have computers?		X
Internet access available from all faculty offices?	X
Library access available from all faculty offices?	X
If YES, is access available to the institutions library(ies)?	X
If YES, is access available to the state-wide or region-wide library system?	X
If YES, is access available to other libraries?	X
Library access available from all classrooms?		X
Computers integrated into instruction?	X
Off-campus access?	X
If YES, is off-campus access available by the institutional network?	YES
If YES, is off-campus access available by the academic network?	YES
If YES, is off-campus access available by the Internet?	YES
If NO, plans to provide off-campus access within three years?
Courses on Internet?	X
Interactive courses in real-time (i.e., 2-way video and voice?)		X

E-mail: Intra-institution? Yes

Inter-institution? Yes

E. SUPPORT and TRAINING

Number of FTE technical staff? 86.5 Number of programmers? 10

Number of FTE training staff? 0 Integrated with Human Resources unit NO

Name and Title of designated educational specialist?

F. FINANCES/BUDGET for COMPUTING (Current Fiscal Year)

Total Annual Academic Outlay, Operating Funds: See summary of 1996-1997 attached to the printed version of the report.

Total Annual Administrative Outlay, Operating Funds: Computing Expenditures.

Capital funds available: Academic

Capital funds available: Administrative

Amount of grants/restricted purpose funds available:

Technology fee assessed? (Y/N)

If YES, amount per academic year? Y

G. EVALUATION	YES	NO
Formal system of evaluation by students of academic computing?		X
Formal system of evaluation by students of administrative computing?		X
Formal system of evaluation by faculty of academic computing?	X
Formal system of evaluation by faculty of administrative computing?		X
Systems of evaluation linked to plan to evaluate overall institutional effectiveness?		X
Results of evaluation linked to institutional planning and budgeting processes?		X

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