In December 2007, the California Postsecondary Education adopted the last in an initial series of reports on the nexus between postsecondary education and workforce development by requesting staff to return with plans and priorities to pursue implementation of ten general policy options, grouped into three categories. One option is already being…

Educational centers serve a number of purposes. Foremost, they are a more cost-effective way of meeting increased student demand than building costly comprehensive full-service campuses. Educational centers also promote shared facility use and intersegmental collaboration, which enables higher education systems to use resources more efficiently.…

This article asserts that although there has been a consistently increasing demand on both the national and state levels for alignment of resources (inputs) to improved student outcomes (outputs), the lack of a systematic and well-defined policy portfolio has limited reform effectiveness. This article specifically examines the overreliance on…

This guide for individuals or groups charged with designing and implementing a planning process for a college or university begins by describing certain characteristics and components of planning that the planner must understand and by recommending that new planners avoid some actions until they have analyzed the situation and determined what…

This article is intended to suggest a few questions which ought to be dealt with by anyone who would try to develop a theoretical framework or rationale for the practicum. (Author)

Described a project in which students learned to feel a sense of love and respect for nature. (Author/RK)

This paper discusses the development of educational planning processes in Canada. The first of the three topics addressed is change in eight characteristics of planning between 1956 and 1986: (1) the locus of planning, (2) the vehicle for planning, (3) the educational level on which planning focused, (4) the scope of planning, (5) the time frame…

The real potential of the Council of Educational Facility Planners as a worldwide organization is the willingness of members to share experience and information, and move together towards the development of a philosophy of planning and design that adds to and takes from the experience of individual members, regions, and countries. (Author)

An incremental model of decisionmaking is discussed and compared with the Comprehensive Rational Approach. A model of reconciliation between the two approaches is proposed, and examples are given in the field of economic development and educational planning. (Author/DN)

Traces the experience of the Connecticut Commission for Higher Education in developing a master plan, including the timetable, who should participate, and how to evolve recommendations. (Author/PG)

Describes the drop-add system at Washington State University using batch and on-line systems for processing enrollment changes with the student doing all input preparation. (Author/PG)

Article describes the conceptual frame for planning research for effective instruction. The framework was designed to help researchers identify, classify and/or quantify the factors affecting instructional processes. (Author)

Author takes us into the recording studio for a look at how performances can be improved and costs held down when school groups make custom recordings. (Editor/RK)