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Mirengoff, William, Ed. – 1976
This document provides eight case studies of implementation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), P.L. 93-203, which decentralized manpower programs by transferring program administration to state and local authorities. The studies reported were implemented in Kansas, New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, and California.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Employment, Federal Legislation, Job Training
Cain, Glen G.; And Others – 1973
The study employs economic models of supply decisions, employer demand decisions and market interactions to examine scientific, engineering, and technical manpower utilization. The introduction surveys the major reasons for the perennial concern about manpower supply in the field, and examines problems of defining the occupations under study. A…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Engineering Technicians, Engineers, Labor Force Development
Ahamad, Bashir; And Others – 1973
In the 1960's academics, politicians, administrators and industrialists became convinced of the importance of education for economic development. The forecasting of qualified manpower needs was able to turn this new idea into practice. During the decade hundreds of manpower forecasts were made, and innumerable international conferenceses were held…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Finance
Scientific Manpower Commission, Washington, DC. – 1977
This document reports the results of a workshop held to assess the impact of federal programs and legislation on manpower planning for scientists and engineers. Included are presentations relating to manpower utilization and planning via federal government agencies and professional societies for scientists and engineers. It was concluded that the…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role
Mangum, Garth; Snedeker, David – 1974
A resource tool for the manpower planning practitioner, the book provides significant background information on the growth of manpower programs and reasons for placing heavy emphasis on local labor markets. The background material includes a discussion of the role and functioning of labor markets. The major portion of the book is devoted to…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Federal Legislation, Labor Force, Labor Force Development
Cartter, Allan M. – 1976
How can new candidates for a Ph.D. tell whether a job in teaching or research will be waiting for them when they finally get their doctorates? How can colleges and universities plan now for adequate and efficient academic staffing in the 1980's? This document attempts to improve academic manpower forecasts and forecasting methods that reduce…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Demand, Educational Policy
Holland, John W.; Skolnik, Michael L. – 1975
This monograph was written in response to the perceived need for an examination of the role of manpower programs as components of public policy. Both manpower programs and related policies are examined in the context of the overall activities and purposes of government in Ontario and in the Canadian federal system. The importance of societal…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Economics, Federal Programs, Labor Economics
Williams, Gareth L.; And Others – 1974
The expansion of higher education in Great Britain since World War II has been accompanied by a corresponding growth in research and publications analyzing its causes and consequences. Many have seen it as a forerunner of a type of social organization, the "post-industrial society," one in which educational and scientific training and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Economic Factors, Educational Demand, Educational Supply
Ailes, Catherine P.; Rushing, Francis W. – 1982
This book represents a comparison of the systems of training and utilization of scientists/engineers in the United States and Soviet Union. Chapter 1 provides a general description of the economic structure and organization in which the training of scientists/engineers is conducted and in which such trained personnel are employed. In chapters 2-5,…
Descriptors: College Science, Employment, Engineering Education, Engineers
Bowman, Mary Jean; And Others – 1978
Three essays are presented as part of a research project on education and the labor market. The aim of the project is to study long-term relations between education and productivity, with special attention to Swedish higher education. The first essay, by Mary Jean Bowman, deals with some broad issues in the philosophy and methodology of…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Economic Factors, Economic Research, Education Work Relationship
Ginzberg, Eli, Ed. – 1976
Written under a contract with the National Commission for Manpower Policy, this book contains eight chapters (each by a separate author) intended to aid in charting a national employment strategy and assessing the goal of full employment. Three main themes that pervade the book are (1) the responsibility of the federal government to create jobs,…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Research, Employment, Employment Opportunities
McCoy, Carol P. – 1993
This book is a tool kit for human resource development (HRD) and training managers, trainers, and administrative assistants in small HRD departments. Part 1 deals with the challenges and opportunities of managing a small HRD department and with planning the strategy. Chapter 1 gives a sense of the workings of small HRD departments. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Job Training
Sanyal, Bikas C.; Yacoub, Sammani A. – 1975
The increase in investment in education in the Sudan has increased the number of graduates by about 12 percent each year in 1970-1975. The increase in output has not been matched by an equal increase in the absorption capacity of the labor market. Postsecondary education has been extremely costly, and the nation can hardly support the problem of…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Graduates, Developing Nations, Educational Policy