The report discusses Brain Gain 2010, a strategic plan to increase the proportion of Oklahoma's population with college degrees. National figures show that states with the greatest economic success have the highest percentages of college-educated citizens. Currently, Oklahoma ranks in the bottom one-third of all states for the educational…

With the passage of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, career and technical education in Colorado entered a new era. This monograph presents the five-year plan for the use of federal vocational funds during fiscal years 2000-2005. As one of a series of plans that interrelate and establish a vision for the Colorado…

This report documents what projects and activities the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) has undertaken in the 1999-2000 fiscal year. This past year, BCCAT has put considerable effort into initiating plans and projects to improve credit transfer arrangements and processes. A prototype for a Web-based electronic transfer…

The goal at the National Center for Educational Accountability (NCEA) is to support school efforts to reach excellence--to raise academic expectations and to promote those practices that will help more students reach those expectations. The "Just for the Kids School Information Service" is the process NCEA has created to accomplish this goal in a…

Author concludes that the most troublesome characteristic that will affect long range planning is opposition to change. Each time the planners begin another cycle, the people involved will have changed, the environmental conditions will be altered, the model will be improved and the goals will set forth innovations. (Author)

One of the most interesting aspects of the application of systems science to university administration is the use of simulation models in institutional research. This paper treats the benefits, implementation and prognosis of computer-assisted university administration with particular emphasis on university planning and cost simulation models. The…

Article discusses a regional subject matter catalog of lower division work and transfer requirements for use by counselors. (Author/RK)

Presents the text of an address given by the author, a Congressman, before the National Workshop on Federal Programs and Resource Development. (Editor/RK)

The Russell Committee's purpose was to prepare a five-year plan which would develop a bridgehead in adult education in England and Wales; pluralism is part of the concept, "coopeeration" and "needs," the key words. (Author/AJ)

The geographic mobility of allied health personnel is of major concern to planners facing decisions about locating training programs; a New York study revealed that personnel trained in that State are not geographically mobile, living and working reasonably close to the educational institutions where they received their basic professional…

Article explained how to get ready for an art program by planning an individualized curriculum with which children's learning experiences can be broadened. (Author/RK)

This article on open education and the direction it is taking is a kind of "state of the wave (movement)" message-a necessary caution not only for those moving along nicely with the current, but also for those who may already be over their heads and those who have yet to test the water. (Editor/RK)

Article suggested where the teacher's role lies in an open education environment and offered an idealized, stylized description of the teaching process in the informal class situation. (Author/RK)

On a recent tour the author was impressed by the enthusiasm and high standards which he saw at all levels, especially in language and vocational training at the primary and secondary levels. Also noted were basic practical training and retaining geared to specific local manpower needs and compulsory placement of college graduates. (DS)

A vast amount of pedagogical literature, including primary source material, which treats educational developments in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden is available in the English language. Listed are the materials that appear from 1960-1973. Names and addresses of Scandinavian sources of educational documentation are also cited. (Author/RM)