Decision making and management data from the educational archives...

Rational decision-making and problem-solving activities stand at the core of educational administration, and the capacity to make choices, the central component of the decision-making process, relies on the availability of information. Data from educational archives can help management staff to diagnose problems and establish priorities during the problem-solving process. Archival information can also be used to help develop potential solutions to problems. Data from the archives could, for example, help administrators to understand the evolution of parental attitudes, and then adapt public relations and communication programs.