Continuing education in Europe will require constant renewal, democratic feedback, and personal flexibility. In its future form, it might begin with basic education as a foundation for vocational education, which in turn would evolve into forms of further training, refresher training, and retraining in keeping with the ideal of a dynamic, free…

This bibliography represents a tentative, subjective judgment of the literature relevant to the future of American education. The scope covers how and why we look at the future, what is happening now, and what might and ought to happen in the future. The material is organized into five sections: (1) introduction, (2) highly recommended reading…

This plan outlines the proposed development of the University of Missouri for the next 10 years. The discussion includes the general organization of the 4-campus University, its responsibilities, the roles to be filled by the individual campuses, and an assessment of the needs of the various disciplines and divisions as the University responds to…

The questions of evaluation and accountability are major issues in today's education. The responsibility of higher education is to prove that it has a purpose and is adequately fulfilling it. Continuous searching, revision, and checking are necessary, but given the leeway to work, higher education can be more effective in helping to build a better…

A review of the goals and issues in the development and evaluation of the middle school concept is presented. Although there has been a great increase in the number of middle schools, many seem to be organized without careful planning of goals, programs and evaluation strategies. A review of the problems involved led to the formation of fifteen…

This document provides an agenda for investment by the National Institute of Education and identifies the problem areas and functional activities that require a greater commitment of resources to provide an effective national program of research and development in higher education. Fifteen major problem areas have been identified, including:…

This is a plea for planning for impending changes in professional education. The author analyzes new features of professional practice and shifting expectations of professional students and then undertakes a perceptive analysis of the anatomy of change itself. (MJM)

The purpose of the Information Exchange Procedures (IEP) projects is to create among higher education institutions the capability for exchanging and reporting that information, both financial and otherwise, necessary to calculate and evaluate costs (1) by discipline and course level and (2) by student program and student level. Most uses of…

Accountability is being required of all America's institutions of higher education. Gallaudet College, an institution for the deaf in Washington, D.C., feels it has found a solution to the accountability problem in the use of "measurable objectives" in its program planning. The first phase from January 1 through June 30, 1972 of…

This statement deals with the possibilities, the planning, and the policies that will bring higher education and its participants in Colorado through the 70's and into 1980. The number of college-age students has increased rapidly in Colorado during the 1960's and the incline is expected to be even greater in the 70's. This Commission report is…

"Education in the Twenty First Century" was the theme of this first Annual Meeting of the European Home Study Council (EHSC), which was preceded by a congress on October 28, 1968. This theme reflects the thoughts of the EHSC as to the future direction of home study if increasing demands for education are to be met. The speeches are preceded by "An…

This report analyzes some of the conditions necessary for successful educational planning with emphasis on political and administrative conditions that tend to make the educational planner's task more difficult. The research and experiences are drawn from Latin America. The author suggests that educational planners should seek ways of working with…

An initial task in starting a program of community services is to plan to develop and prepare fo offer a program designed to achieve the purposes and goals of the college. The procedures used to analyze the expectations and needs may be as varied as the final programs, but there are certain basic considerations which are common to them all. These…

In planning for higher education, budgets should be developed that reflect not merely the status quo but rather provide a realistic picture of what occurs relative to what should occur in current programs. This requires setting up an informational framework to provide a mechanism for generating and evaluating alternate ways to achieve…

The aim of the present study is to show how, as a result of the establishment in Dijon in September 1959, of a "Standing Conference of Rectors and Vice-Chancellors of the European Universities", a completely new kind of cooperation has grown up among the universities of Europe. The history of the conference, including a discussion of its…