"Measure, Use, Improve! Data Use in Out-of-School Time" shares the experience and wisdom from a broad cross-section of out-of-school time professionals, ranging from internal evaluators, to funders, to researchers, to policy advocates. Key themes of the volume include building support for learning and evaluation within out-of-school time…

This document reports on the findings of the task force on coordination, governance, and structure of postsecondary education. Major conclusions are: (1) The states have the preeminent responsibility for postsecondary education. (2) Each state should insure and promote a variety of postsecondary educational opportunities. (3) Particular attention…

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…

This guide was written in response to growing concerns about the safety and well-being of children in America. The guide's primary purpose is to help planners involved in child protection reform, both at the agency level and as part of a community team, to develop a comprehensive approach to assessment in child protection. The guide is intended to…

This monograph, the first of a series of monographs for health planners, focuses on both State and area-wide health manpower planning. Content is presented in four chapters: Chapter I briefly provides background information about the monograph. Chapter II presents the concepts used and the setting within which they are applied. Chapter III…

The statewide plan for computing resources in Illinois higher education is presented in this document. Chapter 1 discusses the history of this plan encompassing the board of higher education involvement, State Government planning, legislative actions, plan development, and a prospectus. Chapter 2 presents the procedure used to produce this report.…

The major policy points made in the paper are that: (1) New York State needs a comprehensive system of occupational education which serves all persons needing job preparation and which uses all available public and private resources; (2) such a system will make available to every person a continuum of educational opportunities beginning in early…

This comprehensive handbook, which emphasizes major planning problems and their solutions, should enable administrators and others to enhance the professional skills they will need for the successful management and operation of statewide systems of higher learning. Chapters cover: design for statewide planning; socioeconomic comparisons among…

The Illinois Master Plan-Phase III, which stresses the urgent need for the state to achieve a completely integrated system of higher education through consortia or regional Collegiate Common Markets (CCM), is actually not a new idea, but is in many ways a revitalization of the philosophies espoused by William Rainey Harper at the beginning of the…

Educational research seldom addresses the role of the practitioner who must translate the need for change into practice. Written by practicing school administrators in the state of Vermont, this book offers a cohesive rationale and philosophical direction for educational reform, identifies successful reform initiatives, and illustrates how these…

This conference, composed of senior administrators and academics, discusses the problems of governance of higher education in Australia. In light of changing demographic factors, a depression in the labor market for graduates, changing social aspirations and the emphasis on life-long education, the attitude of the colleges will have to change, and…

This paper proposes that a sound articulation procedure is one which facilitates the student's progress toward the baccalaureate degree in the shortest possible time and in a manner conducive to proper academic standards. Transfer students face problems of admissions discrimination, inappropriate counseling, insufficient preparation,…

The Pennsylvania Task Force on Two-Year Postsecondary Education, whose members represented the public at large and all segments of postsecondary education, was commissioned to recommend a rationale for the orderly development of two-year programs to meet the needs of Commonwealth residents; to identify the most effective means of providing…

With increased cooperation and coordination, it now is appropriate to review major changes that have led to an unprecedented level of interdependency among institutions. The current growth rate of interinstitutional cooperation is approximately 12 percent per year. This is inseparably linked in many respects to increased levels of statutory…

This study builds on a previous report, Higher Education in Alaska, commissioned by the Alaskan Legislature in 1972. Suggestions and recommendations made in that initial report and the subsequent actions taken on them make up the body of the discussion. Along with a review of organizational and budgeting matters, of special interest is the…