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Peer reviewedMorrison, James L.; Cope, Robert G. – Planning for Higher Education, 1985
The ways in which a futures and strategic planning preconference workshop provided an environmental scan to identify a number of issues facing higher education are described. Exercises designed to rank and evaluate these issues are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Planning, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedRenfro, William L.; Morrison, James L. – Futurist, 1982
Describes a workshop held during the 1982 World Future Society's Fourth General Assembly on the combined application of issues management and policy impact analysis. The workshop participants applied futures research, forecasting, goal-setting, and policy development techniques to future problems in educational policy. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Download full textMorrison, James L.; Ashley, William C. – 1991
This handbook was designed to accompany a three-day workshop for senior administrators in higher education on proactive management techniques in higher education. Proactive management allows for anticipating change and managing uncertainty in place of crisis management or reactive actions. The workshop covered: (1) strategic thinking; (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Administration, Higher Education, Institutions
Morrison, James L. – 1992
This publication presents an environmental scanning workshop for administrators in higher education institutions to help them incorporate environmental scanning into their planning and anticipation of future events. In particular, the workshop shows how to establish and sustain a comprehensive environmental scanning system and how to use the…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Higher Education, Information Management, Information Seeking
Morrison, James L. – 1995
The Beyond 2000 workshop held in February 1995 was designed to give participants experience in using strategic management techniques, such as critical trend and potential event identification, to examine the future of community colleges. This paper is intended as a guide for implementing similar workshops and summarizes the outcomes of workshop…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Environment, Educational Technology
Morrison, James L. – 1995
This proceedings report describes exercises used in a workshop on environmental scanning, designed to assist institutional research officers to develop competency in establishing and maintaining an external analysis capability on their campuses. The workshop offered an opportunity for participants to experience several techniques used in…
Descriptors: College Planning, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Environmental Scanning
Morrison, James L.; Held, William G. – 1988
A description is provided of a conference session that was conducted to explore the structure and function of an environmental scanning/forecasting system that could be used in a community college to facilitate planning. Introductory comments argue that a college that establishes an environmental scanning and forecasting system is able to identify…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, College Planning, Community Colleges
Morrison, James L. – 1995
The objective of the American Association of Community College's President's Academy Summer Experience was to help participants develop competency in analyzing external factors through an environmental scanning workshop. The workshop focused on identifying and selecting the most significant events facing participants' colleges, identifying…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Educational Trends
