Universities are under increasing pressure to help promote socio-economic growth in their local communities. However until now, no systematic, critical attention has been paid to the factors and mechanisms that currently make this process so daunting. In Universities and Regional Development, scholars from Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia…

This publication covers the fundamentals of planning a college or university presidential inauguration. The guide's 10 chapters are based in part on a survey of colleges and universities that appointed new presidents between January 1990 and January 1992. The first chapter offers five rules for "getting your act together": you should…

Although a positive argument can be made for subsidizing college students, the existing system is chaotic and inconsistent. It is desirable therefore, to develop a reasonable and consistent plan for college scholarships. This plan would employ cost-benefit and other techniques of economic analysis to attain national policy objectives. In this…

This monograph presents the findings of a study of planning and change at 80 colleges and universities, private and public, located in four separate states--California, Florida, Illinois and New York. In Chapter I, different substantive crises now facing higher education are presented and discussed. The next chapter (II), analyzes planning styles…

Higher education in Romania, an interdependent part of the total educational system, is guided by the integration of university training and the needs of the society, so that science and material and intellectual production lie at the heart of university training. (JH)

Presents a conceptual framework for viewing social planning and social administration as one activity concerned with goal identification and the development of appropriate administrative structures for their implementation. The implication is that curriculum planning should maximize the integration of social policy, social planning, and…

A conceptual model for teaching and practicing social policy is presented, that distinguishes between social policy practice at macro- and micro-levels in order to sort out functional tasks, skills, and the consequent knowledge base. Suggestions are made regarding organizing social policy practice content in both the class and the field.…

This extensive bibliography contains a listing of 1,095 research topics completed by graduate students in the field of planning during the period 1965-70. Citations are organized into separate sections for dissertations, theses, and thesis alternatives. Within each section, entries are listed alphabetically by author's name. Data for the…

Islam insures that actions and decisions concerning the environment are related to commonly accepted values. If traditional Islamic values are to be reasserted in the process of developing the built environment, then educational efforts must be directed at the professionals, the politicians, and the public. (Author/WB)

A general model for conceptualization methods is presented along with considerations for implementation. The model is illustrated in two planning and evaluation studies which involved a broad range of constituent groups within the organizations in the development of "concept maps." General implications of conceptualization methods are…

The Physician Information System, a computerized monitoring system developed by the Southern Illinois University of Medicine, is described. It obtains information about the distribution and practice characteristics of area physicians. (MLW)

Discusses Mexico's "National Plan of Higher Education, 1981-1991" in conjunction with other plans concerning this nation's demography, economic growth, increasing urbanization, and science and technological system. Mexico's educational plan was hampered by an unexpected economic crisis in 1982 that drastically reduced the GNP and caused…

A model curriculum in social planning at the graduate level has been developed and tested as an area of study at Florida State University (FSU). The project, which lasted from early 1967 through the summer of 1968, involved (1) a workshop to review the educational needs that should be met by the proposed curriculum, (2) a second workshop that…

This bibliography lists publications relevant to the topic of advocacy planning, with a view toward encouraging and facilitating initial or staging research in that policy area. Entries are organized into separate sections for articles in professional journals, books, articles in contemporary periodicals and newsletters, articles in legal…

This study is designed to provide more comprehensive information on Soviet higher learning emphasizing its increasingly close alignment with Soviet national planning and economy. Following introductory material, Soviet curriculums in higher education and schools and statistics are reviewed. Highlights include: (1) A major development in Soviet…