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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED262834 AUTHOR: Young, Darroch F.
TITLE: Educational Planning in a Changing Environment: A
Retrospective of the 1982 Santa Monica College Symposium.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1985
NOTE: 13 p.
ABSTRACT: In February 1982, a symposium was conducted at
Santa Monica College (SMC) to inform the college community
about the tumultuous changes which had occurred at the
college from 1971 to 1982, and to gain broad-based
participation in determining the direction of the college.
The symposium also attempted to delineate broad
philosophical principles that could guide future problem
solving and identify the issues of greatest concern. The
symposium not only identified these principles and issues,
but also formed a meaningful agenda for the institution.
Recommendations included the following: (1) expand student
assessment and placement practices to include all students
and implement a continuous advisement process; (2) establish
a high priority for staff development activities; (3)
explore methods for increasing income, as well as for
reducing expenditures; (4) maintain the high quality of
support services; (5) emphasize departmental participation
in overall decision making; (6) determine ways to enhance
instructional quality in the institution and the classroom,
with particular attention to academic standards and
classroom expectations; (7) enforce existing educational
policies governing such matters as student probation, course
prerequisites, and course reports; and revise priority
registration procedures accordingly; (8) maintain the
services necessary to continue to provide a desirable
physical setting for students and staff; and (9) continue
the appropriate conversion of part-time to full-time faculty
positions, with attention to affirmative action guidelines.
A description of planning, preparations, and procedures
related to the symposium is included. (LAL)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Educational-Planning; Needs-Assessment;
Organizational-Change; Two-Year-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Planning; *Community-Colleges;
*Organizational-Objectives; *Participative-Decision-Making;
*Self-Evaluation-Groups
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