This report from St. Louis Community College (Missouri) provides an update of the college's activities and outcomes in accordance with the North Central Association's (NCA) standards for institutional effectiveness. It also outlines the college's assessment operations for the next five years, identifying specific activities to develop the…

To aid in complex educational planning, this article discusses enrollments at the University of Bath in Great Britain, and its implications on educational finance at that institution. (PG)

Analyzes the merits of research and development pracitce vs. experimental and innovative schools and curriculum. (RK)

Outlines the development of a complex learning management system, which made individualized instruction programs easier and more economical to implement. (Author/RK)

A study of the educational laboratories and university research and development centers has revealed several characteristics and tendencies which promise to speed up needed improvements in education and to create mechanisms for change. (MF)

Author warns how Canada's research and development effort is dangerously underdeveloped and suggests some essentials for an efficient and dynamic educational system to help today's educational crisis. (Author/MM)

Tests predictions of dropout potential based on education plans, aspirations, and both--on the basis of data collected during the 1960-61 school year from approximately 1500 eighth graders in the four junior high schools of a midwestern city. (JM)

Discusses the educational programs initiated by the Appalachian Regional Commission and its programs. (MK)

From the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of th Education Commission of the States (3rd, Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 1969).

Describes procedures used to design and conduct formative evaluation of a vocational planning process implemented by the Florida Division of Vocational Education. The rationale for using formative evaluation is discussed, as well as questions to be addressed, role of questionnaires and interviews, and implications for evaluators, planners,…

It is observed that four basic sets of values, or orientations, characterize modern society's expectations: justice, competence, liberty, and loyalty. Six principles are outlined that suggest how the structuring of systems can reduce the conflict among those values. (MSE)

Presents an overview of the methodology underlying the formulation of occupational outlook projections. Projection limitations include limited ability to anticipate economic conditions, premature obsolescence, and inadequate base-period data. Projections should be used with caution in career counseling and academic planning. (Author/JAC)

Analyzes the problems and possibilities of electronic media and their educational implications. Suggests resources for designing a curriculum framework to include visual and auditory literacy skills. (RL)

The integration of planning and assessment procedures into educational administrative routines is viewed in relation to school surveys, a criteria-based means for measuring the operational efficiency of a school system. The school survey movement in the United States, characteristics of public school surveys, and the educational planning process…

Presents a frame syllabus for biology teaching at the primary and secondary school levels, covering the age range 6 to 18 years. The topics listed, with resulting implications for school life and society, can be used to prepare state-level biology syllabi and for curriculum reform. (Author/SK)