The problem of how best to plan for Arizona's future is approached from two different angles. First, an outline is presented of 10 key assumptions regarding the most likely scenario for the United States in the 1980's. Assumptions are that there will be an unstable international environment but no nuclear war; fiscal conservatism in all areas of…

This summary report of the Governor's Conference in Colorado which preceded the White House Conference on Library and Information Services provides brief descriptions of such pre-conference activities as regional meetings, "speak-outs" on local issues, and the preparation of position papers by professional library groups, as well as an…

Described is a study designed to document the degree of interest in the environment by Wisconsin adults and to give direction to future statewide environmental education efforts. A team of interviewers telephoned a random sample of over 600 persons and questioned them about their: (1) interest in environment and nature topics; (2) desire to know…

Four major questions are addressed in this assessment of citizen involvement in planning and decision making on use of natural resources: 1) What citizen participation techniques have been utilized by state recreation planners? 2) What are the dominant goals of public participation in natural resource decision making? 3) How do state recreation…

This document explains the West Virginia system of continuing education, describes the role of West Virginia in the Four State Project for staff development, and provides a list of resource documents available in the West Virginia Department of Education. In the first section an abstract of the program is presented along with a discussion of the…

Providing state agencies involved in vocational education with a clear picture of their responsibilities, this document presents guidelines for developing vocational education state plans. The first section reviews basic planning concepts and terminology. The focus of this review is on delineation of the policy (strategic) planning and operation…

Described is a vocational education model designed to increase cooperative effort for the improvement of vocational personnel. The introductory section discusses the need for a systematic approach to vocational personnel development in Florida, presents the goals of the system, and briefly summarizes the salient features of each component of the…

This annotated bibliography, arranged alphabetically by title, cites ERIC information analysis products; state annual fiscal reports, budget recommendations, and descriptive reports; articles; project reports; case studies; position papers; and monographs. Topics covered by these materials include: issues and trends in community college financing,…

Fiscal year 1978 activities of the Bureau of Health Planning are presented in this annual report. The report is organized into areawide planning (e.g., health planning was established in 213 geographic regions, including 205 health service areas served by Health Systems Agencies and eight states, territories, and the District of Columbia);…

The community college experience with collective bargaining is a source of valuable information about the effects of academic unionization. This sourcebook presents interpretations of collective bargaining by the major interest groups associated with the community college--faculty, college administrators, trustees, state-level administrators--and…

How are inflation factors used as an approach to dealing with rapidly increasing higher education prices? This document provides: (1) summary information on the current use of inflation factors by state higher education agencies and other participants in the higher education budgetary process; (2) more detailed information on the use of inflation…

Coordinating boards, no matter how carefully constructed, are super bureaucracies. Battles inevitably ensue between a coordinating board and the institutions that it proports to coordinate. Strong coordinating boards work best in large industrialized states, states with populations running into the many millions and spending hundreds of millions…

In a society that has traditionally emphasized the economic value of a college education, large numbers of college graduates in California are reporting great difficulty in finding employment, particularly during the past few years. The principal purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between projected college educated manpower…

The major policy points made in the paper are that: (1) New York State needs a comprehensive system of occupational education which serves all persons needing job preparation and which uses all available public and private resources; (2) such a system will make available to every person a continuum of educational opportunities beginning in early…

The long-term planning concerns of colleges and universities have been shifting in recent years. Emphasis is increasingly being placed on the exploitation of all higher education resources through regional or state coordination, and on the adjustment of services to the changing educational and vocational needs of society. The Ninth Annual…