An Englishman who was impressed with the many accomplishments of the Carnegie Commission and was convinced that its recommendations will be useful guides for the future, worries that its focus was too narrowly pragmatic. (Editor)

This essay considers the socio-economic context of the 1972 report of Alberta's Commission on Educational Planning. (Editor)

Discusses the development of collaborative spatial support systems and identifies research issues on the design and implementation of a Web-based collaborative spatial decision-making system, in the specific context of distributed environmental planning. Demonstrates the use of GEO-ELCA for decision-making tasks by urban or municipal planning…

This paper presents the results of a regional planning district commission survey that suggests that local and regional governments are not responding to the changing economic options with broad-based developmental strategies. Few commissions are involved with strategies that recognize and build on local and regional strengths for creative types…

Examines the social impact of military expansion at Fort Drum and the resulting economic boom on Watertown (New York) and surrounding rural communities in Jefferson County. Focuses on efforts to plan human services for a rapidly expanding and changing population. (SV)

The Student Transitions Project Steering Committee's terms of reference allow it to appoint sub-committees to provide advice. Recently, the committee appointed a Mobility of Transfer Students Sub-Committee (formerly the Enrolment Planning Data Sub-Committee, a sub-committee of the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer). The…

This report evaluates the contribution of public higher education to raise per capita income in California. The report highlights how diversity in the State's population impacts the need for higher education and presents options for improving income earning using postsecondary education programs. The Commission measured differences in financial…

The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE) serves as the coordinating board for South Carolina's 33 public institutions of higher learning and is responsible for serving a dual role within state government, acting both as an advocate for higher education as well as an oversight entity on behalf of the General Assembly. The agency's…

In 1988, Research for Better Schools (RBS) proposed the development of state-specific rural assistance councils (RAC) in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to assist in strengthening rural school-community partnerships and in planning rural school improvement. This report summarizes the activities of each of the four RACs during…

Five major areas of activity within the planning function were described along with two minor areas. Planning tasks and competencies, the relationship of planning to other administrative units, the organization of the planning unit, and the interrelationships of the planning unit were discussed. (Author/RK)

Provides much background information on transportation problems and issues, and presents the policy decisions made by the U.S. Department of Transportation which developed its policies within the realm of complex economic and political considerations. (BR)

We want an environment that is good for all our children to grow up in and reach their full potential. They need an environment that gives them many kinds of experiences, that provides both privacy and opportunities to form social bonds, and that is enriched by beauty. To provide such an environment for our children, we must also provide it for…

Summarizes the recommendations of the Computer Network Study Planning Group formed by the Office of Science and Technology Policy under the provisions of PL99-383 to study the networking needs of the nation's academic and federal research computer programs. The benefits and importance of the recommended National Research Network are discussed.…

In this article we reviewed the available literature concerning teacher turnover. The seriousness of this issue was addressed as cause for concern is clearly present. Issues we examined in this conceptual analysis were the federal government's role in public education, the No Child Left Behind Act, teacher turnover, teacher retention, teacher…