EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND THE PROFESSORIAL ROLE

The article defines educational planning from differing perspectives and describes four bodies of knowledge bearing upon the concept. The bodies of knowledge described are operations research, manpower and human resources planning, planning‐programming‐budgeting, and futurology. The uses professors, especially in the United States, are making in research and training are depicted. Finally, research and training recommendations bearing upon planning, which might be considered for the future, are offered.