College and university administrators are encouraged to preserve open space as an essential campus asset, using thoughtful planning and pursuit of a master plan that includes strategies to preserve open space in the face of powerful pressures for expansion and new facilities. Illustrations are offered from a number of campuses. (Author/MSE)

Excerpts from a coming book, "Intentional Design and the Process of Change" identify 13 lessons from the authors' 20 years of experience in change management and strategic planning in higher education. Emphasis is on leadership principles for managing the process of change. (DB)

Research findings point up the need by vocational educators for better ways to apply labor market information in doing program planning and evaluation. This report describes a procedure that state and local education agencies can use to develop a long-range program plan for vocational education, and special emphasis is given to the many ways in…

Strategic planning is a process deliberately designed to help educational leaders conceive of the kinds of institutions that they would like to create to serve their students. Drawn from industry, strategic planning attempts to respond to a wide variety of factors determining the directions that schools should take in planning for the future.…

Long range planning allows an indepth analysis, to be updated yearly, of a school to determine the directions in which it needs to start moving based on the assumptions about the present and future success of the school. There is no quick fix or outside consultant that can remedy or plan for any individual school; only those intimately involved…

The mission of education for Ohio's gifted students is to prepare them to be contributing members of society by providing appropriate programs and services designed to develop and maximize their unique abilities and enhance personal growth. To assist school districts with implementation of this mission, this strategic planning report recommends…

This journal presents different views from members of the International Network of Principal's Centers on the importance of and different ways to create a vision for schools. The six parts of the journal outline reasons for creating a vision as part of every school's and community's work. Part 1 includes essays on why a vision for education must…

Discusses ways community colleges can prepare for the demographic changes predicted for the twenty-first century. Considers the program and service needs of adult students, senior citizens, the poor and homeless, ethnic groups, illiterates, non-English speakers, high school dropouts, the disabled, shut-ins, developmentally disabled, and others.…

An understanding of the following issues will help media professionals to analyze and guide planning for technology in libraries: (1) technological vision; (2) systems thinking; (3) job analysis; (4) budget; and (5) statistics. (Author/AEF)

Recommendations designed to form a framework for the planning, evaluation, and development of allied health education programs in Texas colleges and universities are presented. The recommendations are based on a year of study by an advisory committee on the proliferation of allied health disciplines and programs, increasing specialization,…

Task forces are increasingly used in educational planning activities. Some basic functional principles pertaining to task forces are considered and followed by a description of the accomplishments of a current task force which is focusing on personnel preparation for teaching handicapped students. (CJ)

Endangered small, private colleges can take steps toward survival, including mission clarification, expanding services to existing and potential clienteles, introducing management by objectives, and developing public relations and fund raising. Long-range options include avoiding the postsecondary mainstream and striving for efficiency of…

Presents a strategic planning model originally developed for university research and illustrates its usefulness for academic libraries. Library development and fund-raising activities are used as examples to illustrate the various stages of strategic planning, including scanning the environment, designing the plan, acceptance, and adoption.…

Guidelines for North Carolina public schools that are interested in developing and submitting plans for outcome-based education (OBE) pilot programs for the years 1993-94 and 1996-97 are offered in this document. The OBE program is based on the premise that all students can learn and focuses on the expectations for achievement necessary for…

Dramatic shifts in national demographic trends, changes in public expectations of the educational system, recommendations by prestigious study groups for significant educational reform, and fluctuations in rates of economic growth and social change have invalidated planning techniques suitable to a stable educational environment. Planners using a…