Described as a text for students in college courses of all disciplines relating to the mentally handicapped (education, medicine, psychology, rehabilitation and others), the collection of papers contains two introductory articles on the origins of intelligence and the meaning of mental handicaps. Eight papers devoted to the biological factors in…

This paper describes the nature of the system planning approach to the problem of educational research allocations and examines several alternative structures that might support the Bureau of Research, Office of Education, in making the allocations. The first section discusses the problem and presents a summary of the major findings of the study.…

Recent California legislation now prescribes a procedure so that all territory in the state will be included in community college districts by Fall 1975. Responsibility for this procedure has been assigned to county committees on school district organization. The State Board of Governors supervises the formation of all new districts. Studies of…

Educational planning, whether conducted on an institutional or systemwide basis, is synonymous with the future allocation of human and physical resources for the purpose of achieving a desired future state. In order that allocative decisions might be made on rational grounds, it is necessary to identify and assess the implications of current and…

The tasks of this paper are to suggest, first, the general nature of future-oriented change needed in higher education, and second, the outline of a model for the systematic analysis and syntheses of that change. The author feels that although administrators are aware of what is going on in higher education, they are largely ignorant or disagree…

Planning (including educational planning) is by nature a political activity. Educational planning begins with, operates through, and ends with politics. Since politics is a crucial factor in determining the nature and effectiveness of a plan, to be efficient planners, management personnel and other planners should study politics and calculate the…

This report is the second part of a two-phased study designed to provide data for forecasting the size and characteristics of freshman classes at colleges and universities in Idaho. The initial phase of the study focused on the post-graduation plans of high school seniors who participated in a statewide survey conducted in May 1971. The present…

This is a statistical study of the growth of graduate enrollments and degree production in the United States during the post-Sputnik era. The purpose of the study is to provide better knowledge of the flow of college graduates through the graduate schools and to assess the effects of such factors as the draft, the G.I. Bills, and federal support…

Over the past several years, the universities of Ontario have made a gigantic effort under the direction of the Committee of Presidents of Universities of Ontario (CPUO) to provide quality higher education for all qualified students. This document presents a review of the activities of the CPUO prior to 1966, a discussion of the highlights of…

The Research Committee of the Committee of Presidents of the Provincially Assisted Universities of Ontario was charged in 1966 with preparing a study of university development in the 1970s. The first section of this report contains a description of university expansion in Ontario between 1962 and 1966. The remaining chapters set out in broad terms…

In the last several years the universities in Ontario have been absorbing into their curricula the programs of teacher education and the health sciences. In 1971 the Minister of University Affairs referred in a letter to the presidents of provincially-assisted universities to a need to extend the inventory of physical resources and the capital…

This document presents the findings of the resource group in charge of finance for the master plan for higher education in the state of Connecticut. Specific areas addressed by the group are (1) expenditures for current operations, (2) revenue for current operations, (3) capital budgets, (4) budgetary procedures and expenditure controls, and (5)…

Significant trends which foretell the future for postsecondary education, specifically colleges and universities, are discussed. These trends are based on the college-age population, the proportion of the state budget going to higher education, the establishment of new social priorities, the role of the private colleges, the increasing tendency…

The Study Commission on Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers is charged by the U. S. Office of Education to concern itself with the reforming of undergraduate education as it relates to the education of teachers. Part of the process of reform is likely to involve the federal government's granting of money to institutions of higher…

The Resource Requirements Prediction Model (RRPM) 1.6 is an instructional cost simulation model for use in all types of postsecondary institutions including community colleges, vocational schools, and large and small 4-year institutions with or without major research activities. The model provides institutions with a tool with which to analyze…