Planning Dilemmas in Higher Education.

Overview & Synopsis

This paper considers the problem of planning in higher education from several different points of view. First, educational planning as it relates to problems at the national level is discussed. This includes the question of a national educational policy, projections of the demand for higher education, the financing of higher education, politics and higher education, and the influence of change on institutions of higher education. Second, various facets of educational planning at the level of individual institutions is explored. Third, some specific techniques which can be used in connection with planning are suggested. These include: systems analysis, operations research, mathematical models, and econometric analysis. And fourth, there is a brief discussion of instructional technology. (AF)