Show Prepare Students For Their j Vocations STATE BOARD OF REGENTS UTAH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION Vocational training plays a significant role significant role in Utah's Utah s economic development and should have a special funding mechanism to allow for or the fact that it is is' frequently more expensive than general education the Utah State Board of Regents resolved Friday Preparing students for their vocations is an essential role of hi higher er education and we cant can't overemphasize the importance of our community colleges in that regard said Wm Rolfe Kerr com commissioner of high higher r education The regents recognize that we must do everything we can to preserve the strong vocational and technical training roles of those schools mechanisms for vocational I t f The The- regents resolved to develop specific funding education by the 89 1988 fiscal year The mechanisms will help ensure that expensive voc vocational programs critical to Utah business and industry are adequately funded Commissioner Kerr said the regent resolution resulted partly from the updated higher education master pl plan n which expands the role of f community colleges to accommodate a much larger number of freshmen and sophomore students The Board of Regents is seeking a package of community college bills at the Legislature The package includes name changes at the Utah Technical Colleges at Salt SaIt Lake and Provo to reflect comprehensive community college missions deletion of provisions that vocational education comprise not less than three fourths of all courses taught at the Salt SaIt Lake and Provo technical colleges permission to award associate degrees and certificates that respond to community needs as authorized by the board Some citizens may misconstrue these changes as representing a in vocational on the part of the Regents the regent resolution said Be it therefore resolved that the Utah State Board of Regents reaffirms its strong commitment to maintain the vitality and integrity of the higher education systems system's vocational training programs |