An inservice teacher education model which proposes four stages: Planning Stage, Implementation Stage, Evaluation Stage and Follow-up Stage. (Author)

Article described the Educational Perspective Plan, part of an economic, social and cultural development during 1974-84, for Tamil Nadu, one of the 17 states in the Republic of India. (Author/RK)

Article presented those jobs with the fastest growth rate and discussed the applicants necessary to fill those jobs in the next ten years in the United States. (RK)

Effective administration is dependent upon the determination of objectives and priorities and the monitoring of time expenditure in order to maintain maximum productivity. Good management means getting things done through the efforts of others. (Editor)

Discusses institutional planning and its application to the management of educational institutions, including concept clarification, problems in strategic planning in higher education, and obstacles to planning. (Author/PG)

How can schools make the best use of the RoSLA year? One way is to ease the transition from the classroom to 'the world of work'. (Editor)

Changes in the balance of power over higher education require increased leadership by state coordinating boards and their directors. (Editor)

Distance educators find themselves in a growth segment of the education industry. Distance educators must understand why the industry is growing. This growth presents a number of challenges. Four contributing factors are: (1) changes in educational delivery and regulations; (2) changes in technology; (3) changes in society; and (4) environmental…

This guide suggests a number of activities that can be undertaken to prepare for and take part in the International Literacy Year (ILY). It is directed to groups such as national ILY organizing committees; local, national, regional and international non-governmental organizations; Unesco clubs and associations; institutions participating in the…

As a means of organizing the diverse literature on and approaches to planned educational change, the author proposes a typology that focuses on change perspectives. Whereas previously proposed typologies classified approaches to change according to the change strategies or processes utilized, the current proposal urges using "change…

Attempts at change in education have been largely unsuccessful, producing only superficial change because of inadequate needs analysis, unsound implementation plans, insufficient training in the use of innovations, and failure to involve practitioners in the decision-making process. (HMD)

The factors which affect the output of school systems can be measured in poor nations as well as in rich. Data produced by these kinds of studies can be integrated with the kinds of data normally manipulated by educational planners in order to produce policy recommendations that focus on output. (HMD)

A multi-structural model of the schools, disciplines and programs of Murdoch University in Australia, due to open in 1975, is presented. (PG)

Motivated by the belief that there is a pressing need for more research in community education, this article sets forth some ideas about how the field might stimulate increased activity in this area, and develops a model for a research and planning division in local community education programs. (Author)