Elements of strategic planning are discussed in terms of their relevance for occupational education. Introductory remarks focus on the educational implications of the transformation from an industrial society to a technological society based on information. Two facets of strategic planning are discussed next: external assessment, which involves…

Outlines the context of the issues currently facing a complex university and some of the tools and techniques for manpower planning available at the institutional level. (Author)

Discusses the resolve necessary to keep the schools open during a strike and the detailed planning necessary to carry out that resolve. (Author/IRT)

Last year the author went to Cyprus to film the aftermath of the Turkish intervention. This summer he returned to the island, and talked to teachers, politicians and families about the effect on the children of the dislocation of the educational system. (Editor/RK)

Because the idea of career development possesses a number of unresolved speculations related both to education and counseling, this article attempts to explore the consequences of extending some of these concepts beyond the periphery of suposition and into a potentially new reality. (Editor/RK)

This article examined (1) some contemporary social change phenomena, (2) how these phenomena apply to school systems, (3) some social and psychological factors that block the use of this information in renewal of educational systems, (4) Organization Development strategies that can empower school systems to renew themselves, and (5) some…

The construction of a market research questionnaire is recommended as one way a college can identify its applicant pool market. Included are an outline of information the applicant pool questionnaire might seek and basic criteria of question writing. (JT)

This article outlines guidelines for designing a school for translators and interpreters, the main points being selection of languages to be taught, curriculum planning, selection of qualified teachers and size of the student body. (CLK)

The computational methodology illustrated in this chapter provides higher educational planners at the federal, state, and institutional level with several alternative procedures for calculating productivity measures. Illustrations show that better institutional productivity measures can be constructed from existing data with a multidimensional…

Horizontal vs. vertical cuts, that is the key question. Faculties favor the horizontal (put us all in the same boat), but the deep vertical cut (e.g. staff and program reduction) is, the author argues, most likely to cure an institutional illness. (Editor/JT)

The author directs general remarks to the educational adjustments required by the change to the metric system, but he emphasizes the importance of vocational education coordinating its change to metric to the rate of change in the particular business or industry in which the students are being trained. (AG)

The forces at work in the relatively brief history of Trinidad and Tobago were sketched in order to provide a background for the current situation. The paper then described and analyzed the new directions taken or proposed in education in the light of its new political, social and economic circumstances. (Author/RK)

Author clarifies some misunderstandings between his view of educational responsibility and that of Kenneth Conklin and endorses a policy of personal responsibility; that is, that all school members, including students, should be responsible for determining school activities and policies. Professor Conklin endorses the policy of adult authority,…

This study illustrated the information that organizational documents can provide on the effectiveness of educational planning. (Author)