Educational technology presents a challenge to educators. It makes possible the instruction of an individual in any course the educator deems necessary. In order to utilize these new opportunities effectively, the educators must decide what the goals are for a person in an automated society. The educator must deal less with the teaching of…

This study defines the role of the education-industry planning consultant. The planning consultant is envisioned as an independent agent who will be concerned with improving the interaction among school districts and the education industry through facilitating the use of comprehensive, long-range planning. He is seen as functioning to provide a…

This summary of a master plan for higher education in Utah explains why formulation of such a plan was necessary and how it came to be developed. If adopted by the state legislature, it is intended to guide decision making in higher education and to implement needed programs. The summary discusses the assumptions upon which the plan is based,…

This annual report for the fiscal year ending June 1968 of the Board of Governors of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education discusses the function of the Institute and the success of its programs. Designed to include a department of graduate studies, a research and development center, and a regional laboratory, the institute is involved in…

Instructional design, course planning, and training program administration are the main aspects treated in this annotated bibliography. Most articles included were published between January 1960 and March 1968. The 447 abstracts appear under the main headings of: learning theory applied to instruction, planning, course management, and program…

This paper explains the concept of models, their construction, and their use. It is suggested that mathematics is a helpful tool in model construction, and that models in general are indispensable in science. Models identify variables and illustrate causal relationships among the variables. An attempt is made to classify models from the point of…

This model for forecasting regional and national occupational trends for use in vocational education planning, facilitates the incorporation of labor market and student needs into program planning. The study includes: (1) literature search, which yielded 80 references related to occupational trend forecasting and exploratory programs, (2) a…

Two studies were conducted to investigate information needs and the processes of information utilization at the local school district level and in institutions of higher education. The first of these studies was a survey of several school districts. In each district a questionnaire was distributed which asked for data concerning sources of…

The Carnegie Commission Reports are an indepth study scrutinizing the structure, procedures, and content of an educational system as never before. These reports form the basis for this volume that treats those questions and problems in some way or other common to most countries of the Western world. An attempt is made to examine the educational…

This document reports on a formal planning assessment for sociology conducted by the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning of the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies. Data, reports and comments, and recommendations on a plan for graduate work in sociology in the province is set out. Recommendations are: (1) That the high rates of delay and…

At the present time there are two graduate programs in anthropology in Ontario. An examination of the 3-year plans submitted in 1972 revealed that several universities in Ontario were proposing master's work in anthropology. It was decided to place master's work in anthropology under provisional embargo until a "mini-planning assessment"…

This document is the fourth annual report to the Governor and the Legislature by the Utah State Board of Higher Education for the 1972-73 year. Following the commissioner's report, emphasis is placed on events of the year, academic affairs, budgets and finance, planning and capital facilities, and profiles of member institutions. The section on…

Effective planning and rationalization of long-term graduate development in Ontario's universities concerning solid earth sciences are discussed in relation to a report and recommendations of the Council of Ontario Universities and a report of the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning. Recommendations suggest: (1) The universities proceed with…

During the National Institute of Education's (NIE) early years of growth, the director and his staff will be making many choices that will determine the NIE's organizational and managerial form and, inseparably, shape its effect on education. The purpose of this Working Note is to present a number of different strategies for the NIE that its…

In order for the university to regain public confidence and survive as a vital force that makes decisions relevant to the problems of today and tomorrow, it has no alternative but to reexamine with commitment its purpose for being as well as to identify, clarify, and articulate its mission, goals, and objectives in order to chart its own course…