In deciding the next decade's educational policy, Congress must realize that the educational context has changed. We must reevaluate who the students are and what they need, then reassess our methods of evaluating student performance, conducting useful research, maintaining teachers' professional development, and adapting technology to education.…

This paper responds to the Institute of Medicine's 1995 report concerning the present status and future needs of dental education in the United States. It examines whether real reform is occurring at the National Institute of Dental Research, within the academic dental community, and within the practicing profession. It concludes that very little…

Discussion of digital technology in the context of higher education planning considers how these technologies change teaching; the digital divide; the costs of information technology; hard wiring the campus; material consequences of information technology; digitally enabled crimes and misdemeanors; and libraries and scholarly publishing. Concludes…

Catholic schools in the United States today are very different from the Catholic schools that first opened in the 18th and 19th centuries. This handbook is a call to action for all Catholic elementary schools, inviting and challenging all Catholic educators to plan for the future. The volume is the first in a series of handbooks containing essays…

This paper offers a vision, referred to as the "network" vision, and a new set of strategies for higher educational institution management to meet the challenges posed by social and economic changes of the near future in the 1990s. This vision conceives of the modern higher education institution as an information-intensive organization…

Prepared as part of the College of the Mainland's (CM's) reaffirmation of its accreditation, this report: (1) identifies the principles of strategic planning relevant to the community college; (2) illustrates the implementation of strategic planning in a community college; (3) identifies the conditions conducive to the employment of strategic…

A panel of educators, business leaders, and government officials convened by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), recommends massive, state-by-state educational change by increasing the proportion of American college graduates, giving public institutions major responsibility for teacher education, and encouraging…

To plan for the future of teacher education, it is necessary to have a clear view of the probable future of education and schooling. Schooling at home and team teaching are some of the predictions offered for education in the next century. (DF)

This document examines forward planning and the need for political decision-makers to have tools to enable them to prepare for the future. It is based on a survey that revealed that forward planning and other similar approaches are making an increasingly significant contribution to the consideration of educational issues. White Papers, Green…

This paper presents three scenarios for the future of schools. In all three cases, it is the year 2020 and schools have continued along a trajectory established in the year 2000. In 2020, students have either deserted the public schools, public schools have improved, or there is no longer an institution called a "school." The article examines the…

As we enter the 21st century, most of the countries in the world are facing three critical challenges: competing in a global economy, reversing the expansion of a permanent and disenfranchised underclass, and developing a workforce with information-age skills. Many educational reform strategies have been adopted to meet the challenges. In Taiwan,…

Planning in higher education has evolved as a response to changes in the environment, such as expanding enrollments, student unrest, economic recession, and pressures for financial accountability. Strategic planning has emerged as one way institutions can handle and overcome the adversities of the future. Definitions of strategic planning are…

With the growing demands placed upon post-secondary institutions for a renewal and restructuring of values and priorities at a time when available resources are decreasing, the importance of planning becomes increasingly apparent. Strategic planning in particular, which deals with the mission, goals, values and resource allocation of the college,…

In response to the educational reform reports, Glendale Elementary School District (Arizona) administrators decided to reexamine existing programs and begin long-range planning. They submitted a list of recommendations (selected from reports) to a community/district staff and task force to prioritize, then assigned specific responsibilities to…

New York's Action Plan, a comprehensive program outlining school reforms to be phased in over the next decade, stresses the partnership of local and state governments. It sets expectations for student performance, increases accountability, addresses quality of instruction, provides extra help where needed, and allows local flexibility. (DCS)