Applying Methods and Techniques of Futures Research: New Directions for Institutional Research (J-B IR Single Issue Institutional Research)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Much of our planning to date in higher education has focused on questions of internal effectiveness and efficiency, but, given the period of rapid social change we have entered, it is imperative that we improve our abilities to assess changes in the external environment and examine their implications for higher education. In this way we will be able to develop better goals, strategies, and plans to take advantage of emerging opportunities and head off potentially damaging developments. The chapters in this sourcebook consider the problem of assessing the external environment in planning and...
ISBN(s)
0875899579, 9780875899572
