After listing the constraints on publicly-supported institutions, the author insists that higher education institutions are still free to revitalize liberal education, shorten the curricula, revise subject matter requirements, and even to alter drastically the internal system of governance. Higher education is crowded with tasks solely within the…

This document briefly explores the present status of Women's Studies at Cornell University. Emphasis is placed on the historical development of the program at Cornell, goals and objectives, the present status of these courses, and problems encountered by the program. (MJM)

This review of the literature covers various aspects of educational planning. Following definitions of educational planning, emphasis is placed on: pros, cons, and the present state of planning; the future of planning; change; goals and objectives; systems approaches; planning organization; planning personnel; sets of activities; the planning…

The Innovative Teaching Group (ITG) at Cleveland State University, committed to novel and untried teaching methods, has organized papers from the faculty and other resource people into an anthology on teaching. After the general introduction, the contents are divided into three parts: Insights and Issues at Large; Strategies and Tactics in…

This report describes a study that focused on discovering the experiences of State departments of education in the making of plans (especially longrange plans) for their institutional development. The data was collected during 1970-71 from questionnaires completed by personnel from 25 State departments and from interviews conducted in onsite…

This document emphasizes the importance and implementation of institutional goal consciousness in higher education. Following introductory material, six suggestions for uses of institutional goals are presented. These suggestions for utilization of institutional goals include: policy formation, decisionmaking guides, planning, management…

This paper presents concepts relevant to, and the benefits to be gained from, using a "systems" model in thinking about academic planning in general and curriculum development in particular. An attempt is made to show how the "systems" approach provides key tools for a diagnosis of academic structure in a college or university.…

A variety of pressures from students, alumni, legislators, and administrators has led to increasing concern about the quality of college instruction. In education and psychology, innovation frequently involves either the development of more precise behavioral approaches or more humanistics approaches; yet innovation often occurs without systematic…

In this report, the author discusses the problem of educational change in terms of four basic elements: the objectives, the implementation process, the production possibilities, and the evaluation process. To illuminate both the logic of explanation and the specific needs for research, two competing explanatory models are developed: (1) the naive…

This document presents the papers and proceedings of the Lutheran Educational Conference of North America's annual convention, 1972. The theme was chosen to underscore the need for cooperation among the Lutheran institutions of higher learning and to provide a vehicle for discussion of new developments in college-governmemt relations, current…

This publication contains information gained by site visitations to 15 exemplary career education programs located in rural, urban, and suburban areas of the U.S. The programs were selected because they were founded on firm philosophical bases, would be functioning in the 1972-73 school year, and were characterized by a variety of budget patterns…

This document presents the master plan for higher education in Virginia. Emphasis is placed on the planning process, an overview of higher education in Virginia, goals for higher education, recommendations toward implementing the goals, governance and coordination of higher education in Virginia, plans for the coordination of higher education in…

This paper discusses how the contributions of psychology may be fruitfully applied to the problem of teacher education and describes a curriculum offering designed and implemented to illustrate the author's conclusions regarding theory and practice. Conclusions from the discussion section are 1) teacher training problems can be seen as emerging…

The historical background, information, and proposed policies and procedures for the special education services of the Michigan Department of Education are set forth. The status of each of the following programs is considered: physical and health handicaps, aurally handicapped, visually handicapped, educable and trainable retarded, emotionally…

This brief, introductory booklet defines what is meant by "performance" and "process" objectives and how each type contributes to the steps necessary for incorporating "accountability" into the evaluation of a given educational program. Further, the booklet provides a set of procedures for developing and writing both performance and process…