Occupations and Education; Occupational Education Program Development Institutes for Post-Secondary Institutions.

Overview & Synopsis

Two regional Occupational Program Planning Institutes were held to provide inservice education for persons involved in administering postsecondary occupational education programs. This report contains an edited compilation of reactor comments and discussion group deliberations for these major papers: (1) "Master Planning in Post-Secondary Occupational Education," by George W. Ebey, which discusses the need for and concerns of educational master planning and provides the elements and characteristics necessary in a planning system, (2) "Identifying New and Emerging Occupations," by Norman C. Harris, in which a sampling approach was utilized for identifying occupations and need in the areas of agriculture and natural resources, business, health and human services, industry, and science and engineering, and (3) "Student Recruitment and Selection for Post-Secondary Occupational Education Programs," by Robert M. Knoebel, which lists problem areas in recruitment and discusses possible solutions. (SB)