The Compact for Education is not yet particularly significant either for good or evil. Partly because of time and partly because of unreasonable expectations, the Compact is not yet a going concern. Enthusiasts have overestimated Compact possibilities and opponents have overestimated its dangers, so if the organization has limited rather than…

Junior college activities are coordinated directly by 35 states and by universities in 9 states, while 6 states have no visible agency for the purpose. Existing staffs consist mainly of newcomers, and literature on statewide control is limited. Forces that are increasing state control over local activities include: (1) the shift of financing to…

A case study of the Wisconsin Coordinating Committee for Higher Education was the basis for an examination of the factors contributing to effective coordinating mechanisms between public institutions of higher education and their external supportive world (the public and the state legislative and executive branches). Using questionnaires and…

After reviewing the need for administrators to plan in order to be effective decision-makers, the writer presents a model of the planning process to stimulate improved efforts in educational planning. (Editor)

Text of the agreement between canton superintendents of public instruction; In French with no translation provided. (RT)

Changes in the balance of power over higher education require increased leadership by state coordinating boards and their directors. (Editor)

This report presents three seminar papers and associated discussion session reports from the Adelaide seminar which focused on education as it relates to the advancement of international understanding. In the first paper, A. M. Thomas stressed the necessity for continuing cooperation among nations to solve problems of friction and poverty.…

This document provides a conceptual framework and programs structure that encompasses a training program for coordinators of volunteers with special emphasis on tutorial services within the public school and junior college environment. The project design includes program objectives, criteria for solving the problem, procedures, supportive services…

The goal of this paper is to highlight developmental pathways as they unfold during the elementary school years and to discuss the implications for the evaluation of school-community-family partnerships. (Author)

How to get some planning done in spite of everything. (Author)

The fundamental responsibilities of the principalship are undergoing significant new demands in the '70s - demands challenging the principal to be a planner of futures, an allocator of resources, a stimulator of improvement, a coordinator of concerted effort, and an evaluator of process and product. (Editor)

Statement adapted from report to appear later in 1969, entitled "Strengthening Higher Education in Colorado.