Commissioned by the Southern Regional Education Board, this document contains summaries of a series of papers on manpower and education in various professional fields. Each paper addresses the following factors: present and future needs for manpower; trends which will affect manpower needs and demands; present capability of higher education to meet manpower needs (with special attention to the South); major trends in education that will affect future manpower supply; and recommendations for state and regional planning. The papers were commissioned in the fields of agriculture, allied health, computer science, dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, nursing, optometry, and social work. The consultants selected to prepare the papers were persons considered to be broadly knowledgeable about the professions concerned and about educational preparation in these professions. (BM)