The North Carolina Department of Community Colleges offers a variety of services which are intended to enable institutions within that state to identify, develop, and deliver their services in an efficient and effective manner. This document provides the local institution with a suggested model which might be used in the preparation of long and…

The papers in this volume were delivered at a Symposium on the "Effective Use of Resources in State Higher Education" at the annual meeting of the Southern Regional Education Board in Houston, Texas, June 11-12, 1970. The papers deal with three general subjects: (1) the orderly development of graduate education; (2) evaluating the community junior…

The paper discusses educational planning for Kentucky Community and Technical College System. A responsive and flexible system of postsecondary education is the most important tool needed to help Kentucky flourish in the early decades of the 21st century. Right now, the proportion of the population with less than a high school diploma is greater…

A COMMUNITY COLLEGE MASTER PLAN (1) SHOULD BE UNIQUE, DESIGNED FOR ITS PARTICULAR SITUATION, (2) DEVELOPS FROM AN ANALYSIS OF NEEDS, SITE, GROWTH, AND FINANCE, (3) STARTS WITH A REVIEW OF FACTS, RESOURCES, NEEDS, AND INFLUENCES, TO GIVE A FOUNDATION FOR THE CREATIVE PLANNING PROCESS, AND (4) IS INFLUENCED BY FACTORS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM,…

The 1968 legislature authorized the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to establish a 2-year junior college for Tulsa County and environs. The Regents' staff began plans that included: a state bond issue ($4 million) to be matched by federal funds; studies of community population trends, socioeconomic trends, site needs, operating budget,…

A look at significant aspects of the campus planning process suggests the nature and direction of such efforts at 12 of Florida's 13 existing community-junior colleges. Initial planning activities and months required to accomplish them are summarized, along with the various methods by which new institutions acquired facilities to begin…

Because of regional differences affecting higher education in Iadho, the Center for Developmen t of Community College Education examined Lewis-Clark Normal School (LCNS) and possible new facilities and programs for its area vocational-technical adjunct. Findings included (1) the legislature disregarded a 1962 recommendation that LCNS become a…

Differentiates between activity planning, which does not produce demonstrable outcomes, and impact planning, which does. Impact planning is characterized by a matching process with the appropriate methodology, organizational fit, clarity, linkage to the college's ongoing organizational systems, and substance over style. Contains 11 references. (CK)

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,…

Prepared for use in South Carolina's technical and community colleges to promote the development or revision of a long-range plan, this manual describes a plan-development process using the basic techniques of the Develop a Curriculum (DACUM) process and revising them into a procedure for Developing A Long Range Plan, the DAPLAN process. DAPLAN…

THE THREE USUAL WAYS TO ORGANIZE A JUNIOR COLLEGE ARE (1) AS PART OF A COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, (2) IN ITS OWN DISTRICT, AND (3) UNDER THE STATE. FLORIDA USES THE FIRST SYSTEM. ITS ADMINISTRATION IS LIKE ANY OTHER TYPE OF COLLEGE, BUT IT SERVES THE SAME AREA AS THE COUNTY SCHOOLS AND IS RUN BY THE SAME BOARD OF TRUSTEES. IN CASES WHERE IT SERVES…

THE OHIO BOARD OF REGENTS PREPARED THIS GUIDE, COVERING THE MAJOR POINTS OF THE STATE LAW, SO THAT PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR A JUNIOR COLLEGE MAY BE EXPEDITED. IT DEFINES A COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, WHICH MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD(S) OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OR BY THE VOTERS. ON APPROVAL BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE DISTRICT MUST APPOINT A…

The Mississippi Postsecondary Education Planning Board collects information and data relative to all public and private profit or nonprofit institutions or agencies engaged in education and training in the postsecondary education field in that state. This inventory of programs of study available in the state is designed to aid institutions in…

Highlights North Carolina's strategies for ensuring that its institutions and leadership will be responsive to future needs. Describes the Commission on the Future of North Carolina, community college responses to commission recommendations, and state goals concerning services to small business, retraining, educational leadership renewal, and…

This document provides an understanding of the South Carolina Technical College System, System office vision, missions, and values as well as an overview of key strategic goals of the system as a whole. The report was compiled by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. The six goals that guide the system are ensuring excellence…