Advising on the Program Offerings and Services of Michigan Colleges and Universities.

This planning document was prepared in response to the basic responsibility of the State Board of Education regarding the planning and coordination of postsecondary education in Michigan. More specifically, it is the responsibility of the State Board of Education to develop a statewide system for collecting appropriate information from both public and private institutions as well as government agencies. This responsibility includes a system for projecting annually the enrollments of both public and independent colleges and universities in Michigan and development of a system for relating manpower needs of this state and the nation to existing institutional programs and services provided by public and independent postsecondary institution. Among other things, this report discusses trends in enrollments, degrees and awards conferred, equality of access to higher education, enrollment projections, and manpower requirements, and draws conclusions regarding the importance of comprehensive and continuous planning for postsecondary education and the need for adequate data. (Author)