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REGISTRA - From Page One "The plan (approved by th siders that the University will ti school," Cooper said. The registration computer-package $2,000; This was made by the I Beach, according to Cooper. Th for as much as $30,000 for the sai USC WOULD take the basic c the details for use at the Univ Cooper said. For implementati statistics and those from othei used, he said. A program ana] summer developing the necess will have to provide to the L Cooper said. Cooper said USC could develol he estimated it would take two y NICHOLAS P. MITCHELL: 'Assuming all goes as planned, the computer assisted system will be the less expensive (than the present Coliseum system).' TWO-THOUSAND freshmen registration this summer. Ac number of students who will Coliseum under the new systei high. The system used in the handle the total USC enrollme Currently, 65 per cent of U! Mitchell said. "If we (the adr realize the advantage of taking the percentage will increase,' Long Beach reported a 75 ticipation rate as large enou cessful," according to Coopx registration rate to 80 or 90 pe men orientation can handle students, Cooper said. "6WE (THE ADMINISTRA' increase under the new systen because students will not ac changing their minds when thi also expects a certain amouni All of thse percentages will be predictable, he said. An advantage of the new s "demand analysis" report of ci Cooper emphasized. "This wi] where they have an over-de classes,"months before the sta be opened up or cancelled acc Joh Duffy, assistant vice pr< a member of the registration assisted program at the USC C be interconnected with the reg campuses. He said this would after the system is implemente MITCHELL SAID the admni go-ahead from USC Presidenl than Dec. 1 if the system is to b said the cost of implementin included in the USC fiscal bu "It's going to be a heck of a k system, Gunter said. "But 1 office) can do it. the Cliseum well as it can, but I think it's tir TION e registration committee) con -ansfer a program from another cheapest offer for the basic received by the University is Jniversity of California at Long e University has received offers ne package, Cooper noted. omputer-package and work out ersity at the computer center, on here, USC would use its own r schools where the system is yst has been at work since the iry changes and additions USC ong Beach computer package ) its own computer package, but ears at a cost of $50,000 The registration committee approved the computer assisted program concept because of an experiment in computer registration con ducted by the computer center at freshmen orientation this summer, Gunter said. The experiment "went off beautifully," he emphasized. "This summer, television like terminals were used at freshmen orientation," Cooper said. "Students came through advisement and put their schedules through he com puter. In five to six minutes a student received his whole (confirmed) schedule," he noted. The computer listed all class spaces available, and "immediately identified (class schedule) conflicts," Cooper said. went through computer-assisted cording to Cooper, this is the . still have to register at the n, if pre-registration figures are freshmen experiment could not .nt, Cooper said. C students are pre-registering, riinistration) can get students to part in pre-registration, maybe Mitchell said. per cent pre-registration par gh to make their system "suc Ir. If USC can raise its pre r cent, the system used at fresh the remainder of registering [ION) know the drop-adds will 1," Gunter said. This will occur count for flunking classes and my pre-register, he said. Gunter of "no-shows" at registration. tabulated and will be eventually ystem is that it will provide a asses requested to be computed, 1 show (academic) departments mand (and under-demand) of rt of the semester. Classes can ording to demand, Cooper said. asident of regional campuses and committee, said the computer 'olumbia campus will ultimately istration systems of all regional be possible In one to two years d on the main campus. ristrative office must receive the William H. Patterson no later e ready for the fall semester. He g the system has already been dget. at of work" to set up the computer ve (the administrative services style of registration is doing as ne to experiment." Right no- Ar.'s saves Roast Beef Sandwkich. It' gialt hn. t( o)pped with I s(uCO Nokw you can get ust 1 1C. nv time vol Co Supe.r The big sandwich big 20C saivings niow. 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