Claims that career center professionals must intensify their involvement with one another. Focuses on how career professionals' work rarely intersects with that of large employers and the need for other collaborations; the value of networking; students' educational goals; job listings; and the necessity of a diverse skill base. (RJM)

Successful organizations, even when subjected to competitive pressures, soon become complacent and begin to fail. A strategic planning process that considers the dangers in a strong, shared culture might avert such complacency. Schools should take a wider development view than embodied in the (British) government's preoccupation with exam scores.…

Addresses the problems of how theft in libraries and archives is discovered, the proper aims of any recovery plan, actions that must included in the recovery plan, and the impact of a theft and recovery effort on the department. Offers concrete solutions vital to any recovery effort. (AEF)

Presents the first of a three-part series of articles on the life of a project manager. Discussion in Part 1 deals with the people and related skills involved in the project, including: interrelationships between the client, project manager, and executive management; oral, written, and body-language communication forms; and planning and…

When introduced a decade ago, development planning was regarded as a strategy to help (British) schools manage change. Recent evidence suggests that schools exhibiting "best practice" in development planning have transcended this usage and now employ development planning to enhance pupil achievement. This paper examines the latter,…

Presents findings from a study of ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) user services and evaluation efforts of them. Identifies changes that would increase ERIC's competitive edge in the networked environment and recommends an evaluation framework for ERIC to monitor progress to its strategic goals. (LRW)

Describes a model that addresses the complexity of multicultural competence. Enhances previous models by integrating personal, professional, and institutional context as critical elements in multicultural competence. Resulting framework integrates self-assessment and strategic planning to assist counselors, psychologists, and educators in a more…

Defines a basic framework for educational strategic planning that serves both learners and society. Discusses Mega Planning's critical success factors, common planning errors, and basic elements of scoping, planning, implementation, and continuous improvement/evaluation phases. Strategic objectives should drive curriculum objectives, and these in…

Examines four organizational models for the promotion of continuing vocational education in the United Kingdom higher education sector through a case-study approach. Topics include strategic planning, product development, promotional activity, integration, financial issues, and customer relations. (Author/LRW)

Presents techniques for developing a communication plan, or awareness plan, for education and corporate change programs. Discusses three basic components: message definition, audience definition, and the event plan. Addresses communicating for cultural change; communicating for management support; and communication influence on system design.…

Any curriculum may be updated or revised by convening a constituent task force, developing a mission statement, creating goals and learning outcomes, using a comparison matrix to link goals and outcomes, analyzing current curriculum goal/outcome gaps, deciding preferred delivery methodologies, revising and fine tuning, and assessing outcomes.…

Asserts that community college leaders must think strategically and understand the difference between what is important and immediate, and what is strategic and essential to the long-term survival of a college. States that thinking strategically aligns decision-making and actions with the core purpose of the college; produces core competencies in…

Examined the relationship among specified personality and individual characteristics of university students with their level of commitment to a measurable, results-focused statement of an ideal vision. Discusses locus of control, generativity, self-efficacy, values, and risk taking in the use of an ideal vision for strategic planning, needs…

Complexity is an important principle for those building new media and new ways to make content work. New media and forms of content must complement existing media, instead of aiming to replace them. People may be more willing to try something new if there's a connection with the old. (AEF)

Evaluated a project to catalyze New York State medical schools to develop and implement strategic plans for curricular change to enhance palliative care education. Found that the project's process of self-assessment and curriculum mapping with the Palliative Education Assessment Tool, along with strategic planning for change, appears to have…