Involvement of a large number of diverse educational units (local school districts, intermediate school districts, community colleges, universities) in regional educational planning is becoming more prevalent. In Michigan a model has been developed and is being used in a five-county planning region. (Author)

Highlighting the planning role of the junior college board of trustees, the author discusses board structure and membership, college president selection, lay advisory groups and faculty input, the setting of institutional goals, the board-president relationship, future issues the board will face, and needs for interinstitutional cooperation and…

Asserts that the argument that black "education" was a mistake and continues to be so is not viable and cannot exist in lieu of the need for black education, citing such needs as the following: (1) for security and shelter from white rejection; (2) for black role models in positions of authority; and, (3) for the enhancement of racial solidarity.…

Part of the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America," sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

This interim report about the court's order for voluntary, interdistrict desegregation in the St. Louis, Missouri public schools was filed by the Desegregation Monitoring and Advisory Committee. The report discusses the problems of defining the relationship between "voluntary" and "mandatory," and developing alternative…

In lesser developed countries, interest has been growing in the role evaluation plays in the improvement of media-based education programs. Such programs include the use of television or radio to communicate a useful message to students, the general populace, or a particular group (such as mothers or small farmers). The message to be communicated…

A seminar is described which explored ways in which education could contribute to building the kind of global society that 1979's children might be able and willing to inherit. The year 1979 which was proclaimed "International Year of the Child" by the United Nations opened in Pasadena, California, with a week long International Cooperation…

The use of law, force, social pressure, and other forms of compulsion to "encourage" lifelong learning and to expand the market for adult education has been a growing concern for many adult educators. Because of the proliferation of requirements for mandatory continuing education (MCE), a task force was formed to study MCE, and to mobilize opinion…

Because of the importance of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and vocational education coordination at all levels, a number of research and development efforts aimed at improved coordination have been funded in recent years by the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Office (now Department) of Education, and state agencies across the…

Teacher educators are in a state of near paralysis concerning their program evaluations. This paralysis comes from adopting wholesale a dysfunctional evaluative point of view from the dominant educational research establishment. There is a history of overestimating the current relevance of experimental behavioral science models for the gathering…

The future of higher education institutions rests on the extent to which they meet the needs of society. A systemic mode of planning provides an ongoing mechanism that assures an institution's responsiveness to society's changing needs. Achieving consensus by appropriate groups regarding environmental assumptions that affect an institution is an…

Educational planning is presently confronted by an identity crisis. As long as it was believed that educational expansion was a principal ingredient for securing economic growth, democratic political processes, and greater equality of economics and social participation, the tenets and practice of educational planning were rarely questioned.…