thursday, august 31, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 7
Computer card era will end soon
By Scott Nelson
The registration process used by UNL today is essen
tially the same as it was 20 years ago, according to the dir
ector of Registration and Records.
Ted Pfeifer said there have been a few changes, such as
early registration and time appointment cards, but regis
tration still b based on using a computer card per class
space.
The system that registered 8,356 students in 1958 will
register more than 23,000 students this fall, and while
Pfeifer called it an "old but workable system," he ad
mitted it has some shortcomings.
He said one problem is that the cards change hands
many times and it takes three to four weeks from the time
a student alters his class chedule until all the records are
changed.
"That time lag can create a lot of errors and confu
sion," he said. Hopefully well be able to get rid of those
damn little cards.
Pfeifer said that his department is involved in the de
velopment of a totally new student information system
that will eliminate computer cards.
The effort is called the Student Information System
(SIS) Project and involves UNL, UNO and the Univer
sity of Nebraska Medical Center.
Bob Reed, coordinator of the project, said it wift
greatly speed up registration for students and eliminate
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On-line computer terminals would replace computer
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