A description is provided of Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC's) approach to institutional planning. After section I underscores the importance of strategic planning in an era characterized by limited growth, accelerating change, proliferating technologies, global competition, and socio-political pressures and challenges, section II offers a…

This Plan of Action is the seventh in a series of such plans for the development of Cowley County Community College and Area Vocational-Technical School. Part I describes the history and mission of the college, focusing on changes at the college since its establishment in 1922, its location and service area, institutional mission, and educational…

The District of Columbia Public Schools initiated a multiyear planning process in 1983. Among other activities, the process calls for the computerized monitoring of the critical tasks of each of the district's major offices. These tasks, defined by the offices, are designed to facilitate the achievement of specific objectives designated in the…

Pennsylvania's school districts and area vocational-technical schools are required to submit long range plans to the Pennsylvania Department of Education every 5 years. These plans are intended to direct resources toward improvement of educational programs and services, school management, and student achievement. The planning process is to include…

Pennsylvania's school districts and area vocational-technical schools are required to submit long range plans to the Pennsylvania Department of Education every 5 years. One of the required components of the planning process is the involvement of the community and staff in planning. This planning guide describes the standards that districts must…

This guide is intended for use in teaching a semester course for sixth graders in self- and career awareness and career exploration. The course is designed to provide initial career guidance experiences and hands-on exploratory activities in the following areas: self-awareness, decision making, employability skills, orientation to careers, the…

Teachers who wish to invite authors into the classroom, should consider a number of things. First, they should choose the right author. Children generally want to meet authors who write at their own levels of reading interests. If in doubt, teachers might call a publisher and ask the publicity director to make some recommendations based on the…

This book deals with methods for planning national parks to enable them to provide the greatest benefit to human activity. Chapters included are: (1) "A Conceptual Framework for the Management of Wildland Resources"; (2) "The Growth and Development of National Parks in Latin America"; (3) "Planning National Parks for…

ED QUEST (Quick Environmental Scanning Techniques) is a strategic planning process designed to identify emerging trends, issues, and events which portend threats or opportunities for colleges and universities, analyze their probable impact on the institution, and facilitate the development of appropriate institutional strategies. A workshop was…

Explores the impact of networks and shared library resources on the library planning process. Environmental scanning techniques, the need for cooperative planning, and the formulation of strategies to achieve networking goals are discussed. (CLB)

Crucial changes in education, research, and society are decisive factors in a change strategy for university and research institution policy. Planning must now be more than physical planning and must include new qualitative features such as expert systems and new algorithms. (MSE)

Getting real educational benefits from investments in technology requires careful planning. Based on the experience of implementing PLATO[R] at over 5,000 sites, a nine-step planning model for implementing technology was developed. The nine planning tasks are based on the understanding of the factors that are critical to the success of most…

This paper reports on a seminar that provided education policymakers a blueprint for improving social policy. Seminar participants included congressional staff, officials from federal agencies, foundation program officers, representatives of associations and advocacy groups, and state and local policymakers. The sessions opened with an outline of…

This issue brief examines how policies and programs for children and families are changing. It focuses on specific trends in human services, health care, economic development, youth development, and education and describes the implications of these changes for educators and school-community partnerships, paying special attention to the role that…

Planning is defined, and ways to plan and reasons for university planning are reviewed. A 10-step bottom-up planning process is outlined. It is suggested that planning aids communication between faculty and administrators, provides warning of problems, and improves allocation of resources. (MLW)