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Illinois Commission on Children, Springfield. – 1980
Participants in the 1981 Illinois Conference on Children's Priorities for the '80s were provided with two main working documents: (1) "Summary--Recommendations of the 1980 Illinois White House Conference on Children," and (2) "Narrative Summary of State Agency Questionnaires on Selected Recommendations from the Report of the 1980…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Role, Childhood Needs, Children
Tripp, John D.; Todd, Anne H. – 1982
A project was conducted to develop a model for evaluating placement testing in the North Carolina System of Community Colleges. Researchers at Central Piedmont Community College conducted a longitudinal study of students' progress through the college curriculum as it related to placement test scores. The following numbers of students comprised the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Equivalency Tests
Speaking Freely, 1983
This report contains a condensation and highlights of public hearings held by the Illinois State Advisory Council on Adult, Vocational and Technical Education (SACVE) and the Illinois Employment and Training Council (IETC) on the subject of correctional education in the state. During the hearings on this topic, 100 witnesses testified. The report…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
Hogue, Ken; And Others – 1981
This study was conducted to identify emerging jobs in vocational agriculture in Texas. Two job survey booklets were constructed and used to collect job information from 2,000 agribusinesses and 1,600 vocational agriculture teachers in Texas. They were asked to identify jobs that were new and emerging. These jobs were further investigated to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Demand Occupations, Educational Needs
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1983
The program planning and review activities of the California Postsecondary Education Commission and the public segments for 1981-1982 are summarized. In addition, recommendations for segmental action for the 1981-1982 year are offered. Information is provided on the number of proposals for new programs for the University of California (the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Planning, College Programs, College Role
Indiana State Board of Vocational and Technical Education, Indianapolis. – 1982
A review of Indiana's current system of financing public vocational-technical education was limited to these concerns: the resource needs of vocational-technical education to keep the current delivery system up-to-date and the resources necessary to expand vocational-technical education services to those not being served. Although the current…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Federal Aid
Nespoli, Lawrence A. – 1984
As part of an annual statewide evaluation process, quantitative information on community college programs is reviewed by the Maryland State Board for Community Colleges. Subsequently, a qualitative assessment is conducted by a selected individual community colleges in response to specific questions raised by the Board. This report contains the…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment
Tennessee General Assembly, Nashville. Select Committee on Education. – 1984
This report identifies present and future problems confronting Tennessee's teachers and offers proposals for responding effectively to these problems. A brief overview of trends in the teaching profession provides a preface to reports on: (1) findings of the teacher compensation subcommittee; (2) findings of the teacher training subcommittee; (3)…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Educational Legislation, Elementary School Teachers, Instructional Development
Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, Annapolis. – 1989
Building upon previous plans and reports developed by the Maryland State Board for Community Colleges (MSBCC), this strategic plan identifies the possibilities that face the MSBCC and the community college system. After describing the statewide planning process for community colleges, the report provides an overview of higher education in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Morin, Lloyd; And Others – 1988
In 1988, a survey of British Columbia's community colleges and institutes was conducted to assess the need for human resource development programs and services. Human resource development was defined as experiences that help college/institute personnel effectively perform their functions. The study consisted of visits to 22 campuses, during which…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development
Farland, Ronnald W.; Anderson, Connie – 1989
In response to state-level concern about the efficacy of the transfer function of community colleges, this report summarizes the progress made since 1984 in strengthening transfer and articulation between the community colleges in California and the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU). Part I offers background…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Caldwell, Roger L.; Brown, Kenneth – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competiveness, this document discusses the national and state level for making judgments about future enrollment options for Arizona's universities. Relevant national and statewide trends are identified. Future challenges include…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Quality, Efficiency, Enrollment Projections
Minnesota State Office of the Legislative Auditor, St. Paul. Program Evaluation Div. – 1988
In May 1987, the Legislative Audit Commission for the State of Minnesota directed the Program Evaluation Division to examine noninstructional expenditures for elementary and secondary education. This report, the first of two, focuses on two questions: (1) Has the commitment of resources in Minnesota to instructional activities declined relative to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Resources, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Achilles, C. M. – 1988
This paper recommends that institutions of higher education (IHE) departments of educational administration collaborate with state education agencies (SEA) to plan educational reform. The states' increasing investment in public education merits IHE participation in the statewide educational planning process. Specifically, the paper suggests SEA's…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Administration, Educational Change
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1988
In November 1987, the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) approved 11 recommendations on transfer, articulation, and collaboration between community colleges and four-year institutions. This report reviews efforts made by the California Community Colleges, the California State University (CSU), and the University of California…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Admission, College Faculty, College Role
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