From (Jessup and Valacich, 2003) Good student advising for course selection is one way to help retain students. Student advising is a time consuming activity for faculty involved in the process and is particularly important for newly starting students. Also it is particularly difficult to schedule advising sessions for part-time students. A university developed and implemented a Web based system to help students select modules. The system is linked to the university-wide database of student records so that it can consider a list of all completed courses as well as student interests when making recommendations. The DSS (Decision Support System) adviser makes course suggestions while considering degree requirements, prerequisites, availability, and student interests. The system knows when courses will be offered and can analyse the transcript of transfer students and reconcile them with existing degree requirements. The goal of the system is to mimic the experts of the faculty and professional advisors but in some ways it is better than the experts because it has a complete knowledge of the entire problem. 1.If such a system is to be introduced here in this institution, would you use it? Why? Why not?

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CASE STUDY: STUDENT ADVISING DSS From (Jessup and Valacich, 2003) Good student advising for course selection is one way to help retain students. Student advising is a time consuming activity for faculty involved in the process and is particularly important for newly starting students. Also it is particularly difficult to schedule advising sessions for part-time students. A university developed and implemented a Web based system to help students select modules. The system is linked to the university-wide database of student records so that it can consider a list of all completed courses as well as student interests when making recommendations. The DSS (Decision Support System) adviser makes course suggestions while considering degree requirements, prerequisites, availability, and student interests. The system knows when courses will be offered and can analyse the transcript of transfer students and reconcile them with existing degree requirements. The goal of the system is to mimic the experts of the faculty and professional advisors but in some ways it is better than the experts because it has a complete knowledge of the entire problem. 1.If such a system is to be introduced here in this institution, would you use it? Why? Why not?
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