The secretarial instructional programs at Florida community colleges and area vocational-technical centers were reviewed to determine the actions that are needed to enable the programs to meet current and future demands for secretaries who are competent in the use of advanced office systems technology. Data for the review were drawn from a secretarial futuring conference, professional business education literature, and from existing data bases dealing with secretarial instruction and its outcomes in Florida. The review findings substantiated two concerns. First, it became apparent that secretarial programs will require additional resources and development if they are to keep pace with the technological changes that now characterize the field. The second major concern that emerged from the study was that, although there will likely be a shortage of trained secretaries in the future, sectretarial work remains a low-status, low-paying occupation. This will likely prevent secretarial instructional programs from attracting a large pool of highly motivated or academically well prepared students. Extensive updating of equipment and facilities, faculty and staff, and curriculum and instruction will be required to address these problems. More effort must also be put into marketing secretarial instructional programs. (Appendixes to this report include the secretarial conference announcement and agenda, sample references, and unit and total cost breakdowns of statewide instructional resource needs for community college and district postsecondary occupations programs.) (MN)