Considered the problem of educating those students between the ages of 16 and 19 and following the conclusions in Professor Henri Janne's report mentioned in the article, suggestions for making educational developments for this group were described. (RK)

The writer believes that admissions staffs should play a greater part in institutional planning and communicating with students. (Editor/PG)

In discussing the application of systems analysis to educational planning, the author examines political, economic, and technological constraints and suggests practical accommodations. (Author)

Examines the inaccuracies of national enrollment projections, some of the causes of the limited success, and makes suggestions for improvement. Approaches the problem of making better projections for individual colleges and universities. (Author/PG)

Article presented strengths and potential troubles of career education in community colleges, as viewed by the editor, who imbibes the scientific spirit while surveying occupational education as a scholar. (Editor/RK)

In 1974 the Swedish national higher education agency undertook a study of educational planning at the local and regional levels. It was hoped that by investigating and discussing the problems involved the study would contribute to discussion within institutions and planning bodies prior to implementation of the 1977 national reform of higher…

This paper was part of a symposium focusing on the role of educational administrators in school-based research. The author states that the role of research for the school administrator should be to support decision-making, both in providing a rational basis on which decisions can be made and in helping administrators feel confident their decisions…

The purpose of the present paper is to review the reasons for the growing disenchantment with traditional macro-planning efforts in education and to anticipate what effect this disenchantment may be expected to have upon education and educational planning activities in developing nations. (Author)

This paper attempts to employ a model of occupational attainment proposed for the United States by Peter M. Blau and O. Dudley Duncan in order to test a series of propositions about the influence of societal development on the role of formal schooling in the occupational attainment process. (Author)

Suggestions for strengthening the advisor or mentor relationship of faculty member to student in order to assure the success of contracting

A summary of the strengths and weaknesses of contracting, and of the factors educators should consider in adopting the idea on their campus. (Editor)

By describing a fictional simulated environment project, this short story demonstrates how an educational innovation may have unexpected and unpleasant consequences. (JG)

Are ninth graders too young for high school or too old for middle or junior high school? Author examines the problem and does not feel it is that severe. (Editor/RK)

Teacher suggested that involving parents to read children's literature is a way of stimulating students to become better readers. (RK)