The opening section of the document provides a brief perspective of the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales, which forms a background for the discussion presented in the rest of the report. The second section, Retrospect, gives a historical survey of the evolution of the NHS from the previous health care supply system, with…

A program was proposed and initiated to involve teachers and administrators of the Smyrna (Delaware) School District in a thorough assessment of their reading programs. Using "Standards of Excellence for Reading in Delaware" and its accompanying checklist as the assessment instrument, committees in each building met with members of the…

The Ontario university system has undergone two separate transformations, structural and economic, from 1972 to 75. The history of this period is primarily the history of these transformations and the way they have affected university-government relations and the role of the Council of Ontario Universities. Major issues of concern during that…

This document summarizes the interview responses of school superintendents and administrators in 19 K-12 school districts in Wisconsin. The administrators were asked ten questions about educational planning and evaluation issues, needs, and accomplishments in their districts. The respondents indicated a need for improved administrative practices,…

State education agencies are organizing and developing programs that increasingly recognize the difference between the following types of state education productivity systems: (1) distributing money for productivity in education to be defined and implemented at the local level within "state minimum standards" regulated by the state…

This paper examines the separation of planning activities from administration and analyzes the interrelationships between planning and policy-making within the educational enterprise. The paper investigates in some detail the relationships between organizational levels and the stages of planning and shows where consensus is required in the…

Planning is a complex activity that varies a great deal from country to country depending on such variables as the administrative structure of the country. The complexity of the task is increased because the five planning activities--issuing directives for planning, preparing plans, approving plans, implementing plans, and evaluating and revising…

NCHEMS, National Center for Higher Management Systems, is a separate division of WICHE. Under the direction of a Board of Directors, who represent various sectors of postsecondary education, the NCHEMS staff works with a series of task forces and representatives of national associations to develop products for planners and managers. This document…

Student access to higher education, the student's ability to enroll in some form of postsecondary education appropriate to his needs, capability, and motivation, and student choice of alternative higher education activities and institutions have recently been thought of in terms of the financial burden associated with attending a postsecondary…

This three-part book is part of a series exploring educational policy planning, published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Education Committee. The articles in this collection, resulting from a January 1973 conference, focus on pedagogical and organizational dimensions. The first part of the book presents a…

The first in a series of nine career education guides covers the planning and implementation of an articulated career education program. The unit provides a means for articulating the total career education concept in grades K-12 by use of an integrated council. It lists career education goals with respect to general objectives and specific grade…

This survey of the Higher Education Panel (HEP) of the American Council on Education, conducted in July 1971, concerned first-year graduate enrollment and postdoctoral enrollment in science and engineering for the academic year 1970-71 and expected enrollments for 1971-72. Each institution was asked, first, to indicate new applications received…

This document is intended to serve as a guide for institutions in the development of data bases to support the implementation of planning and management systems. This publication serves to identify and describe those student-related data elements: (1) required to support current National Center for Higher Education Systems (NCHEMS) products; (2)…

A collection of papers presented and summaries of discussion groups of a conference on community/junior colleges is presented. Contents are a preface, welcome, three papers, recommendations from work groups, a conference summary, and a list of participants. The papers are as follows: "Nature of the Two-Year College Program and Implications for…

The major policy points made in the paper are that: (1) New York State needs a comprehensive system of occupational education which serves all persons needing job preparation and which uses all available public and private resources; (2) such a system will make available to every person a continuum of educational opportunities beginning in early…