An instrument for future planning and policy formation for adult basic education (ABE) staff development at national/regional levels, the assessment determined which current objectives, processes, and products proved most effective and offered the greatest potential. The basic evaluation design was established by the Center for Resource…

This document, adapted to readers who are not familiar with institutional details in Swedish higher education, outlines planning and management at regional and central levels. Emphasis is placed on qualitative aspects of planning and on identification of obstacles and possibilities of change and innovation. A central problem for the study is to…

In response to recent urban to rural migration trends and the development of rather piecemeal land use policies and practices by local, state, and Federal decision makers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has established a regional project (NE-78) and this report reflects the first of three major project objectives (to describe and appraise…

The last two decades have witnessed a sudden upsurge of new institutions of higher learning in countries of Southeast Asia, and most of these institutions are located in nonmetropolitan areas. What is the nature and function of these metropolitan or regional universities? How do they relate to the metropolitan universities? What role can they play…

Volume 2 of the New York State Plan for Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services contains the reports of the four Regional Advisory Committees, whose recommendations provide the basis upon which the final State Plan (Volume I) was developed. Each report examines present capability and unmet needs, and offers recommendations related to the…

This study of resource sharing among public libraries was made possible by six library systems in northern Illinois. With the organization of the library systems and development of interlibrary loan services and other cooperative activities, the problem of extending resource sharing among member libraries and between library systems arose. Several…

The study reports on activities which include 59 management assistance projects resulting in 1,983 jobs and payrolls amounting to $9,097,000. In addition, the report describes work with local community leaders to make available information and techniques needed to provide public facilities in support of economic development. The report describes…

Through the program, state departments of education, colleges and universities, and local adult education programs worked to solve a regional problem by sharing the strengths of each participating group. The project assisted eight HEW Region IV states to institute badly needed training programs for teachers of adults. Teachers participated in…

As a comprehensive regional analysis for future conservation and development, this plan examines in detail the alternatives faced by Californians today--and, by implication, throughout the nation and the world. It demonstrates how a broad-scale, systematic approach to solving our major environmental, social, and economic problems can be made,…

This document contains more than 30 specific recommendations made by two American specialists regarding the efforts of the Socialist Republic of Burma as it seeks to establish approximately 20 production-oriented Regional Colleges throughout the 14 States and Divisions of Burma. The proposed colleges, patterned after the American community…

Reported are the proceedings of an energy end-use regulation seminar held in October, 1975, at Chanhassen, Minnesota, to review the possibilities and effects of implementing energy use legislation in the state of Minnesota. This conference was one of four seminars held by the American Association for the Advancement of Science throughout the…

The purpose of this paper is to describe and reflect on an attempt to create a regional educational plan that uses parts of the existing governmental structure. The idea is to create a shortcut in linking educational producers with consumers. The design stage is analyzed to establish the credibility of the program's organizational structure. The…

Summarizing the Task Force Issues Paper presented at the Appalachian Conference on Balanced Growth and Economic Development (1977), this article presents selected comments by Task Force participants and the Task Force's six recommendations (re: regional development commissions; legislative action; administration of regional development…

Described are effects of political decentralization in the United Kingdom on political and social institutions, particularly education. The author concludes that regionalism could yield advantages of power decentralization, diversity of decision making, and educational systems which are more closely connected to regional and local traditions.…

The summary of a European meeting on higher education planning outlines participants' responses concerning the new trends and considerations in European higher education, the objectives of planning, new planning approaches, the role of efficiency in planning, and the role of UNESCO and the European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES) in this…