Cost analysis is of interest for: its operating and management uses within each institution; its help in providing critical inputs for planning; making major changes in capacity, program structure, or institutional policies; its uses in obtaining comparisons between institutions which help in sharing insights about what targets to set for…

A monograph, which is the first written description of a state-wide application of systematic planning based upon the concepts of corporate and conglomerate long-range planning, is presented. The six-year planning process of the Washington State community college system embraces a four-phase sequence of activities. Phase I involves the development…

The basic premise of this paper is: if current management and fiscal problems are to be solved in higher education, planners and decisionmakers must adopt an outcome-oriented approach to planning. In the past, most planners have tended to be means-oriented, focusing more attention on problems associated with the course of action being followed and…

Guidelines for early childhood education are presented. School and class size, integration, special school services, and educational tools and supplies are discussed in relation to development of an elementary education program. The need for auxiliary assistants, staff training programs, staff development, and research and evaluation is detailed…

These guidelines discuss philosophy, structure, staffing, curriculum facilities, and program direction as salient factors in school design. Also included as important organizational considerations are special school services, educational tools and supplies, auxiliary assistants, staff training, and research and evaluation, democratic staff…

The second of a two volume series contains 1974 Florida Department of Education guidelines to assist local school districts in planning instructional programs for all exceptional students. The guidelines for developing criteria and procedures in each area of exceptionality are said to be based on proposed definitions for State Board of Education…

The Ministers of 20 countries took part and reached a wide measure of agreement on the 2 chief themes of this conference: policy and planning in postsecondary education, and mobility of students, teachers, and research workers. A third theme of the conference was the activities of international organizations working in the field of education.…

This paper outlines a systematic approach to long-range planning in colleges and universities. It deals first with the planning process and the seven objectives for planning. These are: (1) determination of the mission and goals of the college or university; (2) translation of the mission and goals into programs; (3) determination of the resources…

Chapter I of this manual for a planning simulation system for higher education presents some basic outlines to aid in the planning process, including the "outline of plans" as a concrete aid to systematic planning. This chapter also identifies some of the typical problems and barriers that hamper the planning process, and conveys the…

The futures of continuing education are discussed from the standpoint of educational planning for the future. Techniques that are being used in formulating futures environments are described, and a model of Federal policy options/goals in post-secondary education in the years 1970-85 is presented as a cross-impact matrix (Annex I). A scenario of…

Containing 43 references selected from "Exceptional Child Education Abstracts," the bibliography cites research reports, conference papers, journal articles, texts, and program guides relating to homebound or hospitalized children. The bibliography is one in a series of over 50 similar selected listings in various areas of education for the…

This monograph presents the findings of a study of planning and change at 80 colleges and universities, private and public, located in four separate states--California, Florida, Illinois and New York. In Chapter I, different substantive crises now facing higher education are presented and discussed. The next chapter (II), analyzes planning styles…

PRIME is an acronym for Planning Resources in Minnesota Education. The project's primary objective is to test the implementation of CAMPUS (Comprehensive Analytical Methods for Planning University Systems) in one State College, one Junior College, and in one school at the University of Minnesota. The CAMPUS model was developed by the Institute for…

Purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Little Tennessee Valley Charrette, a 3-county experiment in community participation in identification of educational needs and planning new programs. An evaluation team interviewed charrette participants and group discussion leaders to obtain information on the program as the basis for…

This report presents a description of a process for instructional system design, identification of the steps in the design process, and determination of their sequence and interrelationships. As currently envisioned, several interrelated steps must be taken, five of which provide the inputs to the final design process. There are analysis of…