A two-day Health Manpower Planning Conference was held at State College, Pennsylvania, in 1971. The speakers represented a variety of organizations with responsibility for aspects of manpower planning and others not normally involved in planning. Program content was structured in such a way as to broaden the context within which manpower issues…

This report describes the fourth in a series of annual conferences of doctoral candidates who have received dissertation research grants from the Manpower Administration. These conferences are designed to provide opportunities for the candidates to discuss their work with each other and to meet senior manpower specialists. In the 1970 conference,…

To study the problems of developing a useful conceptual framework for utilizing workers in the field of social welfare who received training at less than the highest professional level, four 2-day symposium sessions were held during the fall of 1968, Approximately 13 participants, predominanatly social workers and representatives from the fields…

Included in this report are the following papers which were delivered at the conference: (1) "Elements in a Manpower Blueprint--Library Personnel for the 1970's" by Paul Wasserman, (2) "New Directions in Library Education?" by Lester Asheim, (3) Howard Roberts Lamar's response to receiving the Southwestern Library Association's…

The concept of the physician's assistant has become a topic of heightened concern and discussion as illustrated by the papers in this publication which reflect the interests of government, allied medical educators, and organized medicine in developing the concept as a new health manpower resource. Papers are: (1) "The Research and Development…

Presented are the proceedings of the 1969 Banff International Conference on Manpower in Mental Retardation. The opening and keynote addresses discuss utilization of personnel, estimating manpower shortages, sources of more personnel, and means of obtaining more effective recruiting and more productive field personnel. An introductory statement and…

This report summarizes the proceedings of a conference on manpower research that assembled a heterogeneous group of data gatherers, analysts, and policymakers to assess data and information needs, the usage of information by researchers, the policy implications of ongoing research, and the processes by which academic findings impact on policy. The…

Eighty-six persons representing vocational education, the Employment Service, the Labor Department, and community colleges attended the conference designed to develop an understanding of the cooperative planning and techniques needed to conduct manpower surveys and to analyze and implement their findings. The conference, coordinated by the Labor…

The 73 participants representing 10 health professions, health education at all levels, and federal and state agencies attended a 2-day conference which attempted to reinforce communication among allied health practitioners in the utilization of the allied health assistant in the delivery of health care. Major issue papers, which provided…

Composing this document are 15 research-based speeches presented at the North American Conference on Labor Statistics by students and leading authorities in the field. Among the prevailing themes were: (1) labor statistics and their relationship to life styles, (2) women laborers, sex discrimination, and provisions for working mothers, (3) recent…

The 12-member WHO Expert Committee on Professional and Technical Education of Medical and Auxiliary Personnel met during a 4-day conference in Geneva, Switzerland, to review experience to date, including surveys made by consultants in 1965 and 1966, and to make recommendations on the training and utilization of medical assistants and similar…

The report of the Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development Workshop held in Vientiane, Laos, December 1974 is presented. The workshop focused on three main issues: national development strategies and high-level manpower needs; the responses of universities of high-level manpower requirements; and the employment of university…

The document presents a summary of the proceedings of the Engineering Foundation Conference organized by the Engineering Manpower Commission. The conference was conducted to identify engineering manpower problems and needs and the effects of the national economy and government policies on engineering manpower. The document is divided into three…

Approximately 250 manpower planning specialists employed by federal, state, and local governments and universities attended a 2-day conference, which examined the planning process for manpower action geared to state and local area needs. Topics covered in papers at the conference included: (1) principles and problems of manpower policy planning,…

The invitational Conference on Library Manpower was an attempt to bring together not only library educators, library administrators, and other practitioners in the library field, but also leading figures from other fields who have demonstrated their concern about manpower problems and have been engaged actively in work related to training and…