This document presents a case and guide for a "Space/Time-Preference" (S/T-P) higher learning situation in which educational programs, plans, and proposals seek to promote learning beyond campus classrooms, while many of them are even flexible as to when and how a student learns. The purpose of the guide is to focus on the long-range problems and…

This document presents a speech by the President of Florida International University concerning the creation of the institution. Florida International is an upper-level college located outside of Miami. The institution has been innovative in its physical structure as well as in its educational philosophy. Located at the site of the abandoned…

A critique of policy and experience in the introduction of educational television in the Third World is made. Systems of public instruction and nonformal systems of education like agricultural extension, community development, and family planning are the main focus of the discussion. Further guidelines for policy makers are suggested for more…

The growing competition between higher education, other levels of education, and other sectors of the economy for limited government funds has made the need for more systematic methods of planning and management of higher education systems and institutions of utmost importance. This document presents a report of a conference whose purpose was to…

This abridgement of "PLANS: Basic Program in Educational Planning and Problem Solving" is a condensation of the training manual for the PLANS model and is aimed at providing a brief presentation of the seven steps of the model. These seven steps identify the problem, define the problem, analyze the problem, generate alternative solutions, select…

This report contains the highlights of a study undertaken at the behest of the Iowa General Assembly and the State Board of Regents to propose the characteristics and site of a new State institution of higher education in Western Iowa. This report contains: (1) "The Proposal" of a four year institution to be located in the community of…

The purpose of this report is to provide a common framework within which Ohio's public institutions of higher education can perform their existing planning, programming, and budgeting functions. The purposes, organization, and outputs of higher education are discussed in the first 3 sections. Purposes include: instructional objectives, research,…

Four papers by four conference speakers deal with the theme that educational planning is urgent, and that it vitally needs time and resources. Specialist personnel may be required and without them it is doubtful if full benefit can be obtained either from the planning process or from the implementation of plans once developed. At the same time,…

The purpose of this study of Ohio's system of public higher education was to review each institution in terms of its management, organization, and administrative practices, and recommend needed improvements. With this as a basis, the management and coordination of the overall system was to be evaluated. The report is presented in four major…

This 4,927-item bibliography constitutes part of a research project to provide a descrptive review of worldwide educational planning techniques and experiences, as well as an evaluation of the usefulness of such planning for integration in approaches to futures planning. In addition to supporting the research project, the bibliography provides a…

The documents on university management listed in this report were collected by the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. The documents are divided into 3 sections: (1) higher education planning, management and organization; (2) institutional management techniques applied to specific institutions; and (3) reference documents. Within these…

As part of the overall education plans for Fort Lincoln New Town (FLNT) an automated school cost model was developed. Chapter 1 overviews the FLNT model's features and sets its operational context, while chapter 2 discusses the model in detail. The appendices provide model inputs and cost calculations, names of approximately 500 inputs used in the…

The purpose of cost-benefit analysis is to provide a guide for rational resource allocation by assessing the future benefits of an investment against the costs incurred in the present. For educational planners, this type of analysis is made difficult by the noneconomic costs and benefits in education and also by the extensive time-lag that exists…

Based on school visitation in Leflore County, Mississippi, interviews with first- and second-grade teachers, school social workers, and members of the central staff, the writer discusses the need for pre-school education in that county and evaluates the school program it relates to pre-school education. It is recommended that Project Head Start…

Earlier work by this author (ED 034 298) attempted to provide a framework to aid project directors in planning change under Title I of ESEA. The present study attempts to develop a classification system (Taxonomy of Administrative Information Needs) to help evaluators and administrators anticipate information needs related to the decision making…