The John Wood Community College (Quincy, Ill.) "common market" concept based on contracts with neighboring two-year and four-year institutions in a three-state area is described. Students have access to courses and student activities at all the contracting institutions. Duplication of facilities is avoided, saving taxpayers money. (MLW)

Analyzes Latin America's increased use of short-cycle education in the face of economic growth, demographic shifts, and national development. Discusses various aspects of short-cycle education in several Latin American countries, including: its attraction, varieties of approaches, institutional characteristics, and relationship to other…

The case of training in Kenya is explored in terms of the differences between the policy measures that would be necessary to increase the system's efficiency in response to the labor market and those concerned with improving its effectiveness in meeting social needs. (Author/SJL)

Presented are case histories of educational planning in two countries where reform was successful. The authors argue that change is not likely to occur if the model of planning employed is one imposed by an international donor agency, as opposed to one developed by the educational agency receiving funds. (KC)

Traces the development of television as an instructional tool at Dartmouth from its beginning in 1972 through the planning, funding, and implementation phases to its extensive, successful program today. (DC)

As enrollment declines in the 1980s, school systems and colleges have three options: (1) extend their resources to different populations, such as senior citizens and preschool children; (2) intensify existing programs; or (3) cut back. (JN)

Recommendations useful to individuals considering or planning the development of a computer based instruction project in higher education are given. Covers a variety of planning aspects, ranging from types of staff needed, on-the-job training, and the need for a funded planning and recruitment phase. (RAO)

Explains the rationale, development, and implementation of a subspeciality, career development specialist, in a counselor education program. (Author)

Provides an understanding of what MIS (Management Information Systems) is and how it can assist the student services administrator in planning and decision making. (Author)

Outlines the objectives, process, and tasks of New York State's school-based comprehensive planning system, implemented to meet accountability demands and budgetary cutbacks. Process diagrams and sample forms are included. (SJL)

Reports on the background and status of plans for implementation of language-centered international high schools proposed in the 1979 report of the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies. Discusses the importance of including theater/drama in the curriculum. (PD)

Discusses four alternative ways to look at television's effects on the viewer rather than the simplistic model of television as the input and the viewer's reaction as output: types of television and their educational applications; characteristics that determine programing, forces shaping program development, and the individual's reception of…

Comments on the conclusions and recommendations emanating from a conference on the role of testing in teaching and learning. (JT)

Describes a procedure for program evaluation of a special education day school. The procedure enables a program evaluator to: (1) identify priority evaluation information needs of a school staff, (2) involve those persons in evaluation design and implementation, and (3) determine the utility of the evaluation for program decision-making purposes.…

The teaching profession has fallen in public esteem, and much criticism is falling on schools, colleges, and departments of education. Fifteen ERIC citations provide a limited but useful resource list for the study of the reform of teacher education. (CJ)