At the request of the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Library Conference, the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission created a Technical Advisory Committee on Library Planning to assist the Commission staff in preparing a prospectus for a long-range, area-wide public library facilities and services plan. The Technical Advisor…

In December 1968, several national authorities met to discuss plans for the Tulsa Junior College and the problems that confront new, lay boards. Edmund J. Gleazer covered the role, growth, and future of junior colleges in general. B. Lamar Johnson spoke on junior colleges as they have evolved over several decades and specified five points as…

California's School Improvement Program for grades K-12 requires all participating districts to establish a master plan. This plan is intended to enhance intradistrict communication, provide a context for planning, help establish accountability, allow for the assessment of school and district programs and personnel, and generally clarify the…

The California Legislature's Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education made a restudy of the 1960 Master Plan. The process used by the committee is examined. The process is unusual in that it was undertaken by the legislature itself rather than by an independent commission, and also in that it strove for fairly widespread…

As one phase in the design of an overall plan for environmental education in Tennessee, a statewide conference was sponsored to give direction to environmental education in that state. The purpose of the conference was to bring together a broad spectrum of public and private agencies, councils, and organizations to exchange ideas and information…

Long-range planning from the point of view of the multicampus system is discussed. The need for long-range planning generally is indicated, and special planning problems for the large multicampus district are described. A planning process model that is being developed by the Los Angeles Community College District to meet planning needs is…

The preparation of a Master Plan for Environmental Education in New Jersey was one of six objectives with which the Council was established in 1967. Following a short narrative on the environmental crisis and the need for an environmentally literate citizenry, the Council's proposals are set forth: 1) establishment of a Department of Education…

This summary of a master plan for higher education in Utah explains why formulation of such a plan was necessary and how it came to be developed. If adopted by the state legislature, it is intended to guide decision making in higher education and to implement needed programs. The summary discusses the assumptions upon which the plan is based,…

This manual may be useful to communities planning the establishment of a junior college system. It covers the types of programs to be offered by the colleges; coordination of all programs of higher education by the State Council of Higher Education; eligibility of students; length of term and attendance day; establishment of colleges, including…

Suggestions for the development of a comprehensive state plan for environmental education in Illinois are offered in this proposal. They deal with the: (1) rationale for such a plan, (2) identification of environmentally related problems, (3) goals of environmental education, and (4) development of a strategy to achieve these goals. Problems are…

This document presents a report of the resource group on a transfer of students among institutions and programs for the master plan of higher education in the state of Connecticut. The group attempts to isolate a category of transfer problems, those involving graduates from transfer curricula at regional community colleges, and to demonstrate that…

This document contains the responses of the Committee of Ontario Deans of Engineering, the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies, and the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Ontario to "Ring of Iron: A Study of Engineering Education in Ontario." The study, prepared by the Council of Ontario Universities, was to cover…

Cooperation between the public and the independent colleges and universities in the State of Indiana has become a tradition since 1945 when the Indiana Conference on Higher Education was formed. Now the independent institutions in the State, like independent institutions throughout the U.S., are facing a critical financial and enrollment…