Recommendations by the recent task force of the Education Commission of the States on statewide coordination include six items of advice for the organization and conduct of coordinated planning. (Editor)

This occasional paper provides a comprehensive review of literature pertaining to one of the major activities of the Center for Educational Renewal: the establishment of school-university partnerships for mutual improvement and the creation of a national network for purposes of supporting and communicating among the partnerships. After a brief…

The report to the presidents of six New England Land Grant Universities examines possibilities for joint ventures in various areas. The report recommends creation of a committee with representatives from each of the six colleges to jointly plan programs, supervise work of cooperative committees, and make recommendations to the presidents. (AG)

Article analysed the conditions which are necessitating state control: changing manpower needs, competition for fewer and different students, leveling of state funding. (Editor/RK)

Article provided additional resources on state coordination, supplied by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. (Editor)

Presents, adapted for higher education, the six phases that Greiner indicates business should go through in the change sequence--pressure and arousal, intervention and reorientation, diagnosis and recognition, invention and commitment, experimentation and search, and reinforcement and acceptance. (Author/IRT)

This monograph is intended to provide readers with a more informed understanding of the current state of coordination in vocational education planning. The report consists of three chapters and two appendixes. Following the introduction (chapter 1), the second chapter describes general processes and procedures that are useful for facilitating…

Proceedings are presented of the National Network for Curriculum Coordination Conference, which focused on coordinating within the Network and expanding services to vocational educators. The conference keynote address, by Marvin Feldman, was Futurism - A Technical Revolution. Other items included were (1) presentations on the National Network for…

Coordination of post-secondary education institutions means regulation with the aim of developing greater consistancy and overall efficiency, and avoiding overlap of functions and resource waste. Australian coordination plans must balance freedom for academic institutions with the need to be assured these institutions are serving society's needs.…

This booklet contains four papers on teacher center governance, each written from a different perspective, and each dealing with a different aspect of teacher centers. The first paper discusses issues concerning the governance of teacher centers and deals specifically with (a) collaboration, (b) affiliation, and (c) parity. It is written from the…

This study is an analysis of the opinions of 13 client groups concerning the Harrison County Teacher Education Center (HCTEC) and is a sequel to a previous study. This study concentrated on two major questions: (1) what are the opinions of 13 client groups about the perceived needs for the HCTEC; and (2) how do these client groups differ in their…

This three-part book is part of a series exploring educational policy planning, published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Education Committee. The articles in this collection, resulting from a January 1973 conference, focus on pedagogical and organizational dimensions. The first part of the book presents a…

The conference, attended by 231 participants from 48 of the 50 States plus five outside observers, included a minimum number of formal presentations and a maximum number of small groups where participants could consider issues and exchange ideas. The "Proceedings", while not an in-depth, programmatically substantive report of the…

Structures for governing and coordinating higher education are changing. However, the primary responsibility for education rests with the state. The coordinating agency, which occupies the middle-ground between the institutions and the political decision-makers, should have 5 minimum abilities: (1) to engage in continuous planning, both long-range…