About Us
International Society for Educational Planning
Our Story
The International Society for Educational Planning (ISEP) was founded on December 10, 1970, in Washington, D.C. Over 50 local, state, national, and international planners attended the first organizational meeting.
Since then the dynamics of educational reform throughout the world have demonstrated that there is need for a professional organization with a primary focus on educational planning and policy.
Our Purpose
The International Society for Educational Planning was established to foster the professional knowledge and interests of educational planners.
Conferences: Through conferences and publications, the Society promotes the interchange of ideas within the planning community.
Membership: The membership includes persons from the ranks of governmental agencies, school-based practitioners, and higher education.
The Journal
The peer-reviewed journal of the Society, Educational Planning, is published quarterly and circulates to individual and institutional members in more than twenty countries. Theoretical, empirical, and application papers are encouraged.
Membership in the society includes a subscription to the journal.
Annual Conference
In the fall of each year, ISEP members meet to present and discuss papers, and to share ideas less formally. These papers are often published in Educational Planning. This is the occasion for collegial dialogue, for establishing and renewing friendships, and for professional growth.
A highly prized aspect of these conferences is the opportunity they afford for dialogue and reflection between those whose orientation to planning is primarily academic and those who carry out planning in educational and governmental institutions.
The Society is truly a meeting ground for the world of academe and the world of practice.