Long-range planning requires change management and enables student personnel administrators to prepare for the future. Student services administrators need to develop plans for receiving campus support for organizational objectives. This article discusses the purpose and process of long-range planning applicable to student services. (RC)

Discusses the varying degrees to which members of the Philosophy of Education Society (PES) have demonstrated a philosophical interest in educational reform and political trends over the years. According to papers presented at annual meetings, there is a striking neglect of initiatives toward educational reform in the United States. (SM)

A three-year project to reform civics curriculum in the Czech Republic tested a progressivist model by stressing behavioral objectives. A shift was made from subject-centered civic education to skill-based citizenship education based on the abilities needed for democracy. (SK)

The DfESs "Five-year strategy for children and learners" sets out the intentions of the Labour Government for its third term. Where necessary, its provisions will be subject to legislation in 2005. This article argues that the "Five-year strategy", like much education policy since 1997, ignores important reasons for inequality of educational…

This document, prepared by the U.S. Department of Education-National Science Foundation (ED-NSF) Task Group on Systemic Reform, proposes a framework for creating a comprehensive, coordinated approach to the reform of elementary-secondary education. The group focuses on two themes of educational reform--increasing the capacity for reform at the…

Presents a three-phase plan for teachers implementing technology education programs. Phases consist of (1) gathering information and determining curriculum direction, (2) selecting activities, and (3) sequencing activities. Suggestions for evaluation are also included. (CH)

Some evidence suggests that gains against racism and sexism in the schools during the sixties and seventies may be reversing. Warning signs are discussed, and some innovative programs which have been shown to be effective in addressing problems of racism and sexism are briefly described. (MT)

Examines the role of the states in evaluating career colleges, indicating that state oversight is a response to demands for accountability related to student achievement and the use of financial aid. Suggests that the overall result of state monitoring may be a forced convergence of career and community colleges. (17 citations) (MAB)

Because information exchange will be a major economic commodity in the future, a radical reorganization of our educational enterprise around the concept of lifelong learning is imperative. The role of teachers should shift from that of didactic instructor toward that of facilitator of learning and learning resource broker. (KH)

Four articles discuss work completed by the two-year Project SPAN. The first two articles present broad ideas about the current and future status of social studies, the third outlines major recommendations, and the last presents a social roles rationale and framework designed to increase student learning and interest. (Author/KC)

Recognition of the need for lifelong learning that is accessible to all Australians underpins the Australian vocational education and training (VET) system. The Australian Qualifications Framework is a nationally consistent framework that allows for credit transfer and articulation between Australia's schools, VET, and universities. The Australian…

Although most business school deans accept criticisms emerging in a new report, they predicted it would take a decade or more to develop programs that have the recommended qualities of being truly interdisciplinary, emphasizing the global economy, and providing students with effective interpersonal skills. (MSE)

At the conference on American high school reform sponsored by the Council for Basic Education, three themes emerged: (1) the problems facing secondary schools have been accurately identified; (2) educators know the solutions; and (3) what is needed is the political will to implement what is known. At the conference, Professor Chester Finn…

Discusses creativity in higher education and argues that it is analyzed as an intentional act related to ideas from cognitive psychology. States that the culture of engineering education holds a narrow view of creativity and is based on outdated learning theories. Deeper philosophical implications of creativity, i.e., the quest for meaning, must…

A first-year first grade teacher's professional disappointments were broken down into three divisions: (1) power and control, or the lack of them; (2) co-worker socialization; and (3) lack of professionalism and support. Lack of control was reflected in pressure from administrators to use certain texts, or even to decorate classrooms in a certain…