Over the past decade, retention studies at Hudson County Community College (HCCC), in New Jersey, have consistently placed the college at or near the bottom of a group of 19 New Jersey community colleges in terms of retention. In an effort to determine why students were leaving and develop responses to student attrition, a presidential task force…

The purpose of the planning process at Catonsville Community College (CCC) in Maryland is to improve communication and decision making within the organization, to capitalize on the diverse talents and skills of the faculty and staff, and to use the limited resources of the college in ways that best fulfill the institution's mission. The five major…

An introduction is provided to Vision 2000, a project initiated by Ontario's Minister of Colleges and Universities to review the mandate of the province's Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT). Section 1 discusses the challenges facing Ontario's educational system, the minister's mandate to the CAAT Council of Regents, and the objectives…

The materials and information presented in this guide are designed to facilitate replication of the Colorado Girls' and Women's Sports Commission design throughout the United States. Topics such as project organization, grant procurement, budget development, and media coordination are discussed, and information is provided to help coaches,…

This review of the 1,440 resolutions and recommendations from the first 35 Pre-White House Conferences identifies a strong grass roots appeal to expand traditional library services, to serve current constituencies more effectively, and to initiate and extend services to special constituencies that have been denied traditional library materials,…

With increased cooperation and coordination, it now is appropriate to review major changes that have led to an unprecedented level of interdependency among institutions. The current growth rate of interinstitutional cooperation is approximately 12 percent per year. This is inseparably linked in many respects to increased levels of statutory…

The manual is one of nine resulting from a project to design planning procedures for local and State vocational education agencies. It describes the overall planning process for LEAs and is to be used in conjunction with the related documents. Planning involves two aspects: making decisions that have long-term consequences and making analyses that…

Because of elementary school overcrowding, federal "class size reduction" funding has not been used to reduce class sizes, but instead has been used to hire extra teachers to work with classroom teachers for some portion of the school day. These teachers are called "floating" teachers in most schools, but in some schools they…

Discusses the formation of the German Parliament's Commission on Future Educational Policy and its 1990 recommendations. Describes reactions of German lawmakers and issues associated with the implementation of the commission's recommendations. Addresses problems posed by the unification of Germany and the integration of the European Community.…

The Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training on May 2005 commissioned the Australian Council for Educational Research to investigate and report on models and implementation arrangements for an Australian Certificate of Education. There are ten different certificates currently available across the six states and two territories of…

State law requires the California Postsecondary Education Commission to review and comment on the need for new degree and certificate programs proposed by the public higher education systems. This report contains three policy recommendations intended to increase the likelihood that current and proposed doctoral programs in educational leadership…

Enrollment management (EM) at Parkland College, in Illinois, is a comprehensive process designed to achieve and maintain optimum enrollment, focusing on recruitment, retention, and graduation rates. The primary goals of EM are to stabilize enrollment and finances, link academic programs and student services, improve services and access to…

Options and suggestions for setting up successful study commissions were gathered from 10 commissions that had recommended revisions of state educational policy on a variety of issues. Composed of respected citizens from across the state, each task force was created by the governor or legislature for a fixed duration. Some recommendations for…

This document reports a model for restructuring secondary vocational education in Minnesota, incorporating state-specified student exit outcomes with local additions. Following an executive summary, part 1 of the document explains the principles that guided the restructuring (integration of basic and higher-order thinking skills into the…

The work of the 1984-1987 California Commission for the Review of the Master Plan for Higher Education (which spelled out how the function of each of its three public higher education segments would be differentiated, governed, and coordinated) is reviewed with focus on its effectiveness. Members of the Commission were asked to determine their…