This document presents the master plan for higher education in Virginia. Emphasis is placed on the planning process, an overview of higher education in Virginia, goals for higher education, recommendations toward implementing the goals, governance and coordination of higher education in Virginia, plans for the coordination of higher education in…

This report comprises a collection of summaries of exploratory efforts by college professors at the Committee on Institutional Cooperation member institutions to develop new and better ways of teaching. Usually these are local experiments aimed at improving the conditions for learning in a specific subject-matter area, but many of the procedures…

The role of education in developing man-environment relationships is portrayed in this essay by the Office of Education (OE). Environmental/Ecological Education (EEE) is defined as the way to increase an individual's awareness, appreciation, understanding, motivation for action, and skills necessary to maintain his world and enjoy life. Further,…

This report gives information on the employment and educational situation in Colorado and offers the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education the following suggestions for solving various problems: out-reach programs; coordinated programs of work, study, and recruitment; relevant short courses and long term vocational and…

An overview of past developments and trends which have had an impact on what is occurring at the present time in student personnel services for adults is presented. The intent was to establish some basis for current and future trends. The author contends that the development of student personnel services for adults in higher education has been…

This project was undertaken to study past and current experiences in undergraduate research, development, dissemination, and evaluation (RDD&E) programs in order to suggest specific courses of action to develop models for such programs. A survey of the literature was conducted, a nationwide survey made, and data collected from the six institutions…

This study of facutlty readiness for innovative goals and practices measured and evaluated faculty acceptance of non-traditional institutional practices believed necessary to meet community and student learning needs. Two objectives were: (1) to develop a profile of attitudes toward conditions suggesting departure from tradition and readiness for…

This paper elaborates on a list of procedures contained in an accompanying handout entitled "The 27 Steps in the Development Program." These 27 steps are subsumed under 12 categories: 1) research and information collecting, 2) planning, 3) develop preliminary form of product, 4) preliminary field testing, 5) main product revision, 6) main field…

This paper pulls together the knowledge and insights that have been accumulated in the development of Minicourses. It is expected that the guidelines will be revised and enlarged as new knowledge about this work is accumulated. The guidelines cover the following aspects of Minicourse development: initial planning, the introduction film, the…

This report, in reviewing the educational system of Sweden, discussed the traditional system of education, reforms in teacher education, methods courses and current teacher education programs. The School of Education at Malmo was presented as an example of an institute of education. Studies in pedagogics were discussed in relation to teacher…

A total of 22 tables are presented exhibiting standard scores with corresponding percentile norms for Idaho schools participating in the Iowa Tests of Educational Development. (CK)

Institutional modeling and program evaluation in relation to a correspondence program are discussed. The evaluation process is first considered from the viewpoint that it is an add-on activity, which is largely summative, and is the least desirable type of evaluation. Formative evaluation is next considered as a part of the process of institution…

Performance contracts, in which an outside organization undertakes to provide instruction in a local educational agency's jurisdiction, are discussed in this report. Characteristics of the outside educational organization are described. Payment schedules are outlined in detail, as are the problems of accurately measuring gains. Arguments for and…

The present document presents an account of the development of higher education in Africa up to 1970. It considers the idea of the university in Africa; the metropolitan form of the university with emphasis on the economic aspects, the growth and influence on urban life, and the politics of university formation; the university in its traditional…

This document deals with the concept of productivity within the university community. The principal findings is that productivity in its usual formulation (the ratio of output to input) is becoming less useful and less meaningful as an indicator of university performance. Such a condition has come about because the university in America and…