Long-Term Planning in Higher Education [microform]
This report presents the concepts and issues discussed at a Regional Symposium on Long-term Planning in Higher Education held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 21-30, 1986. Chapter 1 explores some fundamental issues about the rationale for the objectives of long-term planning. It defines long-term pla...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This report presents the concepts and issues discussed at a Regional Symposium on Long-term Planning in Higher Education held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 21-30, 1986. Chapter 1 explores some fundamental issues about the rationale for the objectives of long-term planning. It defines long-term planning in higher education, considers its desirable characteristics, and discusses why it is needed in higher education. Chapter 2 considers the status of and broad trends in long-term planning of higher education in the region. Attention is given to the types of agencies responsible for higher education planning, arrangements for co-ordinating and integrating such planning with national planning, special problems, and constraints to implementation. Chapter 3 provides a regional overview of recent planning approaches and experience. Chapter 4 explores the relevance and application of particular approaches, methodologies, and techniques to the task of long-term planning in higher education. Organizational and management issues related to long-term planning are considered in the fifth chapter. The final chapter presents conclusions, including possible follow-up activities proposed by countries of the Asia/Pacific region. An appendix provides a list of participants. (GLR) |
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| Item Description: | Availability: UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, P.O. Box 1425, General Post Office, Bangkok 10501, Thailand. ERIC Document Number: ED323892. |
| Physical Description: | 62 p. |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |