In accordance with legislative mandate, the Office of the Chancellor for California Community Colleges is seeking to develop principles and policies regarding credit/noncredit courses. This progress report outlines six principles on credit/noncredit determination which include the requirements that: (1) credit/noncredit status be determined by…

Objectives of the project were (1) to call the attention of secondary and postsecondary faculties to the opportunities in vocational programs for gifted and talented students to work toward their career goals, (2) to assist guidance counselors to recognize opportunities for the gifted and talented in vocational programs, (3) to encourage school…

A planning model is presented which was used throughout the development of state and local and vocational guidance models and plans for West Virginia. The general planning model upon which the state model is based is also included. The planning model used is outlined in eighteen steps: (1) identify the problem; (2) decision makers awareness; (3)…

The allocation formula upon which funding for handicapped student programs and services in the California community colleges is based for the 1979-80 academic year represents the first stage in a transition to a permanent formula based upon services actually rendered to handicapped students. The formula is based upon three major components (each…

A brief overview of this survey and plan for library cooperation is provided by a summary of key recommendations based on the identification of major needs, plus interviews, statistical analysis, materials checklists, and questionnaires. Priorities are indicated by grouping these recommendations in 10 phases. The main body of the report provides…

The Louisiana Occupational Training Information System (LOTIS) has provided a series of analyses of current employment, demand for replacement personnel, and supply of workers in each state planning district and for each occupational category. Phase five of LOTIS gathered data for basically all non-agricultural workers in the state. The survey…

Annual reports from 48 states, the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces, focusing on problems, activities, achievements, and other areas of interest to the postsecondary education community, are presented. A report was not received from Maine or Wyoming (no state agency). Most of the reports include information on enrollments, student…

The project's primary purpose was to train vocational administrators in developmental strategies and analytical techniques for improving cost-effectiveness of vocational programs. Administrators would then be able to function as change agents in diffusing strategies and techniques throughout the U.S. The specific objectives were to (1) identify…

This report is essentially a summary of many studies and papers prepared during the course of a two-year project. The goal of the project was to develop a planning methodology for meeting educational program needs in allied health professions to be used in the California state higher education system. For the purpose of this project, nursing is…

A recent Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR 151) called for the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to prepare a plan to provide for addressing and overcoming, by 1980, ethnic, economic, and sexual underrepresentation in the makeup of student bodies as compared to the general composition of recent high school graduates. This…

Recommendations for immediate and long-range changes in California intermediate and secondary schools are presented. These recommendations chart ways to make schools more effective, more enjoyable, and more conducive to a continued interest in learning. Specifically, some of the recommendations call for such reforms as (1) recognizing and…

A number of publications, articles, and data bases that contain data related to the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems' (NCHEMS) Statewide Measures Inventory are identified and described. This document does not contain the actual data, but it does describe and reference various sources where the data can be found. In addition,…

The State of Shawnee Case Study is designed to focus discussion on issues relating to the current period of selective growth and contraction in postsecondary education that is euphemistically referred to as the "steady state." The study is in two parts: (1) background information on the fictional state of Shawnee and the critical contemporary…

Population projections developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 1970 to 2000, have been updated to report the latest information on fertility and mortality trends and migration within the State. Methology utilized closely resembles the cohort component procedure, with multiple regression analysis applied to historical information for…

In spring 1975, the National Council of State Directors of Community and Junior Colleges polled all state directors to request information on actions taken by the state legislatures from 1973-75 which bear meaningfully on community/junior college operations and programs. Information used to compile this report includes: relevant laws enacted…