Show v. v t Governor Likes Year 2 2 Colleges Becoming Community College The Th shift to an information age means education will be the key to growth Governor Scott M. M Matheson told regents members of the state board of education district educators college administrators and legislators at at-an at an an educational conference on Utah Tech's Redwood Road campus last week In an information based society the key resource is intelligence and the institutions of focus are schools he continued The governor referred to the State Board of Regents' Regents recent official position paper on the states state's five two- two year institutions functioning as comprehensive comprehensive comprehensive com com- community colleges In that position the chief applauding executive said If I thought conversion conversion conversion conver conver- sion of technical colleges to community colleges would damage vocational education I would oppose it V Vocational Vocational Voca Voca- oca- oca education neith neither r requires nor can it afford continuing segregation from other elements of secondary post education In earlier action prior to the conference conference conference con con- ference regent Neal eal Maxwell ll commented commented commented ted we wont won't need a third board for vocational education if we can cooperate co co- co- co operate He w was s referring ng to another effort to resolve time long-time differences differences' between the state board of regents and the state board of education bothof bothof both bothof of which have wanted sole control over post high school vocational nal education education education tion tion- particularly in relation to the states state's two technical colleges r 00 0 0 |