Lack of information on occupational supply and demand is cited as the prime reason for ineffective program planning in vocational education. The article looks at the primary planning decision: whom to serve, how many, what to offer, where to offer it, when to offer it, and how to offer it. (Author/BP)

Vocational training conducted by and for industry. (Editor)

The article describes the efforts of the St. Louis Regional Industrial Development Corporation to change the image of vocational-technical education in order to meet the projected manpower needs in the labor market. (AG)

Implications of Bureau of Labor Statistics projections for education in business and marketing. (SB)

The article describes a planning model developed by the University of Nebraska for specialized distributive education programs at the postsecondary level that collects data from two sources of information--prospective students and potential employers--to determine the need for such programs as floristry, hardware marketing, advertising, and food…

Using business and office education as an example, the author shows how manpower planning lays the foundation for bridging the gap between education and work, and then goes on to relate manpower planning to the steps in curriculum design. (Author/BP)

The Kentucky health cluster program serves in filling paramedical vacancies and in training inner city persons for productive employment. The article, authored by the organizer of the program, describes the program and its participants and evaluates its success. (AG)

Discusses the projected demand for trained accident investigators on the nation's highways in the next five years. (Editor)

Oklahoma's occupational training information system--an innovation for statewide planning and action. (Editor)

The author discusses employer-initiated health manpower development in Texas as well as other public and private secondary and postsecondary health occupations education programs. (MF)

Comprehensive manpower planning at the national level to meet manpower needs is impossible because there is no single agency authorized to affect such a planning effort. (SB)

Linear programing is an approach that Oklahoma is currently using to channel vocational and technical education programs into manpower areas that need training. (BP)

Thirteen research reviews in this issue pertain to manpower research organized under these topics: (1) Manpower and Youth, treating youth unemployment and the youth labor market, (2) Manpower Needs, including an analysis of manpower research since World War II, health manpower planning, the shortage of skilled and technical workers, a projection…