Reviews efforts to clarify the associate degree's position within the educational credential hierarchy. Describes a Florida State University attempt to increase the associate degree's visibility through a new career entry status between worker and professional. Suggests ways educational leaders can promote the associate degree's credibility and…

Summarized is a followup to a larger study concerning job satisfaction characteristics of associate degree graduates of technology programs at Pennsylvania State University. Involving students graduating during the period from 1955 through 1971, the study sought to determine: (1) the present status of the graduates, (2) job information about the…

Papers presented at the Conference were: (1) "The Development of Health Care Areas: Development and Implementation of the Concept" by O.H. Duggins, M.O. Drage, and S.S. Katz, (2) "Measuring Our Progress Toward Our Goals" by E. L. Brown, (3) "The Program and the Direction of the National Student Nurses' Association" by M.A. Tuft, (4) "The…

To provide a new source of manpower for Pennsylvania mental health facilities, a pilot associate degree program for the training of middle-level mental health workers was instituted at the Community College of Philadelphia. Specific objectives were: (1) to test the program's feasibility, (2) to identify skills and attributes required of an…

The Operating Engineers Dual Enrollment Program combines trade union apprenticeship with college study. Young persons are "dually-enrolled" by meeting both the requirements for indenture as an apprentice and matriculation as an Associate Degree candidate. Apprentices may receive college credit for apprenticeship-related training classes…

These guidelines, drawn from a number of sources, are designed to present in summary and outline form the multiple aspects of establishing and operating educational programs for health occupations which require less than a baccalaureate degree. To assure usefulness to lay persons, educators, practitioners, and others concerned with health…

This effort compares the graduates of the three types of Registered Nurse (RN) education programs (three-year Diploma in Nursing, two-year Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), and four-year Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing). The basic objective is to determine whether they are perfect substitutes, especially whether ADN graduates can adequately…

Projections of supply and demand for registered nurses (RNs) through the 1980's are presented with specific reference to the 14 southern states. The importance of manpower projections and studies for registered nurses is emphasized in light of figures that show the number of graduates from entry-level programs in the southern states has doubled…

The need for health personnel in California and recommended targets for expansion of health sciences programs are presented in this report prepared for the California PostsecondarV Education Commission. The report focuses on the role of physicians, mid-level practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, optometrists, and health sciences education.…