The University of Southern California (USC) has initiated a technology assessment of the personal computer, partially supported by the US National Science Foundation. The ultimate purpose of a technology assessment is to help provide a more human future with less of a shock. The technology...

The interest in using management science models for higher education manpower planning in recent years has led to the application of Markov chains, networks, goal programming, and other familiar modeling techniques. Goal programming appears intuitively appealing because educational objectives...