The report serves as a guide and manual to the Central Lane Planning Council's (CLPC) planning library and describes representative planning library material retrieval systems which are adaptable for use by public and private planning agencies. CLPC library policy and administrative procedure are outlined in the report. Material storage and…

THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT STATEWIDE PERSPECTIVE FOR THE TOTAL SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION REQUIRES AN INDEPENDENT STATE AGENCY AND SUGGESTS SEVERAL APPROACHES TO LONG-RANGE PLANNING AND COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION WITH REFERENCE TO THE SOUTHERN STATES. THREE GENERAL TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE INCLUDED (1) SINGLE COORDINATING-GOVERNING BOARDS,…

The adoption of the common pattern of 10+2+3 for school and college classes in India is described and implications of this reform discussed by the Minister for Education. (LBH)

In Quebec, the Commission for High School Evaluation and Information was started in 1993. This autonomous organization was created in order to benefit and aid the internal structure, workings, and pedagogical practices of both private and public schools in Quebec. The central commission is comprised of various educators and education coordinators.…

Author presents a case-study showing how Delaware Extension Service launched an effort to reach the goal of better planned communities through making land-use controls become guidelines for zoning ordinances. He discusses how segments of the community were approached and the positive results of fifteen years of work. (Editor/LF)

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Articles in this special issue discuss the utilization of social research by governmental commissions. How social science knowledge influences their decision making is examined. (RM)

Explores decision making strategies by program administrators regarding coordinating the program development functions of their agencies. Discusses program origins, orientation of resource persons, planning committees, supervision, and situational influences. (CT)

Despite segmental efforts to increase diversity in higher education, African American and Latino students are not achieving levels of representation in California public universities that are equivalent to their levels of representation in the overall State population. Using data for the years 1997 through 2006, the California Postsecondary…

From 2005 to 2007, the University of Connecticut Libraries Copyright Project Team engaged in a wide range of activities to fulfill its charge and to raise awareness of copyright issues in the library and across the university. This article highlights some of the primary activities and tools used by the team to involve stakeholders, to provide…

In 2005, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings convened a panel of 19 leading educators, educational bureaucrats, and corporate leaders to examine the state of postsecondary education. Members sought solutions to problems in four areas of concern: access, affordability, quality, and accountability. The commission completed a final report, with…

This third report of the National Assessment Planning Project concentrates on the consensus planning process used in the project. The project is an outgrowth of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) program expansion, whose original task was to produce state-by-state comparisons of student achievement. The report is organized in four…

Article discussed how changes in federal policy will affect community colleges and their occupational programs. (Editor/RK)

Author offered his perception and the progress to date and his opinion of the significance of the report of the Reform of Intermediate and Secondary Education Commission. (Author/RK)

Excerpts from COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING IN STATE EDUCATION AGENCIES" to be published in 1969 by the Utah State Board of Education.