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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. 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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 QUANTITY i 4, GOOD RIGHTS if A# i# THRU USHVED d MM - 11 ' 11/// " —55. >fm> -i a SUPERMARKETVpOir .*%%%» aIV MINUTE MAID FROZEN J ORANGE JUICE I BOUNTY ASST., WHITE, l DECOR. TOWELS 0 ... sloo J >»us | VAN CAMP PORK l BEANS 3 « 49* 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 usable data regarding man "THE SAYINGS AND THE SERVICE GO A LONG WAY” /tff^ HMIT 7 /iltS' *5 ORDER A t\V 0R ** ORE MY CRISCO \ tpkj 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- SHURFINE CATSUP 3» 79* DIXIE PRIDE BM OR SM BISCUITS 4 ™ 49* 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 GOLDEN RIPE 1A t BANANAS ■ ■V V ROME BEAUTY Tf)* APPLES 37* \ SWEET IC* POTATOES u 13* FRESH OIL COLLARDS ,u,,c " Jr FLORIDA mi mg PA. TANGELOES Jr RITZ 'LIMIT ,0. PLEASE' »‘ l,ilrY tKOICi " A. CAN DRINKS »» JZ THRIFTOWN A Ai ICE CREAM 6,1 47V MOTTS A A. APPLE JUICE “■ 07* NABISCO choc, chip .. .. P COOKIES COCO.HI CHOC. CHIP ,0> J W PEARL DROPS SPEARMINT sll 9 TOOTH POLISH 1 PEARL DROPS SPEARMINT TOOTH POLISH » /7* THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - JAN. 25, 1973 MINUTE MAID FROZEN ORANGEADE 3 as S I OO 7fr MARTHA WHITE Fcorn meal" PAGE 9 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.”