A product of research first begun by one of the authors in Bangladesh, this book develops a comprehensive set of methods for planning technical education. Wherever possible, the authors draw on existing tools, fitting them to the specific context of technical education. When faced with planning problems for which existing methods are ill suited they developed new planning tools which they consider to be equally applicable in developed and developing countries, exemplifying them in the text with reference to polytechnics in Bangladesh. Quantitative methods for planning technical education are presented, culminating in a specific decision model, which is based on the premise that planning can provide answers to difficult management problems arising from the increasing complexity of educational systems. Practicalities of the selection of alternative policies are examined and limitations of the suggested methodology are also discussed. The six chapters are Efficiency in Resource Allocation, Student Flow and Stocks of Graduates, Costs and Financing of Technical Education, Employment and Earnings of Technical School Graduates, A Decision Model for Technical Education, and The Implementation of the Decision Model. Twenty-eight tables and 18 figures are included. (HD)