This eight-part document describes a process of developing and implementing a competency-based teacher education program that considers the present teacher education program and provides for the translation of courses in a competency mode. This approach involves a delivery system built around the module, module cluster, and components. Part 1…

Three school districts are examined in terms of what educational objectives are important and how well the schools are meeting these objectives. The first district incorporated goals listed by Phi Delta Kappa and questioned grade 5 parents, high school and junior high school students, and elementary, junior high school, and high school teachers as…

Methods are described for comparing the educational goals of parents and school administrators. Data used to define goals consist of statements that parents made in the course of tape-recorded, personal interviews. A list of 450 goal statements was then categorized by the same parents and by a sample of school administrators. Percentages were then…

The science program of a Florida school system is used as an illustration of one approach to educational accountability. Excerpts from the law, "The Educational Accountability Act of 1971," are presented to provide a feeling for the requirements, impact and implications imposed. The program described is called "The Coordinated-Articulated Science…

The product and process goals for the schools of Kentucky are outlined in this brochure. The product goals relate to learning skills, an appropriate knowledge base, economic productivity and recreational satisfaction, functioning effectively as a citizen, human relations, and physical and mental health. The schools seek to attain process goals…

During the National Institute of Education's (NIE) early years of growth, the director and his staff will be making many choices that will determine the NIE's organizational and managerial form and, inseparably, shape its effect on education. The purpose of this Working Note is to present a number of different strategies for the NIE that its…

America's state colleges and regional universities tend to have humble antecedents and ambitious aspirations. Their professors and administrators usually claim no interest in educating professional scholars, doctors, or lawyers, and express no desire to extend their influence beyond the locality or region in which they are located. Despite this…

The purposes of higher education have grown and changed over the years, but they have not been decisively reordered since about 1870. Five major purposes for higher education in the last quarter of the twentieth century are: (1) the provision of opportunities for the intellectual, aesthetic, ethical and skill development of students, and the…

A review is presented of the goals and objectives for 1973-74 by the staff of the Learning Resource Center of William Rainey Harper College. The nine major sections of the booklet deal with: 1) institutional goals; 2) goals set by the vice president for academic affairs; 3) goals of the academic deans; 4) goals of the division chairman; 5) goals…

In order for the university to regain public confidence and survive as a vital force that makes decisions relevant to the problems of today and tomorrow, it has no alternative but to reexamine with commitment its purpose for being as well as to identify, clarify, and articulate its mission, goals, and objectives in order to chart its own course…

This article presents a realistic response to the limits of accountability in higher education. Emphasis is placed on management information systems, limits to accountability, the relationship of accountability and subtler aspects of academic need, the measurable and nonmeasurable items of budgeting, and the ultimate goal of education. (MJM)

Intended as an aid to school systems in planning and executing evaluation of educational projects and programs, this handbook presents the technical aspects of evaluation in a practical way. The chapters of the handbook are: 1. Assessment of Needs; 2. Establishment of Objectives; 3. Measurement of Objectives; 4. Dissemination of Evaluation; and 5.…

A monograph, which is the first written description of a state-wide application of systematic planning based upon the concepts of corporate and conglomerate long-range planning, is presented. The six-year planning process of the Washington State community college system embraces a four-phase sequence of activities. Phase I involves the development…

The basic premise of this paper is: if current management and fiscal problems are to be solved in higher education, planners and decisionmakers must adopt an outcome-oriented approach to planning. In the past, most planners have tended to be means-oriented, focusing more attention on problems associated with the course of action being followed and…

A survey of naval officers who have received a Navy sponsored graduate degree was conducted by a questionnaire to determine their opinions concerning numerous topics related to obtaining a graduate degree and the utilization of their graduate education. Results showed that obtaining a graduate degree was perceived as having a positive influence on…