In its annual report, the New Mexico State Library reviews its fiscal 1973 activities in pursuance of the state five-year program for library development. Despite cuts in federal funding, several advances are reported: the foundation of NEMISYS, the state library's portion of the statewide information network, increased information outreach to…

This report is a summary of data currently available on several important aspects of Montana Public Post-Secondary Education. It includes information on structure and governance as well as institutional missions, programs, enrollments, degrees, faculty, income, expenditures, and admissions policies. The final section contains a series of tables…

A law was enacted during the session of the 1971 Washington State Legislature establishing definitions and procedures for residence classification. In the 1972 special session of the legislature, the 1971 residence law was amended to clarify several questions relative to the original legislation. At that time it was determined that the Council on…

The Select Committee on Higher Education was created for the purpose of making an overall study of public higher education in Mississippi and to determine what is needed to improve educational opportunities for Mississippi students. The progress report covers the issues concerning public higher education in Mississippi that the Select Committee…

With the exception of Vermont, all state educational agencies responded to a survey questionnaire designed to ascertain the current status of competency assessment teacher certification (CAC). Only 19 states presently award certificates through CAC. This can be explained partially by the fact that state educational agencies can attain the goal of…

An examination of the present status and future potential of cable television (CATV) in South Dakota is conducted. Chapter 1 offers a brief introduction to cable in the State and Chapter 2 discusses the value of CATV to South Dakota. The next Chapter presents a State plan for communications and the fourth deals with the subject of franchising. The…

This report examines current trends in long range planning for colleges and universities and projects the broad outlines of American higher education of 1980. Chapters cover evaluation of coordination and long range planning; the structure of state-wide planning and coordination; master plans for higher education; voluntary coordination and long…

The purpose of this research study was to determine whether there was any evidence of a shortage of health care personnel in the southeastern Michigan area; and if there was, to make appropriate recommendations. A questionnaire was sent to 107 health organizations, 50 educational institutions, and 30 professional associations. Responses to the…

The U.S. Office of Education sought applications for a first-year proposal of a potential three-year staff development project in each of nine Health, Education, and Welfare regions. Region II (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) received one of the grants with the objective of designing a competency-based staff development…

This factbook presents information on the operations of the state university system of Florida, 1973. Statistical data is provided for enrollment, program and degree summaries, faculty and staff, physical facilities, finance, and miscellaneous. A glossary, campus maps, and organizational charts are included. (MJM)

Patterns of control and coordination for community junior colleges as shown by state-level boards are reviewed. It was found that 43 states had developed a state-level agency responsible for coordinating, planning, and in some cases controlling this level of education. The study indicated a decisive trend toward state-level concern for community…

A faculty committee, consisting of members from various departments and from the Audiovisual Center at Washington State University (WSU), investigated the feasibility of establishing a two-way television network in the southeastern Washington area for participants in continuing education studies and for certain graduate classes. The committee…

The cable television situation in New Jersey, particularly as it pertains to the educational potential of the medium is disucssed in this brief document. The stated purpose of the report is to inform New Jersey citizens of some of the options and opportunities that remain open to them in developing municipal cable television systems that are…

This booklet, intended for junior and community college trustees, contains three addresses given this year at a special conference for two-year college trustees, a paper based on a national survey of community college trustees, reaction to that paper, and a selected bibliography of articles, studies, and dissertations by lay governance of the…

A training program was held in November 1970 for selected Delaware supervisors, administrators, department chairmen, and State Department of Public Instruction personnel to instruct them in the skills needed to write performance objectives. Participants were expected to develop and field test sequences of their choice and to serve as resource…