A monograph, which is the first written description of a state-wide application of systematic planning based upon the concepts of corporate and conglomerate long-range planning, is presented. The six-year planning process of the Washington State community college system embraces a four-phase sequence of activities. Phase I involves the development…

Established by NIE in June 1975, the State Dissemination Grants Program provides resources to state education agencies to develop comprehensive and generalized dissemination capacity, which is defined as the leadership and service capability to provide information and technical assistance in the solution of problems identified by the dissemination…

The Academic Common Market is an interstate agreement among Southern states for sharing academic programs. Participating states are able to make arrangements for their residents who qualify for admission to enroll in specific programs in other states on an in-state tuition basis. Thus far, the arrangements have been limited to unusual graduate…

Historical development of the Chautauqua from the orginal 1874 New York event through its 1975 revival by the University of Nebraska in six of the State's communities is summarized. Regional planning meetings, program development, and production are discussed. Favorable newspaper excerpts and the 1976 Nebraska Chautauqua schedule are included. (MS)

Describes a master plan which consists of a program and organization built around (1) research and management, and information dissemination; (2) center for educational management; and (3) program development. (Author/DN)

Three documents are presented that deal with planning for the community college system in Vermont. "Central Vermont Regional Site Planning" discusses the populations to be served, geographic location, program emphasis, and interagency linkages. Goals, operational responsibilities, action steps, evaluation, staff responsibilities, and a…

The North Carolina Department of Community Colleges offers a variety of services which are intended to enable institutions within that state to identify, develop, and deliver their services in an efficient and effective manner. This document provides the local institution with a suggested model which might be used in the preparation of long and…

A project provided three types of supportive services to adult education programming in the State of New York. The first component of the project was the development of a literacy information and referral system to link potential students and volunteers with program providers. The second phase of the project involved the development and…

The career guidance advisory committee reviewed both national and State efforts in the area of career guidance and attempted to define and develop the concept. The committee examined concepts that were relevant to the needs of Massachusetts and developed a rough framework on which to build a comprehensive State plan. The report addressed itself to…

Included in this annotated bibliography on planning and management of human services are forty-three books and reports selected from the collection of the National Clearinghouse for Improving the Management of Human Services (Project SHARE). Some citations are for documents produced by numerous integrated planning and demonstration projects at…

The pamphlet's eight chapters review the results of a survey of community colleges, discuss some of the strengths of community colleges as they pertain to manpower training, and identify problems encountered in the operation of training programs. In addition, the development, organization, and operation of comprehensive manpower training skills…

The general objectives of this study were to (1) develop a methodology whereby needs assessments of vocational and technical education might be conducted efficiently and effectively in all urban areas of Florida, and (2) conduct, using the methodology developed, a needs assessment of the needs of business and industry, students, funding,…

As part of the effort of the Illinois Community College Board to develop and implement statewide and regional planning of occupational programs, input from community college administrators, presidents, and trustees was sought in order that policies, procedures and guidelines for statewide and regional planning could be formulated. Additionally,…

The percentage of adults with high school diplomas is higher today than 10 years ago in every Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) state, but most SREB states will not reach the goal of 90 percent of all adults with high school diplomas or equivalent by 2000. The change is the result of state and local efforts to identify and attract more…

Comprehensive planning has been identified as an essential ingredient in the efforts of local schools to increase the responsiveness of vocational education. This report describes the reality of comprehensive vocational education planning as it occurs in a wide variety of educational and environmental contexts, suggests ways that have the…