A survey of colleges offering 2-year programs in some phase of recreation was undertaken to determine what should be the major thrust of the recreation-education program for SUNY Agricultural and Technical College in Delhi, New York. In planning the curriculum, it was recommended that there be a flexible educational program which would allow a…

To ascertain the effects of the 1963 Vocational Education Act on program development in public 2-year colleges in New York State, data were collected from the 10 colleges which had received the most funds under the Act through January 1967. The approved proposals from these colleges were analyzed and divided into categories by occupational…

This program guide was designed to assist occupational education administrators and health occupations education personnel in planning, developing, and implementing programs to prepare youth and adults for work as dental laboratory technicians. The content is presented in five sections. The first, an introduction, discusses what dental laboratory…

This paper reviews the implications of the programming-planning-budgeting system (PPBS) for curriculum planning and decisions at the community college level in the state of New York. Although the state does not currently require that PPBS be utilized by its public community colleges, there is some evidence that suggests that such a mandate may be…

As the community colleges in New York state grew in the post World War II period, they continued to maintain close links with local firms and a commitment to provide occupational education. In the 1970s, a traditional balance between career and transfer programs shifted towards programs that led directly to employment, and currently more than 60%…