Three questionnaires are offered as language planning aids. These instruments measure variables in language background, language behavior, and language policy, particularly in situations where two or more dialects of languages are used. The first questionnaire asks 60 questions designed to form a language background profile of an individual. The…

The recent emergence of graduate education as a major issue in statewide planning and coordination is discussed, including involvements not only of institutions and state higher education agencies, but also legislatures and, in some states, even the executive branch. Most of the issues of mutual concern to the academic community and to government…

Institutional research and the role of information systems are examined and three types of information provided by institutional research offices are discussed: institutional studies, management analyses, and periodic management reports. The varying characteristics of research offices are described and the role of the institutional research office…

This analysis seeks to characterize environmental education as an entity viewed from different perspectives. It discusses: (1) who is active in environmental education; (2) comparisons between formal and informal environmental education; (3) the normative model of environmental education and comparison of environmental education, as it exists,…

Intended to assist practitioners in vocational education in improving program planning and evaluation, this paper provides an overview of needs assessment, which is a method of acquiring evaluative data required by the Vocational Education Amendments of 1978 (P.L. 94-482). The first two sections discuss various definitions of educational needs…

ECONOMIC, EMPLOYMENT, POPULATION, AND SCHOOL INFORMATION WAS ANALYZED AS THE BASIS FOR A PROPOSED LONG-RANGE PLAN FOR OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR BOTH IMMEDIATE AND FUTURE STATEWIDE NEEDS, TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES, AND TO LEND ITSELF TO RAPID IMPLEMENTATION. THE PLAN DEALS WITH SECONDARY, POST-SECONDARY, AND…

This volume contains papers originally delivered at the First Annual Conference on the Economics of Education sponsored by the Educational Systems Development Center, held at Florida State University, December 15, 1967. The papers are organized under two broad headings: Planning education for economic and social development and strategies of human…

Undertaken to identify, compile, and describe characteristic problems of school facilities planning in metropolitan areas, this study included the fifty largest cities in the United States. The study analyzes the effects on school planning of social, economic, and cultural changes caused by population movement and land use, and controls.…

In order to gather information for curriculum decisions, 250 employed homemakers between 16 and 24 years of age were questioned about time and money management problems. Those surveyed had assumed the dual role for less than three years and had an average annual family income of $6,000 to $7,000. Very few had children. Most frequently indicated…

After outlining the three major purposes of home economics programs at the secondary level the article discusses how to best achieve these purposes with respect to facilities planning. Classroom and laboratory arrangements and their relation to homemaking skills, occupational home economics, and preprofessional preparation are discussed and…

Conferees heard 16 papers dealing with the improvement of the planning process for community junior college facilities. The conference was organized around the theme: "A Look into the Twenty-First Century", and all contributors were concerned with planning facilities able to absorb the dynamic expansion and growth projected for the nation's…

For education to be maximally effective at the local level, longrange planning must be developed at the State level and a constructive exchange of information concerning educational problems must be operating throughout all levels of a State edu"ational system. Administration of education at the State level must be organized to insure that seven…

Papers submitted to a meeting of economists, educators, and government officials discuss the organizational implications of the link between education and economic growth. Following an introduction by Henning Friis, the authors and titles of the papers are (1) Necat Erder, "Some Administrative Problems in Educational Planning," (2) Raymond…

A brief discussion and description of the educational and architectural planning for a vocational high school constructed in Toronto with provincial and federal government funds. Floor plans, shop plans and equipment lists are included. (FPO)

A guide to Federal financial assistance programs. The programs are identified with the enabling legislation, along with addresses of Federal agency offices in all areas of the country responsible for their administration. The booklet is divided into three parts according to the type of Federal program--(1) educational planning, (2) acquisition and…