This planning report summarizes the results of the Kansas Master Planning Commission analysis of the labor force requirements of Kansas to 1985. The study objectives were analyzed in terms of demography, geographic, and economic considerations. Accumulative and annual labor force requirements were analyzed in terms of region, occupational group,…

This paper provides a critical review of the purposes, current techniques and potential methods for analyzing doctorate and other high-level labor markets. Chapter 1 describes and interprets the doctorate manpower market of the 1960's and early 1970's, as well as the forecasted manpower crisis of the 1970's and early 1980's. Chapter 2 gives a…

What is the current employment status of recent college graduates? Are the jobs graduates find satisfactory to them? Why are graduates having difficulty finding jobs? What can students and colleges do to prepare for future employment? Information about the job activity of college graduates is derived from samplings of recruiting activities of…

This panel report was prepared as part of the study of engineering education and practice conducted under the guidance of the National Research Council's Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer. The panel's goal was to provide a data base that describes the engineering work force, its main activities, capabilities, and principal…

The first section of this thesis is a review of previous studies and analyses of physician supply. Then, comparing the present physician shortage with the shortage of engineers and scientists during the 1950's, the author examines the present policies of the American Medical Association which, in effect, restrict the entry of physicians into the…

This Department of Labor report presents tables that describe manpower needs for college graduates. Some of the areas covered are: age distribution of the labor force; employment by occupation; employment for black men; and projected job openings for college graduates and projected entrants. (CS)

New job listings show the market demand for economists between 1975 and 1984 led the supply and was far more volatile than the number of doctorates awarded. Although graduate economic specialties have remained stable and the specialists ranked by employers have been constant, they show no comparative agreement. (Author/MSE)

This essay suggests an analytical framework for estimating manpower requirements by skill categories for the purpose of educational planning. (Editor)

The major issues surrounding the relationship between work and education now concentrate on the effects of education on productivity, on the effects of technology on the changing demand for education, and on the value of vocational education. In replacing the human capital theory of the value of education in the workplace, some recent theories…

Problems created by a lack of congruence between education and employment are examined. It is suggested that deterioration in employment prospects for young people is due to a malfunctioning in the relationship between the education sector and the labor market. Addressed are: manpower planning, human capital theory, screening theory, and labor…

This preliminary model deals with manpower requirements to 1980 and jobs for University of Georgia graduates. Emphasis is placed on suggested methodology for dealing with a projected output of graduates in terms of speciality fields and the correlation of this projected output with projected manpower requirements in the related speciality fields.…

At the meeting reported in this document, 65 union leaders and staff interacted with officials from 16 colleges and universities and 8 higher education associations to discuss and report on issues of labor-higher education collaboration. These edited proceedings include the following presentations: "Developing the Intellectual Equivalent of…

Statistics on computer manpower in higher education are presented. These are based upon three surveys conducted by the Southern Regional Education Board's Computer Science Project. Regarding manpower production, it is noted that there is a movement toward the use of only two names for academic programs in the area, either computer science or data…

This report investigates the training and retaining of physicians for Washington. The report concludes: (1) Washington does not have a desperate overall shortage of physicians, but the state is faced with serious physician distribution problems, particularly in urban ghetto and rural areas. (2) The University of Washington's School of Medicine is…

Presents a comprehensive, systematic, and common means of relating higher education manpower to institutional programs. (HS)