A program of vocational education for agribusiness and natural resources occupations should be part of the total program available to the youth and adults within a community, suggests the author. Therefore, consideration must be given to the most effective ways and means of providing such an instructional program. The planning process is…

The ninth, and final, volume of a series on Vocational Education Planning explains that the local analysis information system is described in volumes 1-3 and 5-7. The State level system is described in volume 4. Volume 8 brings together the various training materials prepared during the project. The final volume also contains remarks on the system…

Chapter I of this report on interinstitutional cooperation in New York State discusses the development, advantages, problems of and need for interinstitutional cooperation in the State and its priority in the planning effort. The second chapter presents an inventory of cooperative activities in higher education organized by region and priority as…

Because of the state of higher education at the close of the sixties, it is imperative that in the seventies our colleges and universities move toward management reform, particularly in the field of institutional advancement. The institutional advancement program provides the formal mechanism which insures proper utilization of the talents of…

The activities of the National Board on Graduate Education have been defined as: (1) the initiation of new research studies and the encouragement of experimentation and innovation; (2) the coordination and review of current research efforts and studies; (3) the dissemination of information and referrals for individuals, institutions, and agencies;…

The very nature of planning in any field involves the anticipation of events that might emerge in the institution or institutions being planned for. It is important for state education agencies to develop 3 kinds of interrelating goals and policies: (1) those relating to its own organization and operation; (2) those pertaining to the organization…

The specific objectives of the HEGIS conference reported in this document were: (1) to develop and publish a set of recommendations for the future content and conduct of the HEGIS program; (2) to develop and publish a set of recommendations for the survey instruments to be used in HEGIS VII for the years 1972-73; (3) to develop and publish…

The Program Classification Structure (PCS) was developed to provide a consistent means of identifying and organizing the activities of higher education in a program-oriented manner. It was developed with 5 considerations in mind: (1) to provide a common framework for classifying and organizing the program elements of higher education institutions;…

This handbook consists of an overview of planning along with identification of the logical steps or operations in the planning process. Each aspect of planning considered here--situation analysis, beliefs, mission, continuing objectives, assessment of continuing objectives, specific objectives (instructional), priorities, strategies…

This exploratory study identified a number of problems in planning encountered by chief administrators from selected school districts in New York. (Author)

The author discusses the use of planning-programming-budgeting systems (PBBS) in educational planning, decision-making, and control, and suggests ways in which its applicability and effectiveness may be broadened. (MJB)

Distributive education teachers should heed the development of metrification and make a strenuous effort to prepare the new generation for the conversion to metric measures. (TA)

Examines the five tasks the International Institute of Educational Planning has proposed for educational planners. (IRT)

Describes the activities and recommendations of a National Videodisc Symposium in Education sponsored in 1986 by the National School Boards Association and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with the primary objective of developing a national plan for integrating videodisc technology into general education. Goals for an upcoming session are…

Describes the organization of adult education in Australia, where it includes occupational retraining. (JOW)