Educators have historically tried to limit the openness of the educational system by determining what factors from the society as a whole are allowed to influence decision-making. Other system components have been held to be more properly designed by professionals apart from societal impact. Change through time in the educational system occurs so rapidly that by the time a system is designed and implemented, the objective is out-of-date. A dominant or consensual value of society should not be expressed as an educational goal, but as it can be made manifest in a decision-making strategy. (Author/MLF)