Forecast of critical influences that will affect planning in public senior colleges and universities in Texas by the year 2000 /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to ProQuest copy Link to OAKTrust copy ProQuest, Abstract |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to forecast the critical influences that will affect educational planning by the year 2000, focusing specifically on public senior colleges and universities in Texas with a minimum headcount enrollment of 5,000 students. The objective of the study was to obtain expert opinions that would assist institutional planning officers in their efforts to systematically plan for future needs in higher education. The Delphi technique was used in this study as a tool to forecast the critical influences. An expert panel of ten chief planning officers developed 64 distinct critical influences during Round 1 of the process. In Round 2, the expert panel rated the criticality of each influence in a questionnaire developed from Round 1 input. In Round 3, the Round 2 information was assimilated into another questionnaire that contained selected statistical information. Based on the Round 2 responses and statistical information provided, the panel was asked to move toward consensus or provide rationale for deviant opinions. Data developed throughout the study, along with a thorough examination of current literature in the field of educational planning, provided a basis for forecasting the critical influences that should prove significant to institutional planning officers as they attempt to address future issues. The fifteen most critical influences were: funding levels from the State Legislature; commitment of the Legislature to higher education; support from boards of regents; recruitment and retention of high quality faculty; prohibitive cost of providing state-of-the-art research and teaching equipment; rapid changes in computer technology, computing capacity, and extent of computerization; public commitment to higher education; a projected imbalance in the state economy and resulting economic difficulties; growth of high-tech industry in the state; quality of leadership among chief executive officers; society's attitude toward the major public research universities, including the latter's mission, capacity and integrity as revealed in levels of support from appropriations, special resources and benefactions; patterns of enrollment and retention of all students; maturation of linkages with the private sector; power vested in the Coordinating Board; and public perception and image of higher education in the state and nation. |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Educational Administration." Typescript (photocopy). Vita. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 197 leaves ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-109). |