Presents survey responses of 100 Michigan firms regarding the use of advanced technologies, employment growth projections in skilled occupations, and views about community college education. Examines the impact of the introduction of office automation, telecommunications, computer-aided design, laser, quality control, materials management, and…

Essays by Robert L. Craig, Mervyn M. Dymally, Nolen M. Ellison, Sheila M. Korhammer, Rich Redeker, Markley Roberts, and Richard F. Schubert present various perspectives on U.S. human resource development needs and strategies. (DMM)

Development of community college services looked like an impossibility in rural southern Delaware--but there's a real program going now. (Editor)

Problem: public often ignores opportunities to utilize graduates of proliferating technical and occupational education programs. (Editor)

In 1966, Pitt Technical Institute (North Carolina) began a training program in farriering (horseshoeing). Students meet 6 hours a day for 11 weeks. Most of the graduates have entered the farriering occupation and have found that the demands for their services far exceed their availability. (DC)

Describes specialized vocational training courses offered by the Manassas campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) in cooperation with the local IBM plant. IBM has provided much of the equipment and special employee benefits, and NVCC tailors its courses to fit local manpower needs and the schedules of participating IBM employees. (NHM)

Describes the development of a program designed for preparing skilled and informed workers for construction jobs in the mountainous areas of northwestern North Carolina. (Author/RK)

Article presents a profile of associate degree mental health worker programs, considered the mental health worker curricula, and the role of the National Institute of Mental Health in developing manpower needs in mental health. (Author/RK)

Considers the need for Black persons as health care professionals and the roles that two year colleges and their personnel must play. (Author/RK)

Improvement and advancement of occupational education depend on solution of emerging problems, some of which may constitute crises. (Editor)

Seven educators from around the country discuss the report of the President's National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development and make observations on the status and future needs of staff development in community junior colleges. (RN)

Examines the continuing education needs of government employees. Describes a cooperative effort undertaken by Cuyahoga Community College and Cuyahoga County to systematically assess the county's training needs and to develop, for each governmental department, a manpower planning model. (JP)