The Institutionalization of Planning and Data Processing in University Administration.

Until 1965 there was little or no planning in the universities and technical institutes of university standing in the Federal Republic of Germany, and virtually no electronic data processing, so university statistics were inadequate. Since that time, West German universities have been increasingly pressured to provide statistics to substantiate their financial claims. Four trends emerged: (1) planning staffs and data processing were established in a number of universities; (2) a number of states have included university planning in their legislation and established long-range planning schemes; (3) a statutory framework has been established for university planning at the federal and state levels; and (4) cooperative planning is provided at the institutional, state, and federal levels. An inventory of planning offices and integration of planning functions, by institution, is included. (Author/MSE)