This report presents a framework for thinking about the multiplicity of charter school management activities and how they connect with each other. It demonstrates that there are three management tasks: building support and legitimacy within the authorizing environment; mobilizing effective operational capacity to deliver services; and defining a…

A comprehensive needs assessment is the critical first step a coalition or organization must take in order to develop an effective and successful underage drinking prevention effort. This guide details the elements of a needs assessment. Beginning with data, the booklet walks the reader through the process organizations must follow to obtain all…

This document represents the New Jersey State Library Technology Plan for 1999-2001. Contents include: the mission statement; technology planning process of the Technology Committee (convened by the State Library); specific goals of the Technology Plan 1999-2001; technology assumptions for the operational library and statewide library services;…

This fourth annual publication looks at five trends that threaten Arizona's future: (1) a talent shakeup where well-educated young professional and highly skilled immigrants leave the states; (2) the Latino education dilemma, manifest by the fact that only half of Arizona Latinos obtain a high-school diploma; (3) a fuzzy economic identity…

The National Association for Developmental Education (NADE) has developed a strategic plan for guiding its members into the next century. The plan takes into account political, institutional, economic, and instructional trends predicted to have an effect on the course of developmental education. Developmental educators also must plan for the…

Scheduling the morning "kiddie" block has become an important issue since PBS's (Public Broadcasting Service) 1990-91 children's initiative. Adding to the mix of children's programs is the upcoming "PTV, The Ready to Learn Channel on PBS." This services promises more children's titles as well as more hours of material for…

An environmental scanning process was used to solicit opinions about the future of Columbia Basin College, Washington, from various interest groups. The interest groups were formed to research topics and areas important to the future of the college. Ten interest groups, with a total of 37 members, were founded and the scanning process was also…

This report on the March 1998 Spencer Foundation Conference, "Community Colleges: Issues and Research," identifies areas of needed research related to the mission and work of community colleges. It summarizes the comments of the conference participants and organizes these comments into three sections. The first focuses on forces that influence the…

This master plan sets forth mission statements for each component of Nevada's system of higher education and outlines overarching goals for the system within a 10-year time frame. It also describes targets and strategies directed at achieving these goals. Nevada is the fastest growing state in terms of percentage growth, yet trails most other…

This is a summary of the American Association of Community College's (AACC) Strategic Action Areas and corresponding initiatives. Strategies for Action Area I (National and International Recognition and Advocacy for Community Colleges) focus primarily on the creation of task forces to address key legislative issues in higher education. Examples…

ARL is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). ARL reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education…

Based on the work of the National Council on Research in Child Welfare (NCRCW), this handbook is designed to help social service agency executives cope with changing times for child welfare agencies, strengthen traditional services to meet today's needs, and analyze and plan for the future. The manual aims to demystify quality improvement theory…

This book examines the Eight-Year Study, or "Adventure in American Education," which was a landmark experiment in curriculum reform in 30 American high schools from 1933 to 1939. The study not only investigated the college success of the graduates of the 30 schools that were engaged in revising their curricula, but also attempted to…

This review provides a historical overview of available management techniques for higher education. It describes the techniques of Management by Objectives, Zero-Based Budgeting, Strategic Management, and Total Quality Management and the ways they can be applied to higher education. The paper discusses institutional management practices defining…

This report focuses on the methodology and content of a distance education course on strategic financial management organized by the International Institute for Educational Planning from May to July 1999 for 15 universities in Southern Africa. Between three and five staff members participated at each of the universities. The course used written…