This report is part of an effort to develop a statewide comprehensive plan of higher education in South Dakota. The report consists of an introduction and three parts. Part one is the report of the Faculties Research Committee and includes information on the number of full-time faculty on campus, faculty personnel data, academic preparation,…

This report is part of an effort to develop a statewide comprehensive plan for higher education in South Dakota. The report consists of a preface, summary, introduction and three major parts. Part 1 is the Research Committee Report and includes a summary of educational offerings at the state's 15 public and private colleges and universities. Part…

This document outlines a plan (CODE) for the comprehensive development of the Florida State University System. Part I discusses the nature and purpose of CODE, earlier planning efforts, the Board of Regents, and the Office of the Chancellor. Part 2 presents the basic components of CODE, the objectives and educational goals, PPBS, and the planning…

Designed as the basis for continuous planning in the area of higher education in Minnesota, this report utilizes research generated by the Commission's comprehensive data collection system. It aims to: project needs, assess the current status and future directions of higher education in Minnesota, clarify the role of each of the components in the…

To develop a systematic evaluation system, a planning team should initially identify the needs of target groups. Needs which can be met are defined as behavioral objectives. Once the behavioral objectives and those specific elements essential to achieving them (enabling objectives) are defined and classified, performance measures can be…

The Community College Guidance Profile (CCGP) was developed to accelerate and simplify the assessment process in vocational and educational guidance. The CCGP includes six main sections which are concerned with: (1) educational and vocational aspirations, (2) self estimates of abilities and personal traits, (3) vocational interests, (4) activities…

A conceptual design is presented for a planning, programming, budgeting system (PPBS), which provides the information necessary for--(1) planning educational programs that will meet the needs of the community, and (2) choosing among the alternative ways in which a school district can allocate resources to achieve its goals and objectives. The PPBS…

An imaginary consultant (with some resemblance to the author), makes a survey of graduate student-faculty relations and their views of their decision-making roles. The results of the survey are intended to guide deans of graduate schools in emerging institutions in working out suitable roles for graduate students in academic decision making. Based…

This study of student-faculty ratios was initiated in the Fall of 1968. A survey was conducted of 206 institutions selected according to geographic region, type of fiscal control, highest academic degree offered and institutional size. These factors were also used in analyzing the data. Information was requested on: (1) full-time student-faculty…

An organizing center, this 32-page publication points out, is not a "learning center" in the sense of having one area reserved for clay modeling or the construction of mobiles. It is, rather, more like the central thought of a story and is considered a method for planning activity-focused teaching units in which the teacher is the key to…

Any change in education that is for the purpose of improving the quality of learning experiences must either grow out of internalized changes on the part of those who must put the change into effect and support it; or must be brought about in such a way that local staffs and community members achieve necessary internalized changes in their values,…

Bracketing is defined as a procedure whereby individual decisionmaking team members sharpen their perceptions of organizational need prior to administrative action. Like the Delphi technique, the procedure eliminates major detriments of group activity planning and includes sequential interrogations and feedback procedures. Unlike the Delphi…

The Dynamic Analysis and Strategic Planning (DASP) Program Division of the Center for Occupational Education at North Carolina State University is concerned with its need for information about the actual operation of planning systems and the development of a planning and information system for vocational education. To this end a three part…

The most distinctive organizational characteristic of universities is their bottom-heavy authority, the decentralized decisionmaking, and their strong reliance upon the judgments of individual faculty. The preservation of this type of structure is essential to the efficient and effective pursuit of the university's basic mission: to facilitate…

The Statewide Measures Inventory is essentially a list of items of information along with concise definitions and other information of interest, relevant to statewide postsecondary education planning and management. It has been designed primarily as a working document for use by state level postsecondary education planners and decisionmakers. The…