Explores how planning for allocation and placement of institutions of higher education in the Soviet Union can be improved. Factors which should be considered in locating universities and technical institutes include territorial distribution of labor, growth in the volume of production, and changing patterns in the need for specialists in various…

The trend toward polytechnical education as a model for future educational reform in the Soviet Union is emphasized. (DE)

Reviews improvements in the quality of higher education during the years 1971-75, and forecasts changes to come during the Tenth Five-Year Plan. Emphasis will be on the role of higher schools in the development of science and in becoming large teaching and research centers. (AV)

Basic stages in the development of the Republic's general education school, the increase in pupil enrollment in these schools, and the development and distribution of the school network are discussed. (Author/KM)

Offers an analysis of the current restructuring of higher and specialized secondary education systems in the USSR by an American Soviet studies expert. This article is followed by six articles on various aspects of this topic which were recently translated from Russian. (JDH)

Reviews improvements made in secondary specialized schools from 1971 to 1975, and encourages emphasis on improving structure, content, and forms during the Tenth Five-Year Plan, 1976-80. (AV)

Higher education institutions must vocationally train highly skilled specialists and integrate ideology and values into the curriculum. The content of education must be updated with the latest advances in scientific thought, and more scientific research should be encouraged. Three models for organizing the educational and research process are…

Includes brief papers by members of the Soviet Academy of Sciences presented January 1971 at a conference on the professional training of scientific specialists. (Editor)

Identifies two major directions in forecasting higher education in the Soviet Union: forecasting specific subsystems such as financing, materials, physical plants, and organization; and forecasting the system as a whole. Discusses the need for integration within these two areas of forecasting. (Author/DB)

Plans of the higher schools for the Tenth Five-Year Plan, 1976-80, include improving the quality of specialist training, developing important scientific research, strengthening ties with production, and improving ideological education. (Author/AV)

Assessment and elaboration of plan indices, the determination of future pupil enrollment in general education schools, particulars in the long-range planning of the school network, calculation of the need for pedagogical cadres, and the development of the school's physical facilities are presented. (Author/KM)

A number of methodological conclusions and common recommendations for all regions of the Belorussian SSR on the compilations of long-range plans for the development and location of the school network in rural regions are suggested. (Author/KM)

Rapid increase in the numbers of pedagogical research personnel has created difficulties with scientific organizational problems and with the content and methods of scientific research. The author indentifies these problems and proposes solutions to them. (Author/AV)

Suggests that planners for higher education in the Soviet Union consider society's needs for specialists in production, management, design, and scientific research. (Author/DB)