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Vocational Education Council Urges State And Local Evaluation
The Georgia Advisory Coun
cil on Vocational Education
made five major recommenda-
VSC Growth
Continues
To Climb
VALDOSTA, GA. —In a year
when U.S. News and World Re
port estimated 300,000 unfilled 1
places in the nation’s colleges -1
and universities, enrollment
at Valdosta State College con- |
tinues to climb. VSC winter i
quarter enrollment Is approx
imately 4,150 as compared to
3,913 for winter quarter, 1972, I
according to Registrar Caroline I
P. Thomas.
And if registration figures
don’t tell the tale, a skeptic can
take a look atValdosta State’s
main parking lot, where cars
belonging to students, faculty
and staff sprawl sardine-style
across seven acres.
VSC President S. Walter
Martin and his staff realized the
full impact of their institution’s I
obvious growth when Georgia
University System figures for |
fall quarter, 1972 revealed Val- ,
dosta State had realizedal3.s
per cent increase over fall
quarter, 1971, giving VSC the hi
ghest percentage of Increase a
mong the System’s four-year
institutions.
But Dr. Martin isn’t crowing.
“The VSC administration is
cautious and is looking at this
enrollment with guarded op
timism, knowing full well that
with the national trend as it is,
our enrollment will begin to
level off before long,” he com
mented.
“We’ve been through the'So
aring Sixties.’ Now we're head
ing into the “Sobering Seven
ties.”
But how does Dr. Martin ac
count for VSC's growth to date?
“We attribute It to our extra
efforts to recruit junior college
graduates to this Institution,”
he said.
“Our expanding graduate
courses in the areas of educa
tion and business administra
tion have also been an impor
tant factor.
“Another plus is the fact that
now we are taking courses out
to the students, with our faculty
teaching in off-campus VSC
centers in 14 communities in
South Georgia.”
The Valdosta State off
campus effort is in cooperation
with the South West Georgia
Area Teacher Education Ser
vice (SWGATES). VSC centers
are located at Albany, Moul
trie, Waycross, Cordele, Til
ton, Dawson, Balnbridge, Col
quitt, Nashville, Douglas, Tho
masvllle, Ellaville, Edison and
Americus.
“We’re becoming generally
better known all over the state,”
Dr. Martin added.
A breakdown of fall quarter,
1972, registration revealedVSC
drew students from 43 states,
and 20 came from foreign coun
tries.
Patrol Enforces
Flasher Laws
Atlanta— State Public Safety
Commissioner Col. Ray Pope
says the Georgia State Patrol is
set to begin tighter enforcement
of the new emergency flashing
light law which says specific
colored flashing lights are for
specific types of emergency
vehicles.
Pope said the Patrol has been
lenient in the first weeks of the
new law’s existence “because
we knew most users wouldhave
to change to a specific color
for their emergency vehicles.
We are not going to make whole
sale arrests but we are going
to stricter enforcement.”
Under the law, blue lights
are for police vehicles only.
Red lights may be used only
on ambulances and fire trucks
with soipe special exceptions
for certain utility company ve
hicles. Amber lights are for wr
eckers, utility company vehi
cles in general and escort ve
hicles.
Pope said vehicles owned by
units of government do not have
40 get a special permit for the
flashing lights. All other users
do. He said Sheriff’s vehicles
which are owned by the Sheriff
but contracted to the county may
use the blue light.
Any question about the law
can be directed to the Motor
Vehicle Inspection officer at any
Patrol Post or to State Head
quarters in Atlanta.
tions to the State Board of Ed
ucation Thursday when chair
man R.H. Hudson made the
council’s annual report on vo
cation education.
First recommendation of the
council is the vocational pro
gram evaluation be conducted at
both state and local levels with
primary attention given to pro
duct assessment and program
effectiveness. It is the position
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of the council that the State Bo
ard of Education should require
local systems to evaluate their
programs in accordance with
the commitments they make in
their local plans of operation.
The second recommendation
is that the Georgia Board of Ed
ucation should establish and in
crease communication between
business and Industry and those
responsible for administering
programs of vocational educa
tion. Two ways suggested by
the council to Improve citizen
involvement are through use of
local advisory committees and
to deal with special issues.
“The State Board of Educa
tion should explore existing and
alternative means of providing
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more effective job placement
services for graduates of voca
tional education programs,”
was the third recommendation
of the vocational council. The
fourth was that the board should
work diligently with other state
agencies in the development of
a statewide information system
that will provide accurate and
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power requirements, job oppor
tunities and employer needs.
“Without supporting data to
serve as a- basis for planning,
intelligent management decis
ions in the whole area of man
power development cannot be
made,” Hudson noted.
The fifth recommendation is
that the State Board of Educa-
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tion should review and give ca
reful consideration to com
ments made on vocational ed
ucation during the 16 regional
hearings on vocational educa
tion conducted last year.
“These regional hearings
have helped the council to gain
better insight into what is hap
pening in vocational education
throughout the State of Geor
gia,” said Hudson. He indicated
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that a complete report of the
regional hearings will soon be
provided each state board mem
ber.
The Georgia Advisory Coun
cil on Vocational Education is
required by Public Law 90-576
to “prepare and submit through
the State Board to the Commis
sioner ot Education and to the
National Advisory Council an
annual evaluation report.”