Strategic planning is a business technique adaptable to continuing education programs as a mechanism for survival. The 11-part strategic profile can be used to estimate an administrator's strategic preparedness. (SK)

Briefly reviews the theoretical perspectives that underlie current planning efforts and their concomitant decision criteria, and points out the signs indicating that both theory and values will require considerable rethinking of both the what and the how of planning. (Author/IRT)

Reveals what potential backers are looking for in a business plan from would-be entrepreneurs and answers questions addressing the four factors critical to the success of every new venture: (1) people; (2) opportunity; (3) context; and (4) possibilities for risk and reward. (JOW)

Argues integrative and eclectic theorizing and counseling are inevitable and represent progress in field of mental health counseling. Claims more research is required to examine relation of mental health counselor's theorizing and cognitions in counseling to clients' outcomes. Contends understanding of limitations of traditional counseling…

When members of Congress head home for a recess, participants in the grassroots network have an opportunity to use one of their effective education tools: the site visit. A site visit occurs when a legislator actually visits one's business, school, or organization to see one's work firsthand. A local site visit is effective because grassroots…

At the center of every well-constructed theory of education is a philosophical anthropology-reasoned speculation as to the origins on man's conditions in the history of culture, especially the particular phenomenon of consciousness that underlies historical periods. Using the lens of one of the most significant theories of culture produced, we…

"Valuing People," the English national strategy launched in 2001 is founded on the twin principles of self-determination and social inclusion. It promotes a vision of people with intellectual disabilities in the mainstream of life. To achieve this goal, it seeks to integrate a wide variety of elements, in which person-centred planning (PCP) is…

Policy appears to regard person-centred planning (PCP) as underpinning strategic planning. While accepting the logic of its role in planning for individuals, this commentary argues that PCP cannot fulfil a strategic planning role because the development of PCP on a wide enough scale to be useful for this purpose is itself a strategic development,…

In this article, the author discusses current challenges to the idea of teamwork in fine arts teams, redefines the terms team and collaboration using a business management perspective, discusses the success of effective teams in the business world and the characteristics of those teams, and proposes the implementation of the business model of…

This article is a pre-conference paper prepared for participants at AACRAO's Fifteenth Annual Strategic Enrollment Management Conference (SEM XV), held November 13-16, 2005, in Chicago, Illinois. This is the first of a three-part series. In this series of papers, David Kalsbeek introduces a four-fold construct for differentiating and comparing…

This article deals with a college instructor's opinion in the reform of higher education in Russia. The author discusses failures in the functioning of the system of higher education. First, the system fell into an "institutional trap," as characterized by Russian Academy of Sciences Academician V.M. Polterovich. Another was the new…

In this article, the author objects to what curricularists and teachers often believe that meaningful activities in school have to be scripted, planned to the nth degree and assigned learning objectives and goals ahead of time, or they have no educational worth. Instead, he used Elliot Eisner's classic curriculum text, "The Educational…

In a time of constant change, sometimes it is worthwhile to ruminate on the future and how things ought to be. "Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship" wanted to capture some of these ruminations from around the field in a new column called "E-Opinions from the Field" where readers are asked to send in their thoughts on a topic and respond…

Int his essay, the authors identify and problematize the claims and activities of four think tanks supported by contributions from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Kovacs and Christie attempt to show that these contributions support scholars and research of dubious quality, engage in political science abuse, and perpetuate discourses and…

Vocational and technical education planners need to be aware of and utilize four commonly used types of articulation: interinstitutional articulation (that which takes place between institutions), intra-institutional articulation (coordination that occurs within an institution), horizontal articulation (cooperative planning involving one level of…