A Critique of Planning Models for Postsecondary Education: Current Feasibility, Potential Relevance, and a Prospectus for Further Research.

Dresch, Stephen P.

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Publication Date: 1975

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A Critique of Planning Models for Postsecondary Education: Current Feasibility, Potential Relevance, and a Prospectus for Further Research

Dresch, Stephen P.

Journal of Higher Education, 46, 3, 245-286, May/Jun 75

Concludes that: (1) the biases inherent in the system of research support encourage analytical excesses; (2) major historical forces impinging on the postsecondary educational system will create strains; (3) previous research is of limited usefulness; and (4) large-scale sectoral models only provide the appearance of rationality to policy action. (Editor/PG)

Descriptors: Financial Support, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Models, Planning, Postsecondary Education, Relevance (Education), Research

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