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McNamee, Mike – Currents, 1987
Major implications for fund raising in higher education due to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 are discussed. A list of fund- raising resolutions includes: going back to basics and working harder; consequences of last year's donation rush; and answering questions on the new alternative minimum tax. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Donors, Finance Reform, Fund Raising
D'Amato, Mary A.; Piermarini, Louis R. – Momentum, 1985
Describes the methods and tools used by the Office of Religious Education of the Diocese of Worcester to help parishes improve the quality of their programs through long-term planning. Explains the parish visitation process. (DMM)
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholics, Church Programs, Community Involvement

Lozier, G. Gregory; Chittipeddi, Kumar – Research in Higher Education, 1986
Issues management, concerned with the identification, analysis, probability, and timing of a developing issue and with organizational response, is discussed as an aspect of the institutional strategic planning process. Its application at Pennsylvania State University is described. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Planning, Decision Making, Higher Education, Long Range Planning
Bosela, George M. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1984
The planning assumptions on which Oberlin College's computer support staff encouraged incorporation of microcomputer use on campus are outlined and discussed, including computers as a higher education resource, networks, institutional planning considerations, encouraging staff and faculty participation, and computer staff support efforts. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education
Loye, David – World Future Society Bulletin, 1983
By thinking about and trying to predict the future, we force ourselves to articulate our feelings and thoughts about that future. A technique using intuitive and logical thinking based on right brain-left brain differences is proposed to aid in decision making by both groups and individuals. (Author/IS)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Decision Making, Delphi Technique, Futures (of Society)
Bowman, Diana; Williams, Jean – 2001
This guide is designed to help school districts develop a consolidated plan for programs and resources. It outlines the importance of generating a consolidated plan to reduce duplication, identify children's needs, and coordinate funds from various programs. Consisting of 10 modules, the guide addresses all components of the planning process and…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Long Range Planning
Montana State Library, Helena. – 1998
This long range plan for the Montana State Library begins with an introduction that covers history, past planning activities, the planning process, ongoing planning, evaluation, demographic characteristics that influence the library services population, employment and education, income, taxes, needs of Montana libraries, needs of all libraries,…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Library Development, Library Planning, Library Services
Eckel, Peter; Hill, Barbara; Green, Madeleine – 1998
This paper explores transformation and change in American higher education. It begins by examining the debate over the type of change needed in higher education from the radical change suggested by some as necessary for survival to concepts of continual improvement urged by others. A definition of transformational change is offered which…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Definitions, Educational Change, Higher Education
Cutright, Marc – 1999
This paper proposes a metaphoric perspective based on chaos theory for strategic planning by institutions of higher education. It offers 10 propositions for planning: (1) the ideal outcome of planning is planning, not a plan; (2) planning begins with a distillation of the institution's key values and purposes; (3) the widest possible universe of…
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Long Range Planning

Chiras, Daniel D. – American Biology Teacher, 1982
Risk assessment (the identification of hazards, the determination of the probability of a hazardous event occurring, and an estimation of the severity of such an event's occurrence) is suggested as a technique to be used to analyze current issues in environmental education in an objective manner. (PEB)
Descriptors: Environment, Environmental Education, Futures (of Society), Health

Troutman, Benjamin I.; Palombo, Robert D. – Educational Leadership, 1983
A 36-person task force examined futures literature, listed 41 trends that could have an impact on education, and selected 15 implications of these trends as having the most significance for Virginia Beach, Virginia, schools. (MLF)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education

Foster, M. J. – Higher Education, 1983
A discussion of portfolio analysis in college planning, a technique of determining the attractiveness and competitiveness of given academic courses, looks at the correctness of the technique and its application in the strategic planning process. Data from a British university illustrate the procedure. (MSE)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Demand, Educational Economics, Educational Supply

Renfro, William L.; Morrison, James L. – Futurist, 1982
Describes a workshop held during the 1982 World Future Society's Fourth General Assembly on the combined application of issues management and policy impact analysis. The workshop participants applied futures research, forecasting, goal-setting, and policy development techniques to future problems in educational policy. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Shand, D. A. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1982
Administrators should examine the role and limitations of their budgeting systems and consider overemphasis on control of spending rather than efficiency or effectiveness, limitations on cash-based budgeting, need for information on operating costs, and the short range and fragmented nature of most budgets. (MSE)
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Planning, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency

Jory, D. H. – Modern Language Journal, 1982
Discusses the need for language departments to be adaptable or continue to face dwindling enrollments. Stresses the importance of teaching language as an important communication tool. (EKN)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Skills, Language Styles, Linguistics