"Marketing Folk Art" is a special section (pages 43-89) of this serial issue addressing the folklorists' role in developing marketing strategies to improve the lot of folk artists and protect their traditional forms of expression from commercial exploitation. The following six articles, introduced by Rosemary Joyce, focus on these…

This paper describes a participative model of strategic planning for use by higher education institutions. First it reviews five principles or assumptions of a participatory model: the person doing the job is the expert; that which is strategic must be validated by the operation; accountability, authority, and information are always equal and…

This strategy plan for training personnel addresses the goals, objectives, and recommended strategies for managing human resources development within the Wildlife, Fisheries, and Special Status Plants Program. It provides a justification for developing human resource programs to maintain a motivated, energetic workforce; goals and objectives of…

The definition of strategic planning has changed in recent years. Strategic planning for independent schools involves creating a vision and a mission, employing environmental scanning methods to identify important facts, focusing on excellence, mandating continuous flexibility, and relying on simplicity. This book reexamines and updates…

A catalytic leader brings together diverse individuals from multiple agencies to address intractable public problems. Strategies for promoting catalytic leadership are explored. The book opens with a review of the problems facing public leaders, emphasizing the complexity and interconnectedness of problems in the public sphere. The book highlights…

Three main areas related to the school leader's responsibility for continuous professional development are discussed. The first of these is the necessity for school leaders to have an understanding, or a theoretical framework, for how professionals learn. Serving as basis for discussion is the Kolb's Cycle of Learning Experience which has four…

This report summarizes the findings from two years of study on issues involving the governance of the California public community college system. Section 1 reviews the history of California's community colleges and describes challenges they currently face, such as inconsistent compensation and operational costs, changing enrollment demand, and…

This guide was written in response to growing concerns about the safety and well-being of children in America. The guide's primary purpose is to help planners involved in child protection reform, both at the agency level and as part of a community team, to develop a comprehensive approach to assessment in child protection. The guide is intended to…

The recent emergence of small states on the international scene has generated renewed interest among researchers and practitioners. This booklet describes the significance, relevance, and practical implications for educational planning of insularity and small size. The empirical basis for this publication is drawn primarily from the Caribbean and…

In 1989 the Peel (Mississauga, Ontario) Board of Education launched its strategic planning process. The board surveyed or gained the direct involvement of large numbers of students, staff, and parents to determine what direction the school system needed to take to maintain its level of quality. Through its efforts the board concluded that the…

This EDUCATE Core Data Service 2003 Summary Report is the second report published as part of the CDS program. Before delving into the five major sections that follow this introductory section (each of which parallels and summarizes data from a section of the core data survey), we encourage you to read this introduction to fully understand the CDS…

The education market emerged in China since 1990s, which triggered heated debate among education circle. This paper explores the development forms which education market took on, analyses its pros and cons and investigates the measures should be adopted to revamp the holes of the unripe education market. (Contains 6 footnotes.)

This volume is the first in a series of four publications related to a project on the creation of a Regional University Network on Governance and Management of Higher Education in South East Europe. The volume contains an overview of higher education governing structures on countries participating in the project: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,…

This issue explores enrollment strategies colleges and universities will need to serve students in the future. Resources are scarce, and the expectations of the public are changing. Students in the near future will be more numerous, more diverse, and possibly less prepared than any preceding generation. Institutions of higher education will need…

The selections in this collection explore topics related to the future of information technology and strategic, academic, resource, and facilities planning in institutions of higher education. Part 1, "Developing the Vision: Principles, Paradigms, Life Cycles, and Values," contains: (1) "Mega-Level Strategic Planning: Beyond Conventional Wisdom"…