This chapter, drawing from the previous chapters, synthesizes potential directions and implications of future innovation in higher education. The focus is on innovation to address critical issues that administrators face today: the adaptability, maturity, cost structure, and efficiency of the institution.

This conference paper discusses the role of the Planning, Programing, and Budgeting System (PPBS) in planning for educational programs. Proper PPBS analysis includes (1) correct problem definition, (2) consideration of alternative solutions, (3) ascertainment of peripheral effects of the alternatives, and (4) estimations of the cost and…

Where research activities operate under "fixed" budgetary and resource conditions, allocations of funds must be carefully planned for effective program implementation. Although relatively little information is available on how small research units could use the principles of programed budgeting, a technique for ascertaining program…

Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) has become sufficiently widespread to require attention to the relationships between its costs, administration and benefits. Despite difficulties in instituting them, quantifiable cost-effectiveness analyses offer several advantages. They allow educators to specify with precision anticipated instructional loads,…

Three models are examined in terms of their historical growth, structural similarities and differences, and their implementation and use. They are CAMPUS (Comprehensive Analytical Methods of Planning in University Systems), RRPM (Resource Requirements Prediction Model), and HIS (Hochschule Information System). Their basic logics are explained with…

The Western Washington State College Teacher Corps Project (WWSC/TC) has developed a teacher designed inservice model as part of its Ninth Cycle program. The model is based on a collaborative approach to inservice education, in which the teacher is able to draw on the resources of an institution of higher learning, a local education association,…

MODIA (Method of Designing Instructional Alternatives) was developed to help the Air Force manage resources for formal training by systematically and explicitly relating quantitative requirements for training resources to the details of course design and course operation during the planning stage. It suggests approaches to course design not…