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Myran, Gunder A., Ed.; Kelley, Douglas, Ed. – 1982
Designed for institutional leaders facing fundamental questions of changes in mission, goals, external relations, and internal priorities, this collection offers an introduction to strategic planning and descriptions of planning processes at several community colleges. Section I includes the following essays: "What Is Strategic…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Trends
Download full textUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1981
The report of a regional seminar on rural development planning specifies as its objectives: to study the problems of rural development planning, and to elucidate training requirements for managers of rural development projects, with particular reference to the links between education and productive work and employment. The first chapter gives…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Bandhu, Desh, Ed.; Aulakh, G. S., Ed. – 1981
In India, environmental education (EE) is introduced at various levels. Goals of this country's EE programs include: improving the quality of environment to create awareness among the people on environmental problems and conservation; developing skills to solve environmental problems; creating the necessary atmosphere for citizen participation in…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Conservation (Environment), Course Descriptions
DuBois, Sheilagh V. C., Ed. – 1978
Presented in this document are a series of conference reports dealing with the future of education and the role of the child in education. Some of the topics discussed under the heading of "What Future?" include alternative curriculum directions, basic education, modes of education, economics as a primary determiner of educational…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. East-West Center. – 1976
The "information explosion" in the field of population has created a need for proper identification, systematization, dissemination, and utilization of population information. To help meet these needs in the Asian and Pacific regions, the Clearinghouse and Information Section of the Population Division of ESCAP (Economic and Social…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Developing Nations, Family Planning, Information Dissemination
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). General Information Programme. – 1986
This document summarizes the activities of a conference held at the Institute of Finance Management in Tanzania on information resource sharing in Southern and Central Africa. Delegates and observers from Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania attended the conference. The 15 participants, 8 sponsored by…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Interlibrary Loans, International Organizations, Library Cooperation
Baron, Jean, Ed. – Illinois Libraries, 1979
This issue of "Illinois Libraries" is a report of the Illinois White House Conference on Library and Information Services, held in Springfield, November 12-14, 1978. After a brief introduction, the planning process for the conference is described, including committee work, timetables established, the efforts of state agencies, delegate…
Descriptors: Activities, Conference Reports, Evaluation, Information Services
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1985
The 1985 annual meeting of CAUSE, the Professional Association for Computing and Information Technology in Higher Education, addressed the current state and the future of higher education computing from a planning and management perspective, and provided participants with a forum to share special problems and opportunities confronting…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Science, Educational Administration, Educational Planning
Minckley, Barbara B., Ed.; Young, Lu Ann, Ed. – 1985
Underscoring the importance of active planning for constructive change in the nursing profession, the papers in these proceedings highlight the need for nursing to remain pro-active in the management of nursing education and patient care environments. The proceedings contain: (1) "Pro-Active Planning for Nursing at the Federal Level," by Jo…
Descriptors: Administration, Education Work Relationship, Health Services, Leadership
Lloyd, Joel J., Ed. – 1976
This collection of delivered papers at the seminar on information needs and utilization in the 1980's comprises the keynote address, "Information in the 1980's" by Donald Fink, and presentations from three panels. The first panel, moderated by Joel J. Lloyd, includes the following: "Aspects and Characteristics of the Future Information Society" by…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Science
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1978
This account of the 93rd meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) presents both the Washington and ARL perspectives on national library planning with emphasis on periodicals, bibliographic control, and libraries and information services. These viewpoints are presented by six speakers on two panels with a discussion following each…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Committees, Conference Reports
Ohio State Library, Columbus. – 1978
Ohio White House Conference preconference programs were held from March 10-May 25, 1978, at 18 locations across the state and attracted almost 1500 citizens and librarians interested in speaking out on libraries and information services. Detailed information about the preconferences is provided by this report in three sections: (1) narrative…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Study, Conference Reports, Conferences
Research on the Population of China: Proceedings of a Workshop (Washington, D.C., October 28, 1980).
Lapham, Robert J., Ed.; Bulatao, Rodolfo, A., Ed. – 1981
The workshop provided an opportunity for U.S. technical specialists and policy makers to review the growing body of information on the Chinese population and to discuss ways to promote collaborative population research involving both Chinese and American experts. Demographic research is the focus of the papers in part 1. Current prospects for…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Demography, Family Life, Family Planning
Vavrek, Bernard, Ed.; Pratt, Mary Lou, Ed. – 1986
The 10 papers presented in this report examine various aspects of rural bookmobile projects in the United States. The objectives of this first bookmobile conference were to offer (1) encouragement to bookmobile workers; (2) information for improving their services; (3) new data for subjective analysis of services; and (4) assistance in developing…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Library Planning, Library Research, Library Services
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1983
The outcome of a study workshop with participants from 11 Asian and Pacific countries, this report is broadly divided into four chapters. The first gives an overview of the philosophical concept and challenges of distance education at the higher education level in the context of this region. The second chapter contains synopses of reports…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Planning
