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Larson, Elizabeth J. Hunt; Schrankel, Philipp Stephen – 1986
Planning to meet the needs of the future is a critical concern of an Arizona school district. The Mesa Action Planning System (MAPS) provides a framework for community involvement with a 200-member community-based planning committee, selected from constituent groups, and a 12-member steering committee. The planning committee will receive a summary…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Coordination, Decision Making
Direct linkRankin, Gary – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
Describes how formative data on enrollment patterns and class offerings are collected and used at Oklahoma City Community College in marketing and scheduling. Evaluates the research effort in terms of its value in long-range strategic planning and managed decision making in day-to-day activities. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Decision Making, Enrollment
Download full textConley, David T. – 1992
Some baseline information is offered in this study to help determine the ends to which the strategic planning processes are being put and the outcomes that are being pursued. A conceptual overview of planning models and the role of planners are presented. The complete study comprises a two-stage process of data collection. First, strategic plans…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Planning
Peer reviewedMatier, Michael W.; And Others – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
Because of a fundamental shift in the way decisions are being made in colleges and universities, institutional researchers in the twenty-first century will no longer merely collect, analyze, and disseminate information to support decision making. They must also become information architects, change agents, and consultants of choice within their…
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Administration, College Planning, Decision Making
Morrison, James L. – 1990
A step-by-step approach is provided for developing an environmental scanning system for colleges and universities to assist them in planning for the future. The objectives of such a system are to detect social, scientific, economic, technical, and political interactions important to the organization; define potential threats and opportunities from…
Descriptors: College Planning, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Planning
Peer reviewedGlover, Robert H. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1993
In college administration, a climate for adaptive change should be created using the philosophy, processes, and tools of Total Quality Management in combination with other management innovations. An enterprise-wide infrastructure for distributing information on demand for decision makers to monitor institutional performance should be built.…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Decision Making
