Three current concerns of planners of postsecondary education are reviewed. Declining test scores are attributed to an effort of high schools to "cool off" prospective enrollees from enrolling in college by discouraging them from taking academically demanding programs, and impacts, especially on prestige schools, which will tend to…

The Advisory Committee on Academic Planning conducted a planning assessment of graduate studies in Ontario universities for administration, business, and management science. Given is the consultants' report and the comments by the discipline group and the individual universities. Comments by the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies are also…

This manual outlines a competency-based preparation program for school counselors. The program is based on a developmental process which includes specific dimensions of knowlege and self-awareness as well as the professional competencies deemed essential to the practice of counseling. The school counselor's role is defined and three levels of…

To help school districts with the task of assigning students to schools in order to achieve desegregation, the Illinois Institute of Technology has developed a system involving the use of planning techniques and computer technology that greatly simplifies the school district's job. The key features of the system are objectivity, minimum…

Examined in this paper are some of the factors which presently interact with, and which will continue to interact with, the transfer of technological information, with particular emphasis on those factors which play on the role of the university faculty member. Among these factors are the composition and goals of the student population the faculty…

The structures of primary and secondary general education in a number of industrialized countries are compared to show that there are all possible combinations of educational "systems" that are, in most cases, the outcome of a remote historical legacy. This legacy, regardless of its merits, should not be considered as inviolate, but…

While nothing new is expected and anything significant seems too dangerous, it is still necessary to examine critical problems in the field of curriculum and innovation. The problems and prospects of curriculum may be grouped according to management, structure, and purpose. Information together with an institutional willingness to get the greatest…

Cost analysis is not solely the concern of the technically proficient analyst. Determining what uses are appropriate for cost information is a broad policy issue in which academic administrators, department chairmen, and faculty have a tangible interest and should have at least a conceptual grasp of this subject. It is particularly important to…

This booklet lists and summarizes a number of studies of cost analysis in educational planning and management that have been published by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). Section A lists 27 IIEP case studies, of which 12 are summarized briefly. Section B presents a fairly lengthy summary and description of another IIEP…

Beginning with the premise that educational leadership is still the principal responsibility of the college and university president, the American Association of Colleges conducted a series of seminars for presidents on their role as educational leaders that especially examined new ways in which such leadership could be exercised. The seminar…

This master plan has been designed to involve and guide the citizenry and public officials of Alabama in environmental planning. Environmental awareness is one of the goals of the master plan. The publication is divided into two sections. Part one presents the Alabama environmental education philosophy, major environmental goals, and…

The paper is one of a series dealing with different aspects of the fund-raising campaign, which began in mid-1971, for the establishment throughout Kenya of a large number of institutes of technology on a self-help basis. By March 1973, 17 such institutes had been proposed. In the absence of coordination each institute's planning committee is…

The role of evaluation in the development of evolutionary procedures is briefly described and highlighted. Four aspects of evaluation technique which distinguish efficient from inefficient CAI programs are identified. Evaluation of products is also characterized. Findings of a continuing survey of students via questionnaire as to the value of…

As part of a UNESCO program to assist the government of Greece in the preparation and implementation of a five-year plan for the development of adult education, an expert in the field and four Fellows were chosen to study adult education trends in Scotland, England, Denmark, France, Switzerland, and the Federal Republic of Germany. As a result of…

This module is designed to give Teacher Corps corpsmen firsthand knowledge and competency in identifying all aspects of the community which are basic to interpreting the educational needs and concerns of troubled youth. The terminal objective is to identify the community's (a) demographic, cultural, and ecological characteristics; (b)…