The California Legislature's Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education made a restudy of the 1960 Master Plan. The process used by the committee is examined. The process is unusual in that it was undertaken by the legislature itself rather than by an independent commission, and also in that it strove for fairly widespread…

This document presents the first report of the Task Force on Environmental Education in Massachusetts. The Task Force was charged with 3 priorities during its first year of operation: (1) to assess all aspects of environmental education programs currently in progress at all educational levels within the Commonwealth; (2) to determine the…

In 1971, the South Dakota Regents of Education adopted a resolution that stated that all graduate programs at South Dakota State University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Northern State College, and Black Hills State College be rejustified to the Regents. If such programs could not be rejustified,…

Provision needs to be made in California for alternative educational forms because: (1) there is currently a great deal of dissatisfaction with prevailing arrangements, and since there is no agreement on one ideal form or system, the best procedure is to set up probes of alternative futures; (2) the needs of society, like those of individual…

The comprehensive five-year program identifies the library needs of Tennessee, sets forth the activities to be taken toward meeting the identified needs. It carries out the purposes of the Library Services and Construction Act for the extension and improvement of public library services in areas which are without such services or in which such…

The Georgia long range program sets goals and objectives for the development of library services and construction programs which are relevant to every segment of society. It sets goals that are measurable, futuristic, and geared to the anticipated social, technological and population changes. It outlines a program for attaining these goals and…

Proposed activities to strengthen public library service for the people of Montana during the period covered by this plan are: (1) Efforts will be continued to both add to the number of counties participating in the public library federations, and to strengthen the resources and services of these federations; (2) Alternative and innovative means…

Chapter I of the Kansas Long Range Plan consists of the introduction. Chapter II examines the context of each goal of the program, studying the needs of Kansans for library service. The goals, objectives, tasks, and evaluation are presented in Chapter III. The financial statement is given in Chapter IV. Chapter V consists of the criteria,…

This document outlines the general framework within which the Colorado State Library may assist in reviewing Colorado's present and projected library needs. It defines individual user groups to whom delivery of service should be given as required under the Library Services and Construction Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title II,…

This plan sets forth the library needs in Virginia, establishes goals for improved service, and outlines methods of achieving these goals. Procedures for evaluating and ways of disseminating information about the programs are described. Criteria and priorities to be used are included in the program descriptions. (Other State Plans are: LI003985…

The program presents the mission of the District of Columbia Public Library, its services and program offered, defines the goals of the Library and outlines current and projected Library tasks, including an assessment of priorities. The Five-Year Plan of Action includes, in addition to objectives and organization of implementation, also measures…

The Oklahoma Long-Range plan sets forth the goals and objectives for library development based on identified needs. In some cases these needs are apparent and are based on actual statistics and standards, in others data is absent, incomplete or questionable. In the latter instance, useful data had to be obtained. The primary role of this document…

As one phase in the design of an overall plan for environmental education in Tennessee, a statewide conference was sponsored to give direction to environmental education in that state. The purpose of the conference was to bring together a broad spectrum of public and private agencies, councils, and organizations to exchange ideas and information…

Since its inception in 1972, the Higher Education Cooperation Act (HECA) is proving to be an effective agent for improving Illinois higher education, and at a nominal cost. Various HECA projects aimed at encouraging international cooperation and increasing access to higher education have involved in some way nearly every public and private college…

The Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction developed an information storage and retrieval system called PRIMES (Pennsylvania Retrieval of Information for Mathematics Education System). This system, designed to aid in elementary mathematics curriculum planning and implementation, was offered cost free to school districts; however, almost 90…