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Direct linkGroff, Warren H. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
Identifies components of a comprehensive assessment of an educational institution's external environment; i.e., demographic trends, social indicators, economic trends, political change, technological advances, changes in the workplace, advances in information technologies, and value shifts. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Decision Making, Demography, Educational Environment
Download full textGroff, Warren H. – 1981
The literature on strategic planning, and the capabilities of Massachusetts system of public postsecondary education were assessed, as part of a 1981 leadership seminar. Teams from all public postsecondary education institutions in the state reviewed the basic concepts of strategic planning; critically analyzed the environment external to their…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection
Groff, Warren H. – 1989
An introductory leadership course in an Ed.D. program in Child and Youth Studies, a redesigned early and middle childhood program at Nova University (Florida), is described. The course's purposes are first, to enable professionals to understand the impact of demographic, social, economic, political, and technological transitions on the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Course Content, Course Organization, Doctoral Programs
Groff, Warren H. – 1983
The value of strategic planning for educational, business, governmental, and family institutions to make them more responsive to society and to insure their viability is addressed. The transition from an agricultural to an industrial society and then to a technological one can be described in terms of its impact on individuals, institutions, and…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Change Strategies, Education Work Relationship, Futures (of Society)
Groff, Warren H. – 1991
This paper examines institutional restructuring in higher education for the 1990s and the 21st century and the leadership required for that restructuring. Following an overview and a discussion of selected pertinent demographic, social, economic, technological, and political variables, the paper focuses on the strategic importance of Mid-America…
Descriptors: Developing Institutions, Economic Change, Educational Change, Futures (of Society)
Groff, Warren H.; Cope, Robert G. – 1988
The Snowmass Institute for Advanced Management Studies' workshops on "Achieving Excellence through Strategic Planning" are designed to assist college personnel in developing a strategic approach to planning and managing their department, division, college/school, institution, or system. Participants in the workshop's first track: (1)…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Strategies
Groff, Warren H. – 1981
In the past management information systems (MIS) have focused on data relating to the internal operations of the institution (e.g., registration and space utilization). Recently, however, strategic planning as a means of establishing long-range goals is becoming increasingly dependent upon data external to the institution, such as demographics and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Long Range Planning, Management Information Systems
Groff, Warren H. – 1984
Major structural changes in society, involving a shift from physical production of material goods to productivity based on the exchange of ideas and knowledge, will necessitate fundamental changes in all of society's institutions, including the educational system. Among the new requirements of the educational system will be the need to plan and…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Groff, Warren H. – 1986
The mission of vocational education has always been to provide a skilled work force for society. As society and work evolve through the influence of demographic, social, economic, technological, and political changes, the essential purposes of vocational education must be made appropriate for the emerging advanced technical society. To devise…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Demand, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Groff, Warren H. – 1981
A process to assess a college's external environment and audit its internal environment in order to pursue options available to postsecondary education is described. Essentially the concept is one of matching opportunities in the external environment with institutional strengths as determined by an internal audit. Strategic planning must consider…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Decision Making, Economic Factors
Groff, Warren H. – 1982
A process for building futurism into the institution's strategic planning and human resource development model is described. It is an attempt to assist faculty and staff to understand the future and the formulation and revision of professional goals in relation to an image of the future. A conceptual framework about the changing nature of human…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Planning, College Role, Economic Factors
Groff, Warren H. – 1980
Influences on postsecondary education, the planning function, and the challenge to management systems for postsecondary education for the 1980s are considered. It is suggested that if postsecondary education is to remain viable in the future, it must be knowledgeable of societal forces, trends, and effects as they occur in the college context and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, College Planning, College Role
