The vocational education and training (VET) sector seeks to teach courses that will meet the future demands from employers in terms of the quantity and types of skills required. This report, which is part of the larger consortium program, "A well-skilled future: Tailoring VET to the emerging labour market," examines how the VET sector…

This article explains the nature of vision-guided educational practice, makes the case for it, and appraises objections to this approach to education. The discussion is grounded in a critique of the rhetoric and practice associated with American education, a critique that emphasizes the continuing failure to think about educational challenges and…

In learning-centered community colleges, planning, like all processes, must measurably improve learning and learner performance. This article shares Valencia Community College's approach to revising its strategic planning process based on the Organizational Elements Model to: 1) focus strategic planning on learning results that add value for…

This chapter offers a case study of Kapi'olani Community College, an institution that initiated its Asia-Pacific emphasis in 1988, strengthened the emphasis throughout the 1990s, and expanded it to an integrated international emphasis in 2007.

Proper planning of school facilities is critical for all school districts no matter how large or small, whether major construction is in the works or the district is managing enrollment declines. When school districts properly plan for their school facilities they have better schools, more public use and higher value for public spending. This…

An increasingly complex global environment, with its corresponding international connectedness as well as competition, challenges educators to rethink curriculum, instruction and assessment through the lens of the 21st Century. High-skilled, technology-driven jobs and careers require individuals who possess deep content knowledge as well as soft…

Some tips and a concrete workshop plan are offered to help schools implement the metric system into their instructional programs. (Author/BP)

Reviews research related to the problems in developing a model for implementing accountability systems in education and outlines the research procedures to be employed in developing such a model. (Author/DN)

This paper identifies the directions in which new developments in educational planning are moving and draws some conclusions on how the training of specialists in the field of educational planning is likely to be affected by changing notions and practices. The first part of the paper outlines the assumptions that have characterized the field in…

Problems that arise in applying cost effectiveness evaluations to instructional technologies are outlined in this paper, to explain that schools can draw on no available knowledge to determine whether the new instructional strategies will be more effective than traditional instructional approaches, once costs have been taken into account. The…

The Associated Consultants in Education were hired by Florida Junior College to help determine how the college could meet the needs of its students and to devise an organizational structure that would help achieve its goals. Five vice-presidencies (Instructional Services, Administrative and Business Affairs, Student Services, Planning and…

A list of consultants involved in planning adult education in the U.S.A. is presented. A total of 87 entries are included. (CK)

This is the report of the 1968 annual conference of the Western Association of Graduate Schools. The major theme of the conference was planning for graduate education in the 70's. The first session of the conference presented addresses by deans of the represented colleges in which problems and plans in the future of graduate education were…