The statewide goals and objectives of Tennessee's plan for educational excellence, the 21st Century Challenge, are outlined in this legislative committee report. The major initiatives under each goal will be implemented within 3 to 4 years. Goals and an example of the several objectives under each goal are: first grade readiness (e.g., require all…

This paper addresses what characteristics of institutional approaches to change succeed in achieving stated institutional aims within a higher education context. It asserts, through an examination of two case studies, that successful organizational change depends on context-laden feedback-driven processes that result in steady incremental…

This report revises and updates environmental trends that affect present and future planning and assessment at Georgia State University (GSU). The purpose of this environmental analysis is to determine the major trends in the environment, the implications of these trends for higher education and for the institution, and significant opportunities…

The social and economic turbulence encountered from 1966 to 1977 was the major factor in the National Association of Independent School's (NAIS) developing a new long range planning process in 1977. The process is based upon the premise that an independent school must constantly evaluate itself against internal and external criteria. It does not…

Most educational planning models are weak at identifying future events and assessing their impact on education. At best they assume a surprise-free future in which present trends continue unabated and interrelationships among social, economic, political, and technological forces stay the same. The ED QUEST model was developed to ameliorate these…

This report presents the concepts and issues discussed at a Regional Symposium on Long-term Planning in Higher Education held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 21-30, 1986. Chapter 1 explores some fundamental issues about the rationale for the objectives of long-term planning. It defines long-term planning in higher education, considers its…

A program planning model developed in collaboration with primary decision makers and program planners is described in this study. A 6-month pilot test of the planning document was evaluated by a followup questionnaire of program planners and decision makers. Results indicate that a majority of the respondents viewed the planning model as…

The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges' Basic Agenda for 1986 is presented. The Board's basic agenda is a proposed public policy statement that identifies major goals and policy-making activities which the state and the community colleges should initiate or complete during 1986. Five objectives are presented which establish…

This document contains a description of the activities, concerns, findings, and recommendations of the Idaho Industrial Arts Futuring Committee. It will serve as the foundation upon which subsequent revision of the state's industrial arts programs, to be renamed Industrial Technology Education (ITE), can be built. Section I on philosophy and…

This document's three-fold purpose is to give guidance to schools that will be using technical assistance, to raise important considerations for those resource units that provide such assistance, and to point out areas of concern to Pennsylvania Department of Education planners. Included are four articles by University of Pittsburgh faculty…

This manual adapts the basic concepts of an industry-based long-range strategic planning model to an intermediate education unit, specifically the Santa Clara County Office of Education. It is intended for those responsible for defining and implementing a planning process. The basic theme of the manual is that of planning a journey, with many…

A study developed a vision of postsecondary vocational-technical curriculum that would be appropriate for the social context expected in the year 2000. Three substudies had their own research methodologies, data gathering, and conclusions. The first substudy identified categories, called determinants, of societal changes that might affect future…

This paper is based on the assumption that in shaping academic strategies for long-range planning purposes, educational institutions must be able to gather adequate information on which to base administrative decisions. Information on how the institution has operated in the past as well as how it is currently operating are critical items for valid…

The model for long-range planning described in this report was instituted at Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC) in 1982. Introductory material outlines the elements of WPCC's planning process, i.e., the clarification of issues, the establishment of priorities, the achievement of consensus on courses of action, and the allocation of…

A study on modeling systems was conducted to examine the extent of model use and the usefulness of the analytical models currently available. Specific study objectives were to identify: the users of some of the most frequently used modeling systems, the reasons for the selection of particular models, the problems and successes of implementation,…