This report summarized progress made since 1981-82 on 88 propositions and 292 related recommendations set forth by Forming the Future, a cooperative effort between the Austin (Texas) Independent School District and the Austin community to implement a 5-year program of broad school improvements. Of the 292 recommendations, approximately 86% were…

The purpose of this master plan is to provide Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) with an updated base document to guide the future development of the new campus over the next 13 years. The report has been divided into 15 sections: (1) Introduction; (2) Background and History of SFCC; (3) Mission and Goals; (4) Service Area Profile; (5) Past…

Educational public relations (PR) is a planned and systematic management function designed to help improve the programs and services of an educational organization. The standards and techniques discussed in this guide are based on the nearly 50 years of experience of the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA). The guidebook offers…

A workbook to guide planning at the University of Maine, Farmington (UMF) is presented that outlines the planning process and institutional goals, followed by university data. Attention is directed to trends in society, the region, state, and local service area and the likely effects on UMF in the next 3 to 10 years. Schemata are presented of the…

The Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) sponsored a meeting to: (1) critically examine the outcomes of past activities pertaining to science education and relate them to countries' on-going and projected activities; (2) analyze various new thrusts emerging in the Asian region in the field of secondary science…

This document offers a compilation and analysis of position statements, issued by associations that form the Forum of Education Organization Leaders (FEOL), on teacher education programs, teacher inservice and professional development, teacher supply and demand, and professional image building. Information was sought on: (1) areas of preservice…

One of the major shifts in education today under the influence of information and communication technologies is that there is an increased tendency toward the use of computers and Internet. The process of ICT integration in schools reaches a considerable level of maturity and teachers and students are optimizing the learning opportunities with the…

To provide an international perspective, and to get American students focused on the United Nations (UN) as a legitimate scientific institution, the United Nations and its role in addressing global environmental concerns should be taught in the American science classroom. The target audience for this paper is high school teachers. The United…

This long-range educational plan charts the directions of Vancouver Community College for the period 1980 through 1985. In the introduction, the history of the plan's development is outlined. Chapter I provides a history of the college; presents its organization and structure; and gives an overview of instructional programs, instructional…

Drawing on the social science disciplines, this bibliography presents a selected, annotated list of books, articles, dissertations, government reports, and international agency publications dealing with postsecondary education systems in Western Europe and North America. Its objectives are to provide a comparative guide to important developments…

In an effort to help colleges and universities meet the needs of the growing portion of the adult American population seeking postsecondary education, this handbook provides guidelines for the establishment of adult career centers. Although not prescribing a single model or instructing in counseling techniques, the handbook defines overall goals…

During 1977-78, North Central Technical College (NCTC) initiated a comprehensive planning system incorporating diagnostic analyses of both the professional development needs of individual faculty members and the long-term needs of the institution as a whole. The faculty needs analysis was facilitated through an Instructional Development and…

Consisting mainly of charts, graphs, and lists, this publication presents materials used in the Delaware County Community College (DCCC) planning and institutional research processes. Guidelines for establishing DCCC mission, goals, objectives, and management by objectives performance standards relative to planning changes, instructional programs,…

Of all the factors that schools control, teacher quality is the one that most affects student achievement (Darling-Hammond, 2000). In fact, researcher Eric Hanushek (2002) found the difference in annual student achievement growth between a student taught by an effective teacher and one taught by an ineffective teacher can be as much as one…

Diverse patterns of organization exist across the English post-16 education and training (ET) system. Direct consequences of national policy drivers and the shift to a single mechanism for all publicly funded non-higher education (HE) post-16 provision are strong imperatives toward collaboration between providers, planned provision across an area,…