Argues that community college survival requires reliable information about environmental factors, trends, and changes. Reviews the use of strategic planning and change strategies. Considers the best way to organize an information-gathering unit, where to place it in the school's organizational structure, and how to staff it. (WL)

Presents possible strategies which all countries can use to develop a national environmental education plan. Provides information on background factors to consider and a general planning and management process for developing such a plan. Proposes a plan for the United States. (DC)

Portfolio assessment, designed after the model disseminated originally by the Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning (CAEL) project, has become the assessment technique of choice in prior learning programs as well as the foundation for adult degree programs. Innovations and changes in the assessment process are discussed. (Author/MLW)

The development and implementation of a far-reaching reform of secondary schools in Germany is described. The process of implementation and the new organizational pattern is reviewed. Issues arising from the reformed upper-secondary school, with particular emphasis on subject specialization and the role of the university, are discussed. (MLW)

Passive and active research inquiries into moral reproduction are discussed. European theories of the state maintain that governments must play a mediational role, ensuring financial support and exerting control. (JN)

The goals of organization development in higher education are to improve the quality of work life for faculty and staff and to improve the effectiveness of the institution in facilitating student development and learning. (Author)

The literature on reform indicates that most proposed reforms are not implemented. Some causes of this are explored and it is suggested that many causes are located at the interfaces between politicians, planners, bureaucrats, and educators. The key persons capable of ameliorating the problems are professional planners and senior bureaucrats.…

The educational design and development process begins with external considerations--the requirements, current and future, for individual and collective self-sufficiency in society. A model is presented. (Author/MLF)

Discusses regional cooperation in education in Europe. Problems include that European nations are intensely nationalistic and differ a great deal in languages, values, and educational objectives. Conditions favoring cooperation include that Europe is committed to increasing international understanding and peace through nongovernmental…

Describes the context, problems, a potential solution, and needed research for planning education for work in the U.S. Focuses on educational programs funded under vocational education legislation in the U.S., although the factors discussed apply to planning education for work under many delivery systems in the U.S. (CT)

Presents rationale and guidelines for assessing audience needs before workshops are planned. An initial checklist of appropriate information to gather is presented, and strategies for obtaining information are discussed. (BK)

The author describes educational planning in France from about 1950 to present because he believes that a good many of the general theoretical problems of planning in France can scarcely be distinguished from the questions that are specific to Germany, which has reached an impasse in educational planning. (KC)

Illustrates how the self-allocative process of pupils can undermine the planning of vocational education in Nigeria. Discusses research conducted on the attitudes of primary school pupils to skilled jobs and craft-based education. (CT)

Effective administrators demonstrate three areas of proficiency--administration, program development, and planning and the use of research. (Editor)

Examines if the same five bipolar factors that appear for the ideal role concepts of public school teachers also appear for parochial school teachers. Results indicated that parochial and public school teachers have similar factor structures, although there were significant differences in several factors when comparing scores. (Author/RC)