Through case study methods, we examine a vocational university in China to ascertain if and the extent to which industrial modernization, the global economy and economic market forces, and state planning have altered this institution. We focus specifically upon a vocational university in China, as these institutions comprise the newest higher…

In August 2007, an $11.2 million proposal for a shared statewide high-density storage facility was submitted to the Board of Governors, the governing body of the State University System in Florida. The project was subsequently approved at a slightly lower level and funding was delayed until 2010/2011. The experiences of coordinating data…

The creation and meaning of a comprehensive outdoor recreation plan for the state of Texas is the topic of this address presented to the Department of Recreation and Parks, Texas A & M University, in February, 1968. Overall, the plan is concerned with any and all participation in leisure time activities conducted in an out-of-doors setting,…

This document presents a report of the activities of the higher education institutions in Utah during fiscal year 1971-72. Contents include an outline of the academic affairs of the institutions, including descriptions of proposed programs approved, changes in academic program, programs disapproved or discontinued, the veterans approval program,…

The design of a series of planning games is outlined. The purpose of the games is to convey an appreciation of the variety of possible futures and to indicate both how the occurrence of some events may affect the probability of occurrence of others and how much of a role chance may play, as opposed to deliberate intervention by the players, in…

Systems and networks have been a fact of life in Indiana for several years. The Area Library Services Authority, the Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority, the Indiana Union List of Serials, the statewide TWX network, and others are documented with emphasis on the participation of specialized libraries. (Author)

The authors present the hypothesis that the integration of communications technology into a cooperative and comprehensive systems design is the only way a state can realistically meet its continuing obligation to provide increased learning opportunities...without a vast increase in the percentage of tax money spent on public instruction. (Editor)

Outlines the activities of Missouri's Task Force 1990, a statewide study of educational needs in vocational-technical education, which resulted in 84 recommendations for a comprehensive state plan. (SK)

Includes a review and examination of comprehensive planning guides for industrial education in use on the state level in the United States and Canada. Discusses the documentation of industrial education, substantiating the inconsistency in the definition and the use of the term itself. (JOW)

Background: This paper reports the findings of a study of individual budgeting practices in state-financed developmental disabilities services in the United States. The study's purpose was to describe key process components and methodological variables integral to consumer-controlled, individual budgeting formats employed in state-funded services.…

Online learning and our current system of local education governance are at odds with one another, to say the least. In this paper, John Chubb examines how local school district control retards the widespread use of instructional technologies. He argues that the surest way to break down the system's inherent resistance to technology is to shift…

Much more work--and better results--will be needed before Stark County's future vision for its schools and communities is realized. And Stark County's education stakeholders are committed to completing this journey. But at this critical juncture in the state of Ohio's efforts to improve the performance of its schools and the students they serve,…

When the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) went into effect in 2002, Georgia's statewide accountability system was already well underway. As a result, some schools faced the federal law's most serious consequences as early as 2004. That left Georgia policymakers with a dilemma on which there remains little federal guidance: what to do with…

This article describes the evolution and implementation of the California Basic Skills Initiative (CA BSI), a statewide effort to address ongoing basic skills and ESL needs of community college students and of all campus faculty, administrators, and staff who support these students. CA BSI strategies include assisting every college in assessing…