The use of Industry-Advisory Committees for evaluating specific vocational and technical education programs has long been recommended by vocational educators. Citizen evaluation of public occupational education is probably the most important factor affecting it whereby citizens assign responsibilities for occupational education and administer or…

This dissemination guide is intended to help schools develop school-community-based adult education programs. A six-step program to meet training and retraining needs and leisure time requirements is presented by the Cabot School District. The model's first step is designed to aid in the establishment of an advisory council to guide program…

Recommendations of six state reports that addressed issues confronting state governments and public higher education in the last 2 decades, as well as some new issues, are considered using content analysis. The reports were prepared by formal study commissions in the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, and New York. In…