Does national strategic planning affect the provision of distance education?

Strategic planning by the government is much like that by institutions. But few countries are likely to have undertaken serious, long-term efforts to develop national strategic plans for education, including distance education.

Governments' plans for distance education generally must be inferred from their actions rather than gathered from their published plans. Normally this could be an advantage. But governments have been known to impose heavy new burdens on distance teaching institutions without prior consultation or adequate support.

More on Strategic Planning

Lucille Pacey, Strategic Planning and Open Learning: Turkey Tails and Frogs

Fay Chung, Strategies for Developing Distance Education

Resources on Strategic Planning

Michael Moore, Regulators, Providers, and Vendors: The Fingers in the Dyke
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The Distance Education and Training Network of The Department of Advanced Education and Labour, Province of New Brunswick, 1993, New Brunswick Distance Education Network Strategic Plan. Available at: http://teleeducation.nb.ca/home/strategy.shtml
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