This study was designed to develop and establish a priority for goal statements that pertain to previously identified educational needs in Mississippi. A total of 1,297 opinionnaires were mailed to individuals classified into ten separate groups (school board members, superintendents, principals, teachers, students, parents, higher education…

This paper presents a proposed strategy for developing and utilizing a needs assessment strategy based on Competency Based Teacher Education. The three steps in the strategy are the identification of teaching skills needed in a particular situation, the development of a procedure for determining teacher needs in relation to the identified teaching…

This document presents the product of more than 2 years of study by the Commission on the Future of the College of Princeton University. It attempts to convey something of the Commission's respect for the strengths of the undergraduate programs and to offer realistic suggestions about how it might be made even stronger. Following the letter of…

The author proposes a method of examining and organizing the principles relating to the conditions of institutional change. Those conditions of change involve principles which relate to three elements--people, places, and things. Within these categories, principles may be enumerated which operate to facilitate or restrain change or innovation…

The Preliminary Information Exchange Procedures (IEP) cost study project was undertaken as a joint venture by a group of colleges and universities and the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). The project was initiated and sponsored by NCHEMS to accomplish six objectives that would benefit both the institutions and…

Public education needs the results orientation and performance accountability mandated by a management system. Schools need a management system around which to lay plans to solve problems and reach ever higher levels of accomplishment in serving the needs of students. Management by objectives provides the school administrator with such a…

This report deals with the structures and functions that must be established to insure comprehensive planning to achieve a total institutional response to the requirements of operating a multi-ethnic campus. These structures and functions include the principles for the planning basis, administrative structure, decisionmaking structure, advisory…

The purpose of this report is to discuss and compare two mathematical models for predicting student enrollments at the University of California. One has been proposed in the scientific literature and the second has been used by the state of California since 1963 to forecast student enrollments. The specific problems addressed in this report are…

This book provides ideas about developing new learning programs that are based on the actual day-to-day experience of 15 schools. The information was collected during visits to 15 new school programs in Illinois and adjacent States, and by talking with the people who had direct roles in devising these programs. Many of the schools in this study…

These guidelines for the Vermont Regional Community College Commission attempt to answer the following questions: (1) Who are the students to be attracted and served? (2) What kind of services are to be provided? (3) In what ways can these services best be developed? (4) What kind of resources and staff development are needed for the job? and (5)…

A guide designed to assist any California community college in objective self-appraisal of its occupational education programs is presented. It is divided into two volumes. This volume provides the data necessary for an understanding of COPES, the procedures for its application, and time guidelines for scheduling its use. COPES is an acronym for…

The purpose of this manual is to provide practical help in designing and improving educational components of family planning programs. It discusses methods and techniques which may be used to assist couples in developing positive attitudes and behavior with regard to family planning--activities which influence how they act, how they feel, and what…

The need for environmental education programs for citizen groups and schools alike is defined, together with the need to plan for such education. To bring about this process a state plan for environmental education is advocated. Such a plan is viewed as a four-part, comprehensive and long-range chart for planned change. To function effectively,…

Six papers were presented at an invitational seminar for administrators of statewide boards and commissions of higher education concerning planning for state systems of post secondary education. The topics cover planning: a basic responsibility for a state system; development and implementation of a state higher education plan; near, short, and…

Comparative analysis of educational planning in Pakistan and the United States illustrates the potential of educational planning and the one-sided approach to planning practiced in America. In Pakistan, the centralized government coordinates all planning activities, and educational planning is only one part of an integrated planning program for…