The strategic planning efforts of the North Carolina Center for Nursing include gathering baseline data on the state of the profession, addressing nursing supply and demand, and recommending ways to improve the state's nursing resource database and the numbers of minorities in nursing. (SK)

Explains how strategic planning and a careful balance of integration and implementation of security programs can create a safe school environment. Examines the use of police personnel in schools. (GR)

Considers how libraries can build and manage a work force that is sensitive to and mirrors the increasingly diverse population they serve. Defines diversity; describes the experiences of the city of San Diego (California) in developing its "Diversity Commitment" and the involvement of the public library in the program; and provides…

To relate strategic-planning goals to assessment and accountability, the Sacramento City Schools measure reading and math goals against scores from the Stanford Achievement Test, ninth edition. District assessment practices recognize the need for balance in types of assessment, alignment with standards and instruction, and assessment-information…

Suggests that knowledge work is a useful way of characterizing important changes in the nature of work across a range of different occupational and professional groups. Discusses the implications through a conflict-based analysis that highlights the inherent conflict between "knowing" as part of the work experience and "knowledge" as an economic…

Argues that governmental pressures on universities force change that can have positive effects on the institution's teaching function when guidelines based on sociological systems theory are followed. Offers as a successful example the Enterprise in Higher Education Initiative in the United Kingdom which focused on curricular change, and as an…

A longitudinal case study examined how Indiana University stimulated innovative activities aligned with the strategic plan by using competitive internal incentive grants. Identified five themes, noting that negative/positive attitudes toward the funding process were related to being funded (or not), and that the legitimacy of the strategic…

Urges college and university boards of trustees to plan carefully for major fund raising campaigns and offers a "Campaign Readiness Profile" which encourages evaluation of such factors as: giving by board members, the top 10 gifts, validity of the campaign's purpose, the institution's fund- raising history, the urgency of the appeal, fiscal…

Presents a blueprint from Project ACHIEVE toward effective school discipline, safety, and crisis prevention that provides an example of how school psychologists can expand their role using organizational and strategic planning principles and activities as well as to alert school psychologists as to a field-tested process that addresses the…

Explains critical issues to consider when merging student affairs with academic affairs. States that this merger has potential to encourage greater interaction and become a catalyst for developing learning partnerships on campus. Suggests that in order to make partnership work, faculty, academic administrators, and student affair professionals may…

Proposes a new vision of higher education for the "Age of Transformation." Suggests that the primary issue facing higher education is the need to initiate, implement, and manage meaningful, planned change. Offers an expanded view of strategic planning, contrasting the traditional teaching paradigm with a learning paradigm. Stresses that managing…

Examines the school-development-planning process at Southlands Community College in London, England. The process has proved useful but needs to be reevaluated. Advocates use of "strategic intent" and "futures thinking" to enhance the capacity of self-managing schools to survive in an increasingly turbulent environment. Southlands is meeting this…

Usable responses from 106 of 199 Dutch human resources practitioners in industry, transportation, and banking revealed significant differences in human resource policymaking and strategic choices among these sectors. Better interaction between policymakers and human resource departments is needed to align personnel practices with company needs.…

Asserts that developing a budget for Catholic Schools is simple, now that the National Catholic Educational Association offers financial management workshops across the nation to encourage a team approach to planning. Reports that workshops focus on creating a spreadsheet of budget projections, improving the tuition collection process, and…

Describes a cooperative venture in bibliographic instruction between faculty and librarians at the American Graduate School of International Management that was developed to introduce students to the kinds of external information sources they would encounter in the business world, to aid in strategic planning, and to achieve a competitive edge.…