SIX ARTICLES CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE PROCESS OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING FROM THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS TO THE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION. ANDERSON AND BOWMAN IN "THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL PLANNING" DISCUSS SUCH TOPICS AS THE DEFINITION OF PLANNING, EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND SOCIAL DEMOCRATIZATION, PLANNING FOR MANPOWER PRODUCTION, THE FLOW DYNAMICS OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, AND DESIGNS FOR DECISIONS. "ASSESSING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF A NATION" BY PARNES DEFINES THE "NEED" FOR EDUCATION, SUGGESTS APPROACHES TO ASSESS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, AND ASSESSES THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES. IN "ORGANIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING," EIDE ILLUSTRATES ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FACTORS BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING IN THE WESTERN COUNTRIES, DISCUSSES PLANNING AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION, AND SUGGESTS GUIDELINES FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING. HAYWARD'S "THE IMPLEMENTED EDUCATIONAL PLAN" CALLS ATTENTION TO THE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY OFFERED IN THE PROSPECT OF AN INCREASING FLOW OF FINANCING THROUGH FOREIGN AID. PLATT IN "MANPOWER PLANNING IN THAILAND" ANALYZES THE MANPOWER ASPECTS OF THAILAND, AND BREMBECK IN "EDUCATIONAL PLANNING IN THAILAND" USES SOME OF THESE FINDINGS ALONG WITH SOME OF HIS OWN TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL PLANNING IN THAILAND. THIS DOCUMENT IS PUBLISHED BY THE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS, BOX 87, UNIVERSITY STATION, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13210, 152 PAGES, $1.50. (HW)