This report highlights a 1996 strategic plan developed by Southeastern Community College (SCC), in Iowa, after an exhaustive review of an existing plan and the identification of new institutional goals. Following SCC's educational philosophy statement, mission statement, and definitions of terms, the plan provides charts of SCC strengths and areas…

This strategic plan for Tennessee's Chattanooga State Technical Community College (CSTCC) presents background information on the college and specific strategies to be implemented between 1994 and 1998. Following a message from the president, the history and purpose of CSTCC is described and vision and values statements are presented. Next,…

This manual was written for the Wisconsin Program for the Renewal and Improvement of Secondary Education (WRISE) to help schools develop their own capability for systematically improving their educative processes from year to year, using existing resources. The program, which has been tested and found effective, indicates general procedures,…

American schools might improve their performance by emulating certain successful businesses that, while distinctly American, have much in common with Japanese corporations. William Ouchi attributes Japanese business success to worker involvement; the typical Japanese corporation, he asserts, unifies its employees around a corporate philosophy…

The Bob Steele Reading Center was established in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1986 under board and staff leadership of the Literacy Volunteers of America-Connecticut (LVA-CT). The center has been under the management of Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford (LVGH) since 1989. Located in an alternative high school in a predominantly Hispanic…