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Higher Education-ITInformation technology forhigher education administration
Research on Higher EducationStudying, teaching, research, funding
Higher Education Development Planning, resources, organisation
Hochschul-Informations-System GmbHAssisting:
• Leadership
• Decision-making
• Steering
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General information
• HIS was founded in 1969 and is jointly owned by the Federal Republic and the Länder of Germany
• HIS is situated in Hanover, Germany
• HIS has around 260 employees
• HIS has an annual budget (2007) of around €8.5 million and additional project funds of around €9.5 million
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Governing Bodies
Board delegates
Federal Government 1
Ministries of Education 3
Ministries of Finance 3
Rectors Conference 2
Committee for Construction 1
Kuratorium delegates
Federal Government 3
Ministries of Education 16
Federal Bureau of Statistics 1
Rectors Conference 12
Committee for Construction 3
Science Council 1
Council for Student Affairs 1
CEO
Shareholder Meeting Votes
Federal Government 16
16 State Government 2 each
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Revenues
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Institutions using HIS-Software
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Research on higher education institutions:Studying, teaching, research, funding
• Higher education access
• Course of studies and success
• Entry in the labour market and professional experience of
graduates
• Further education and life-long learning
• Ad-hoc online-surveys (HISBUS)
• Internationalisation
• Benchmarking institutional resources and equipment
• Higher education financing
• Evaluation, quality assurance and quality development
• Statistical information systems
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Higher education development:Planning, resources, organisation
• Organisational analysis, consulting, benchmarking
• Planning, budgeting and steering in HEI construction
• Survey of HEI development, local planning propositions
• Organisation of technical services in HEIs; facility
management
• Health and safety, environmental protection
• New media in higher education