Being the first seminar to bring together senior officials from Educational Planning and Administration (EPA) training institutes located in developing countries, this meeting was designed to help strengthen cooperation between the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and training institutions. Participants were invited to share…

This fact sheet provides an overview of the potential effects of new communications technologies on education. The topics which are addressed include: (1) examples of communications technologies including television, teletext and viewdata, Instructional Television Fixed Service and Multipoint Distribution Services, videodiscs, direct broadcast…

Concludes that quality and equality educational legislation are a reality, the laws are on the books, and the implementation of that legislation long overdue. The corrective to this situation demands a new imperative: a coalition for progress. (Author/AM)

Data on parallels and divergences between the occupational structure and the distribution of college degrees across fields of study are examined with the conclusion that higher education is now providing more occupationally defined human resources than are needed and that other purposes must be called on to justify the size of the college going…

Facing increasing costs and lower demand for graduates, Dutch universities will continue to restrict admission. (DE)

Pointing out that "trend-demographic" enrollment projections ignore important economic considerations (supply and demand), the author uses a model of educational adaptation, which focuses on the educational characteristics of the active adult population and the wage of educated relative to uneducated labor, to make projections that are compared…

The author observes that when, as now, there are more college seats available than students to fill them, the schools respond to the market and not to true educational needs or to school philosophy. He argues that practices appropriate in commerce are harmful in education and calls for planning and controlled growth. (JT)

This report describes the Community Child Care Services and Funding Plan, which is a plan for future collaborative child care efforts in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The plan was developed through the Child Day Care Planning Project in Cuyahoga County. The first section of the report provides an introduction, which is followed by an overview of the…

The situation regarding dental education programs in Florida was studied, with attention to the type and size of programs needed to meet state needs, the geographic location of dental programs, funding and tuition policies, and the state's responsibility to provide an opportunity for its residents to participate in these educational programs. It…

Argues that education has become a declining industry, and that the training administrators must concentrate both on producing highly competent specialists in various skill areas, and on bringing some equity to our production of educational resources in educational administration. (Author/JM)

Analyzed is the development of marketing strategies at two major universities that have been successful in reversing enrollment declines that they experienced in the early 1970's. First, the organizational context of recruiting and admissions is examined, and the major phases of the admissions calendar are reviewed. Then the application of…

Argues that techniques for measuring returns to education must be developed. The reliance of productivity on quality of education is stressed. The productivity question in higher education is not one of how to reduce the time and money spent on each student, but that of increasing the student's output during his work life. (Author/AM)

Research supported by the Cooperative Research Program of the U.S. Office of Education.

To determine whether present alternatives in library education in Ohio are adequate to the educational demand, a study of potential enrollment for graduate programs in library science during the coming decade was conducted as part of the Graduate Education for Librarianship in Ohio Project. Library associates (professional staff members without…

Set in the context of shifting economic and social demands, the educational scene during the last part of the 20th century is discussed. Increasing numbers of people of all ages will be involved in different kinds of learning for varying purposes. Some will want to learn for personal satisfaction and improvement, others will need to learn to meet…