School systems must be geared for intensive introspection and analysis if the confusion in educational planning is to be allayed. The Planning, Programing, Budgeting System provides an appropriate framework to approach basic research and policy analysis. (Author/JN)

Stresses the need to plan the educational system's conversion to metrics. Since almost 80 percent of the world now uses metrics, and since they are easier to teach to children than the currently used English system, the author claims conversion is both logical and cheaper in the longrun. Includes a school metrication calendar. (Author/WM)

This paper has been an attempt to show what is involved in actually using two general principles of learning in the planning of a learning experience. (Author/RK)

A defense of the Open Admissions policy of the City University of New York, initiated in the Fall of 1970, against several of its critics. (JM)

Pressures on higher education institutions are of two types: those that arise from the actions of the government or organized groups; and those that arise from natural'' forces, such as the decline in the birth rate. Higher education will no longer be a growth industry unless new constitutencies can be attracted to its institutions through…

This paper surveys the literature on educational programmes in selected rural areas of the world. It reports present trends in organization, content and methodology. The focus is on the structure of formal education, its innovation and impact on the development of the rural areas. (SM)

The fundamental problems of investment in rural education in the present developing countries are analyzed. Needs of rural education are outlined and financial considerations related to investment in the improvement of rural educational programs are discussed. (SM)

Assessment and elaboration of plan indices, the determination of future pupil enrollment in general education schools, particulars in the long-range planning of the school network, calculation of the need for pedagogical cadres, and the development of the school's physical facilities are presented. (Author/KM)

Author discusses the four components of planning: need, interest, organization, and accountability as they relate to an alternative school. (Editor)

Article is a list of cautions based on the experience of large school districts, as leaders in initiating educational options. (Editor)

Discusses the work in educational administration at the University of Bristol, where the common element is to be found in the use of problem-centered approaches, with the social sciences occupying key service roles rather than the central roles. Selection of material, whether concerned with research topics or course curriculums, is influenced by a…

Presents an analysis of the Soviet Union's educational system and suggests the continuing need for a rise in the level of education based on the premise that society's income from raising the skill level of workers outweighs considerably for expenditures on securing this rise. (Author/RK)

The inadequacies of the accountability system California legislators have required California schools to adopt are discussed. (JB)

How to determine whether the cost of differentiated staffing is proportionate to the benefits that may be realized. (Author)

Five adult educators comment on a radical educational report. (RK)