The purpose of an academic advisory board is to provide feedback and recommendations to college representatives for an identified academic program or grouping of programs. It is a mechanism through which academic program representatives, typically faculty and program coordinators and/or department chairs, maintain consistent connection with…

At a two-day symposium, 250 engineers, educators, and university and industrial leaders gathered to discuss various approaches to the recruitment, training, and financial support of minority students in engineering. It was decided to increase the nation's minority engineers within a decade by raising the annual number of graduates from 500 to…

A statewide occupational advisory council can build connecting links'' between schools in communities, areas, and in the state. (Editor)

Carleton's new governance experiment to bring together all elements in the college community in a combination of localized decision-making and coordination. (Editor/IR)

This guide, which is geared toward faculty at institutions of higher education that are in the process of developing a program for working adults in a community with a strong unionized working force, presents guidelines for establishing and developing a working relationship with a labor advisory board. The rationale behind establishing such a…

Guidelines for advisory councils in centers and counties where Seasonally Employed Agricultural Workers' Programs are operated are suggested in this document. Objectives, membership, meetings, officers, functions, program development, council members' purposes, and inservice programs are covered. A constitution and by-laws for advisory councils…

More than 100 state directors and other leaders from 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico attended a 3-day inservice leadership development seminar to exchange information and examine coordinated state planning as it relates to programing in vocational-technical education. Seminar activities included group work sessions, a…

As a result of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1976, the majority of school systems will promote or require the formation of advisory committees. Suggestions to aid the agricultural instructor in establishing and utilizing advisory committees are presented in this article. (BM)

A handbook containing information and suggestions is presented to assist persons in fulfilling their vocational education advisory committee role. The introduction welcomes members and stresses the opportunity, responsibility, challenge, awareness, and service inherent in acceptance of the committee role. Various questions about the position are…

Background is given for the state-level adult education planning process, developed in response to the need for program direction; definition of the relationship of adult education to other vocational and adult general education institutions; and delineation, articulation, and elimination of unnecessary duplication. Focus is on the Adult Education…

The career guidance advisory committee reviewed both national and State efforts in the area of career guidance and attempted to define and develop the concept. The committee examined concepts that were relevant to the needs of Massachusetts and developed a rough framework on which to build a comprehensive State plan. The report addressed itself to…