The world of work is being impacted by a fourth industrial revolution, transformed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. With forecasts suggesting large shares of workers, displaced by automation, in need of upskilling/reskilling, the design of active skills policies is necessary. Conventional methods used to anticipate…

A shortened version of the planning model developed in "A Policy Information System for Vocational Education" is contained in this booklet. Initial handout sheets for training sessions to get vocational administrators started in planning and utilizing the computer based system are presented. They include a list defining the categories on the input…

The North Carolina Department of Community Colleges offers a variety of services which are intended to enable institutions within that state to identify, develop, and deliver their services in an efficient and effective manner. This document provides the local institution with a suggested model which might be used in the preparation of long and…

Peace Corps programing trends outlined in this manual indicate the need to balance the more personal and social aspects of volunteer service with purely technical job performance by developing the role of generalists, or AB liberal arts graduates. Topics covered in the manual are titled "A New Look at the Generalist,""A Look at the…

One of 10 publications from a long-range vocational education planning project, this report presents a simplified eight-step method for long-range planning in vocational education. The planning model is presented in two major components: A procedures summary containing the eight steps used in the program planning process, and one or more…

The concepts and methodologies outlined in "A Policy Information System for Vocational Education" are presented in a simple computer format in this booklet. It also contains a sample output representing 5-year projections of various planning needs for vocational education. Computerized figures in the eight areas corresponding to those in the…

In order to assess the employment potential for human services paraprofessionals in the Kellogg Community College service area, a survey by mail of 103 organizations identified as potential employers was conducted in 1975. Thirty-nine of the 54 agencies responding indicated that they employ human services paraprofessionals. A large number of…

One of 10 publications resulting from a comprehensive long-range vocational education planning project, this report presents three areas of study: The applicability of the planning process to vocational education, a description of the planning model in detail, and an examination of organizational structures for educational planning and their…

This document incorporates the findings of a project initiated to find solutions to the problems of planning, designing, constructing, and utilizing facilities to house career education. The first section in part reproduces scenarios forecasting experts' consensus of views about technological change by the years 1985, 2000, and 2025. Facilities…

One of 10 publications from a long-range vocational education planning project, this planning model is a boiled-down version of the complete computer based system presented in "Policy Information System Computer Program." It has been reduced to 50 pages of step-by-step procedures and fill-in-the-blank forms for use in teaching an administration…

Market analysis for new program development in the community college occurs in four phases. (1) An overall manpower needs survey involving a canvas of all the employers and community organizations in the district. This phase is difficult because of the magnitude of the task, and the difficulty of forecasting changes in the market, especially in…

Following a review of the history of the legal assistant profession and the present status of legal assistant education, this document reports a study of the need for a legal assistant program at Kellogg Community College (KCC). A survey questionnaire was distributed to 106 private attorneys, financial institutions, businesses and industries,…

Nicolet Vocational, Technical and Adult Education District encompasses a sparsely populated, economically and culturally disadvantaged three-county area in northern Wisconsin. The district is responsible for vocational-technical education at all levels and operates the Nicolet College and Technical Institute, the first comprehensive two-year…

This document proposes specific changes in the California Education Code which would prescribe minimum standards for the formation of public community colleges. The Code regulations would define "college", require the assessment of local needs and preferences before the establishment of a new college, provide objectives for the formation…

The Social Work Education Planning and Assessment (SWEPA) System is an information system designed to function within social work education toward two main purposes: (1) to help schools more effectively specify their own educational objectives, plan their social work education projects to achieve these objectives, mark their progress toward this…