Administrative Systems for Universities Should Be More Than Just a Spreadsheet

– Every student and staff member authorized as an IS MU user can participate in enhancing the system and contribute to analysis of new applications. The system is to provide something interesting or useful for everyone. The access to the system must be transparent, i.e. all applications have web interface. Apart from around 15 thousand students (who use the system at least occasionally), IS MU has to serve several thousands of staff members (access the system on a regular basis) as well as people from the registrar departments and management (50-100 people, massive usage). IS MU operates from March 1999. In December 2000, the number of accesses reached 20 millions. During the last semester (Autumn 2000), university could fully exploit the features of IS MU. The number of accesses was over 180 thousand per day. – Everybody is responsible for keeping their data up-to-date. Everyone has access to all available public information (IS MU obviously respects the Data Protection Act). The system is there for everyone, not merely for a few admin people or managers.