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Arc, Arlington, TX. – 1995
This fact sheet uses a question-and-answer format to summarize issues related to managed care and long-term services for people with mental retardation. Questions and answers address the following topics: the evolving concept of "managed care"; the application of managed care to provide cost-efficient long-term services for people with mental…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Government Role

Main, Linda – Library Software Review, 1987
Describes the emphasis of decision support systems as being on the decision making process itself, rather than the flow of information; reviews the uses of microcomputers in libraries in recent years; and compares five decision modeling software packages. An appendix lists the name, manufacturer's address, price, and hardware requirements of each…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Decision Making

Aggarwal, Raj – Innovative Higher Education, 1987
The adaptation of a typical corporate strategic planning process to a midwestern state university is discussed. The university found that an ongoing planning process with a yearly cycle offers several advantages not available with prior approaches, and that strategic planning is a culture that takes time before it becomes pervasive in any…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning
Palmour, Vernon E. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Presents the Public Library Association's planning model for strategic planning in public libraries. The development of the model is explained, the basic steps of the planning process are described, and improvements to the model are suggested. (CLB)
Descriptors: Committees, Library Planning, Library Surveys, Long Range Planning

Turk, Judy VanSlyke – Public Relations Review, 1986
Offers a sequential model of futures research techniques that is applied to a hypothetical situation to indicate its applicability as a means by which public relations professionals can approach the task of saying today what may happen tomorrow. (SRT)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Decision Making, Futures (of Society), Long Range Planning
Dicks, Dennis J. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1985
The author looks at the Canadian short-term employment model and then examines characteristics of the Japanese employment model (recruitment methods, matching rewards to performance and investment, dealing with skill obsolescence and aging, and the advantages of Japan's long-term model). (CT)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Economic Factors, Human Resources, Job Skills

Bingen, Franz; Siau, Carlos – Research in Higher Education, 1981
A model of departmental support expenditures is constructed. The requirements for administrative and technical staff and for operating funds of a university's academic units were analyzed, and these were related to a number of quantitative characteristics of the units. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Finance, Expenditures, Higher Education

Crossland, Fred E. – Change, 1980
Enrollment declines during the next 15 years in the college-age group, especially in the country's northeastern quadrant, are discussed. In the northeastern region, enrollment declines are likely to be twice the national rate. A model, designed to reflect what is likely to happen, is provided. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Planning, Declining Enrollment, Demography
Penrod, James I.; Dolence, Michael G. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1991
The concept of reengineering is examined as it applies to colleges and universities, with emphasis upon information technology units. Covered are the purposes, principles, and process of reengineering; organizational change; leadership; reengineering the information technology unit; and critical success factors for reengineering higher education.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Engineering, Higher Education, Information Technology

Alexander, Lynda; Lewis, Tim – Planning for Higher Education, 2000
This article reviews development and use of a statewide (Texas) space model for long-term planning, regulating new construction, and formula appropriations for general academic and, more recently, health-related institutions. Considers the work and recommendation of a 1998 study committee on space needs of health facilities, the Commissioner's…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Facilities, Health Facilities, Higher Education
Conley, David T. – 1993
Findings of a study that examined the application of strategic planning in American school districts are presented in this paper. Methodology involved content analysis of the strategic plans of 79 school districts throughout the United States, focussing on their mission statements, core beliefs and parameter statements, and objectives and…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Educational Principles
Lauer, Vaughn K.; Bright, Ethel – 1990
This report evaluates Delaware's progress in providing a free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment (LRE) for children with disabilities as required by Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Existing programs and services provide an array of placement alternatives for the delivery of special…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Tan, David L. – 1990
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…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Decision Making, Definitions, Educational Change
Mount, Beth; Zwernik, Kay – 1989
Personal futures planning is a tool for fostering new ways of thinking about people with developmental disabilities. Futures planning helps groups of people focus on opportunities for people with disabilities to develop personal relationships, have positive roles in community life, increase their control of their own lives, and develop the skills…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Developmental Disabilities, Goal Orientation, Individual Development
Helling, Mary Kay; Henry, Carolyn S. – 1988
A South Dakota State University model for developing student outcomes assessment plans in undergraduate family science programs is presented. This model consists of several steps: clarification of the departmental mission, goals, and objectives; specification of desired student outcomes; development of reliable, valid measures of student outcomes;…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Evaluation