This document is intended to provide a systematic aid for planning and managing academic units (schools, colleges, departments, or divisions) within an institution. It consists of a comprehensive set of techniques and procedures that can be used by academic unit administrators to examine the internal operations of their units--their functions,…

This newsletter details the efforts of the University of Alaska to develop a systems approach that will provide facilities for higher education in a State with an area more than three and one half times that of New Jersey, Florida, and Oregon combined. The problem involved in providing appropriate facilities in a State such as Alaska are…