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Bennett, Amanda – 1990
This book, the result of hundreds of interviews with chief executive officers and consultants, academics, economists, and government officials, relates what happened at many large American companies when corporate restructuring/downsizing began to occur during the 1980s. The book is mainly constructed from the vantage points of the many middle…
Descriptors: Career Change, Case Studies, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Brecher, Charles – 1974
The author has reviewed the rise in the expense budget of New York City from the early 1960's to the early 1970's, concentrating on the expenditures for human resources development (education, health, welfare, and family back-up services) which account for about 70 percent of the total. One reason for rising expenses has been the expansion of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Child Welfare, Expenditures, Family Programs
Boutwell, Clinton E. – 1997
Unless there is a fundamental change in business practices and the education system, millions of American university and high school graduates will be unable to find challenging, well-paying work. The dilemma is that there are many well-qualified graduates and too few jobs. This book explores a number of critical issues for today's schools and…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Jacobs, Rita D. – 1977
Addressing the current employment crisis in the humanities fields, this paper examines employment opportunities for Ph.D. graduates outside the university environment. The report notes that humanities graduates have learned skills of research, problem solving, and writing, and that graduate training emphasizes the ability to penetrate underlying…
Descriptors: American Studies, Attitude Change, Bibliographies, Business