Augumented Unix Userland

Traditionally, the Unix philosophy has resulted in stringing together simple general purpose utilities to accomplish complex tasks. However, using text as a communication medium between these programs results in needing several formatting utilities to transform output from one program into valid input to another. These transformations can be very complicated and confusing. In this project, we looked at two alternative shell designs that use different communication methods between programs, simplifying interprogram communication and leveraging existing technologies to make developing new utilities and shell scripts easier

College Program Rankings

This report analyzes current methods of ranking college programs, and compares them to the preferences of students, educators, employers, and other individuals. Ranking sources are located and classified by the ranking criteria used. A survey is conducted of the general population that determines attitudes towards various ranking criteria. The paper concludes with a comparison between attitudes of survey respondents and the actual criteria used by ranking sources