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…

A critique of the concept of human capital as an evaluative measure of manpower development programs initiated this conference. Manuscripts from the more than 50 authors are included for reports on "basic" research in the labor market field (inter-plant and intra-plant mobility, the peripheral labor force, and problems of statistical…

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 four papers in this volume of institute proceedings present: (1) a retrospective, subjective look at foreign-trained librarians employed in North American libraries and foreign students in North American library education programs, (2) statistical analyses of current policies and practices relating to the employment of foreign-trained…

Over 400 representatives from industry, labor unions, government, universities, and nonprofit organizations attended the Governor's Conference on Manpower in Springfield, Illinois on March 14, 1969. Recommendations from the 11 workshop sessions held during the conference are presented in the report, and cover the areas of: (1) coordination and…

Two well-known educators discuss the effective use of resources in this document. Both of these presentations were made at the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges National Conference on Trusteeship in New Orleans on April 30, 1974. The financial section begins with the demographic factors that may influence the amount of…

The Conference on Job Horizons was designed to provide interested persons in the Washington, D.C. area with information about employment opportunities, programs, and guidance and counseling services for disadvantaged women and girls. It also provided an opportunity to discuss ways of improving and devising new programs and more effective…

The employment opportunities of the homebound are being expanded by computer-telecommunications developments. A joint conference on "New Patterns of Work Organization in An Information Era: Some Employment Implications for Homebound Individuals," held in Ohio in June 1973, is reviewed. (MS)

The 197 participants, representing all areas of home economics, attended a 3-day national workshop on the training and utilization of auxiliary workers within the field of home economics. Workshop activities included a symposium of auxiliary personnel employed as aides in home economics-related occupations and group discussions which followed…

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…

THE TECHNICAL MANPOWER CONFERENCE, HELD AT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ON JANUARY 24 AND 25, 1968, WAS THE FIRST PHASE IN THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT, "EFFECTS OF FIELD AND JOB ORIENTED TECHNICAL RETRAINING ON MANPOWER UTILIZATION OF THE UNEMPLOYED." THE PRESENTATIONS IN PART I, INTENDED TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND…

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 document reports the highlights of an international conference designed to study the utilization of highly qualified personnel. Following the opening addresses by various participants, discussion documents and basic reports are presented. Four areas of concern include the state of employment and employment policy, the conditions and aims of…