A selected compilation from the annual report on job training and related matters. (Editor)

A Book based on a conference on human resources development held at Iowa State University from October 13 to 14 presents chapters on the following subjects: Theory and Concepts of an Active Human Resources Policy; An Experiment in Manpower Coordination; The Concept and Problems of Human Resources Development; Human Resources Development as a…

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.…

The Director of Youth Employment programs at the Experimental Manpower Laboratory spent the 1970-71 program year as consultant to the vocational training program of the Young Women's Christian Association in Fiji. Her work tested the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) model in a different environment. Analysis of the experience validates the need for…

A survey of the operators of 969 licensed and 431 unlicensed child care facilities in Indiana was conducted to: (1) help standardize and facilitate the utilization of occupational titles, duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of four levels of child care specialists (CCS) arranged into a career ladder, and (2) provide educational,…

This study explored the feasibility of using unemployed persons with engineering backgrounds in industries contributing to health care. According to the researchers, nearly 15,000 jobs for persons with engineering backgrounds could be generated in the health field over the next three years if an active program of job development were initiated. In…

Traces the development of the Clinton Administration's economic policy, including an overview of reports authored prior to July 1992 which influenced the Clinton/Gore workforce development strategies. Presents the key components of the Clinton economic plan, locates the plan in a historical context, and analyzes the six specific planks of the…

If colleges compete on how good an education they offer and how well they assist in the orderly transition from college to employment, the employment element in the competition for students would receive due consideration. (Author/KE)

A report from the United States General Accounting Office regarding the Army's skill training program for enlisted personnel is presented. The Army develops its training program twice a year, determining training requirements for the following year through personnel inventory, analysis model, and manpower program data. These methods were found not…

The bulletin presents projections of the 1985 manpower requirements of 240 occupations for which considerable training is most often required or desirable, and which will comprise an estimated 70 million workers or two-thirds of the civilian labor force at that time. A brief chapter discusses the use of occupational projections and training data…

The investigation explores the impact that changing economies have had and will continue to have upon Human Resources Development (HRD)--the collective body responsible for training and retraining labor--and from that perspective offers recommendations to improve the impact HRD has upon society. The challenge for HRD is to recognize the economic,…

Because of the increasing interrelationships in the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products, many persons require competencies gained through instructional programs of vocational agriculture. While it is not difficult to estimate the potential training requirements in the production sector alone, identification of…

Some neighborhood based manpower agencies in the impacted areas do not possess the inhouse capability of informing their constituents of available manpower programs. The Manpower Administration funded a project to gather and disseminate manpower training information to some 60-70 neighborhood based agencies on standardized forms. Checks would be…

Policies to regulate and support labor markets in the United States have mainly been an initiative of the federal government. Historically, states and localities were reluctant to act independently to build up worker rights and protections for fear of competitively disadvantaging resident industries with added costs. Federal constitutional…