This report provides a comprehensive look at the external environment impacting Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) (California). It summarizes the social, economic, and political changes at the state and national levels, in general, and in the Sacramento-Yolo Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) served by LRCCD, more…

This report describes how schools can draw on multiple voices to create a comprehensive portrait of important events in a school's history. In this "mapping" process, participants create a map that portrays the collective history of the school, facilitating an increased awareness of past actions and their connection to current conditions.…

This document presents the Strategic Plan and Academic Development Plan for Kapi'olani Community College (KCC) (Hawaii). The goals maintain or add to current practices and directions. The Academic Development Plan should be used as a point of reference, as a planning document, as leverage for initiatives. KCC has as its mission to broaden access…

This environmental scan is intended to guide San Francisco City College in the coming years amidst a changing environment. The report is divided into five chapters: Demographic Trends, Enrollment Trends, Economic Trends, Educational Trends, and Policy Trends. Demographic Trends provides an overview of the current population of San Francisco (SF)…

The accountability report of the Georgia University System summarizes expenditures and progress made in achieving earlier goals. Following an overview which identifies major strategies toward the goal of a more educated Georgia, a section summarizes progress on major initiatives broken down into those funded in 1995-1997 legislative sessions,…

In 1995 the Alabama Commission on Higher Education developed a new 5-year plan for higher education that emphasized cooperation among all stakeholders. The plan is designed to focus attention on important strategic issues facing Alabama higher education and the state, and to forge new or enhanced relationships to work cooperatively toward common…

This publication summarizes ideas and outcomes of the first-ever symposium on capital renewal and deferred maintenance (CRDM) at New Mexico public institutions of higher education. A preface by Donald L. Mackel of the University of New Mexico reviews state policy concerning facility maintenance responsibilities and the university's CRDM status.…

This book presents six papers focusing on the application of the strategic assessment model (SAM) to the management of higher education facilities. The papers are part of an ongoing effort by the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers to provide comparative cost and staffing information and to develop a benchmarking process. The…

For future studies to prove their value in those nations seeking to advance rapidly and to raise the standard of living of their inhabitants, they will need to develop new methods and new goals. Some of these are suggested and discussed. (Author/RM)

Understanding the link between futures research and strategic planning is crucial to effective long-range planning and administration. Current trends and the latest developments in the methodology of futures research are discussed. (MLW)

Discusses the functions of business planning systems and analyzes the underlying assumptions of the information systems that support strategic planning efforts within organizations. Development of a system framework, obstacles to the successful creation of strategic planning information systems, and resource allocation in organizations are…

As a reaction to TM 506 171, this paper concurs with issues raised in the aforementioned paper but differs in emphasis, philosophical orientation, terminology, and content. Included is a list of 22 conclusions and recommendations. (Author/GK)

To work in a school setting the psychologist must have an understanding of the instruction process, the children, and the interactive network structure of the school itself. The future of school psychology involves the long-term cognitive motivational and affective accomplishments which constitute the goals of schooling. (Author/GK)

An attempt is made to predict what sort of impact computer technology shall have on society by the year 2000. The difficulty and complexity of any prediction of the future is first noted. It is predicted that society shall be dramatically reshaped, with a need for new human goals. (MP)

Endangered small, private colleges can take steps toward survival, including mission clarification, expanding services to existing and potential clienteles, introducing management by objectives, and developing public relations and fund raising. Long-range options include avoiding the postsecondary mainstream and striving for efficiency of…