This is a report of a study of national needs for computer based information systems in higher education. The study was limited to 5 problem areas that might best be solved through more central and cooperative efforts among institutions--administration, resource sharing, instruction, information science research, and libraries. Part I describes…

The development of academic and related programs in the Wisconsin State University system is extended in planning approximately to 1981, the period to 1971 being dealt with in greater detail. A short history of the State University system is given as well as a review of the planning process. The major concern is for improved instruction through a…

This study represents the last of four studies devoted to Provisional Certification in Illinois--to the problems of provisionally certificated personnel in obtaining regular teaching certificates and the ways in which these problems can be alleviated through the cooperation of teacher training institutions, local school systems, county…

The Education Professional Development Act inaugurated, in 1971, a Pupil Personnel Services Program to encourage recruitment, training, and program development for more versatile pupil personnel service workers. The program established seven three-year regional projects, each with a center providing leadership to smaller satellite settings. A…

This report is one of a series of disciplinary planning assessments for graduate studies in Ontario, Canada, concerning physical education, kinesiology, and related areas. Recommendations suggest: (1) There should be a limited number of discipline oriented Ph.D. programs focused on the generation of knowledge appropriate to sociology of sport,…

This study of voluntary and/or mandatory coordination of academic services (admissions, registration, and records) between institutions of higher education and statewide higher education boards provides information concerning the effect that these state agencies have on institutional academic administration and management information systems.…

The project to plan a college and university consortium for equal employment opportunity was designed toward 4 goals: (1) To bring about a change in the employment patterns for the Philadelphia metropolitan area in the construction trades by increasing job and training opportunities for nonwhites; (2) To increase opportunities for minority…

In an effort to internationalize Swedish universities, a committee was established to examine the approach to achieve this goal in light of the present system of education. Chapter one concerns the Swedish educational system, emphasizing primary and secondary education, the universities and professional schools, education at the universities and…

Small school districts and other agencies are turning in increasing numbers to cooperative programs to provide better inservice teacher training; more vocational experiences for students; more qualified counselors and specialists; more audiovisual materials; low-cost teacher recruitment; increased science, foreign language, and mathematics…

This document, which deals in whole with the optimum and maximum size of the university, is broken down into 4 major chapters, each of which was written by an expert in the particular field. The first discusses the unity of the university and studies: (1) the unity of the university, including in particular the relationship between the university…

In September 1971 ten institutions of higher education in New Jersey formed a research consortium that would enable the institutions, each of which has teacher education programs, to develop research programs and research skills within their faculty. The major objectives of the consortium for the first year of operation were: (1) to develop a…

The Rural Community Assistance Consortium (RCAC) was established to increase member schools' ability to attract and maintain funded programs and qualified resource personnel to upgrade human and community resources in rural areas. The RCAC consists of 15 predominantly black land-grant colleges and Tuskegee Institute in 15 southern and border…

This report was prepared in response to a 1971 South Carolina General Assembly directive that the Commission on Higher Education in conjunction with the State Committee for Technical Education submit a plan for implementing a community college system within the state. The report consists of a definition of a community college, an overview of…

This dissertation examines bilateral cooperative arrangements, between developing junior colleges and 4-year institutions, funded by Title III of the 1965 Higher Education Act. The study attempts to identify the dimensions of this type of arrangement, and to determine the relationship between these programs and the intent and purpose of Title III.…

The training complex is conceived as a new kind of mechanism within which teachers will be trained with the assistance of protocol and training materials. It is to be operated by a consortium of universities, schools, and other agencies. Each training complex would be the core of an Educational Service District, which would be responsible for…