This article presents a brief account of some of the new directions that manpower planning has taken in recent years viewed primarily in the light of activities undertaken by the International Labour Office technical cooperation program in this field. (Author/CT)

Looks at major characteristics of health institutions which influence their interactions with public service employment programs, at problems of interagency coordination, and at specific findings of site visits where health personnel are enrolled in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). (Author/AM)

Delivered at 80th annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 2, 1969. (IR)

The author presents an idea for regional coordination of vocational training programs to reduce or eliminate duplication of effort. He suggests establishment of a center or clearinghouse to act as an interface agency among all vocational education program sponsors, employers, education seekers, and job seekers, and to coordinate their needs and…

Tables are presented that detail the relation of 422 Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) exchange program dental graduates to the dental manpower of the following sending states: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Tables show the location of the WICHE graduates, the…

Programs in two southeastern communities were established to develop community resource persons who could facilitate the initiation of comprehensive manpower development and utilization programs. Major problems inhibiting the development of such manpower programs were fragmentation of social welfare program and lack of total community concern and…

Although Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) training is conducted either in NYC centers, governmental and non-profit agencies or private industry, there is no commitment for employment after training. The Mobilization for Youth-Experimental Manpower Laboratory (MFY-EML) is exploring the feasibility of linking NYC to other government manpower training…

The application of a PERT system to a large-scale project will increase the probability of accomplishing project objectives by providing greater visibility of (1) the project objectives, (2) the relationships among the parts of the projects, and (3) the relationships of those component parts to the project objectives. Consequently, educational…

PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION BY EACH OF THE 50 STATES ARE PRESENTED IN THE REPORT BY THE TASK FORCE ON VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION. A BRIEF STATEMENT OF COMMITTEE BELIEFS AND OBSERVATIONS PRECEDES THE PROPOSALS THAT (1) A HUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL CONSISTING OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT AND LAY CITIZENS BE ESTABLISHED IN EACH STATE…

Following the format of the conference, the presentations in these proceedings are organized in three sections, titled "Introduction"; "National Trends"; and "Labor/Higher Education Initiatives: Finding Common Grounds." The following presentations are included in the introductory section: "Why We're Here" (Donahue, Atwell, Mohler, Grecco). The…

The State/Local Cooperative Labor Market Information Program has been developed to meet the needs of California's business community and work force. The program aims to improve the match between employers' needs for skilled labor and the skills of the state's workers. The program is a partnership composed of the state Employment Development…

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…

This first annual report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy addresses three subject areas. Addressed first are the dimensions of a national manpower policy. This discussion includes the examination of the principle areas in the work plan of the commission and an assessment of the manpower policy in the United States in the Fall of…

The Operating Engineers Dual Enrollment Program combines trade union apprenticeship with college study. Young persons are "dually-enrolled" by meeting both the requirements for indenture as an apprentice and matriculation as an Associate Degree candidate. Apprentices may receive college credit for apprenticeship-related training classes…

Sheltered work programs for the handicapped in five European countries (Denmark, Sweden, Poland, West Germany, and The Netherlands) are described in this paper. Basic features of the programs in each country are discussed, including population, financing, and aspects of the programs that can be applied in helping America improve employment…