The Commission on Academic Development was established to examine the goals and development of the University of Victoria and related issues. This document includes the appendixes to their report and contains: (1) the call for submission to the commission; (2) a list of submissions, bibliography, and other source documents; (3) report on…

Conclusions and recommendations regarding the development of an Area Master Plan to provide maximum coordination between vocational, technical, adult, and continuing education agencies within Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California, are presented. The Area Five Planning Committee, which developed the Master Plan, based its evaluation and…

The purpose of the handbook is to provide basic guidelines and information for administrators and supervisors of comprehensive vocational education programs in the State of Tennessee. Emphasis is placed on duties, responsibilities, and functions performed by administrative and supervisory personnel. The handbook also includes: (1) suggested goals…

Information about the current and projected tenure fraction is needed by faculty and administrators at the department level where tenure recommendations originate as well as by the central administration and key faculty-administrative bodies, such as the University Budget Committee where decisions are finalized and budgetary priorities are set. It…

The theme of the Ninth Annual International Congress of the International Council on Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (ICHPER), where the papers in this collection originated, was "Educational Planning in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation." After greetings from six distinguished Korean leaders and the Presidential address by…

This report comprises papers commissioned for the World Congress on Educating Engineers for World Development, sponsored by the International Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, and held in Colorado in June 1975. The purpose of the Congress was to bring about significant changes in the education of engineers and in the…

The concepts and practices of local school evaluation, as implemented in the Cincinnati Public Schools, are described. The conceptual framework of local school evaluation, which is based upon the needs of local schools, and attempts to incorporate evaluation with instructional activities, is presented. The components of the framework are: (1)…

The purpose of the Korea/Seadag seminar was to advance the systematic development of nonformal education and to maximize the development of human resources. Specific objectives are related to evolving future programs of nonformal education in Korea and East Asia. The report focuses on participant discussions regarding the conceptualization,…

Curriculum development in Hawaii is often implemented on a large scale, statewide basis with concentrated resources and financial support. This presents a unique setting for comprehensive evaluation. Various methods of accomplishing the evaluation and satisfying both community and legislature are discussed. A variety of evaluation resources are…

Provided is a collection of 10 articles presenting an overview of education in the Soviet Union, including descriptions relating to the development of the Soviet educational system and some basic underlying principles. Chapters focus on the following topics: development of the Soviet educational system following the socialist revolution, preschool…

Results of Surveys of graduates (based on the 1972 and 1973 classes) soon after receipt of a degree are used to document the existence of dramatic differences in level of vocational success achieved by the graduates of various curricular areas. Measures of vocational success discussed include unemployment rate, underemployment rate, incidence of…

Planning and management systems for colleges should be tailor-made to fit each particular college. The approach suggested here is flexible so that it can be adapted to individual circumstances in a variety of colleges. What is being suggested is an approach to planning rather than a technique. The approach results in two types of output documents:…

The report attempts to analyze the political feasibility of career education currently through analysis of existing legislation and consultation with experts and key policy officials. The most significant Federal legislation for career education has been Title X of the Education Amendments of 1972 providing State grants for the development of…

Comprehensive educational planning can give direction to the total organization, reduce intrasystem problems, and increase the potential of the total educational system. Comprehensive educational planning is a continuous process of establishing goals, gathering data, forming and accessing alternative means of goal achievement, and making decisions…

The paper presents some informal observations and conclusions drawn from Hawaii's experience with large-scale implementation of new curricula in music, the arts, English language arts, and science over the past ten years. It summarizes each project's different approach to implementation and discusses briefly a number of common conclusions…