A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN ON THE SUBJECT OF OCCUPATIONAL DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION PLANNING ON JUNE 15-16, 1965. THE CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON FOUR AREAS--(1) THE OCCUPATIONAL DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION PLANNING, (2) THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF MANPOWER, (3) FOREIGN…

Outlines the context of the issues currently facing a complex university and some of the tools and techniques for manpower planning available at the institutional level. (Author)

Utilizing manpower to meet health personnel needs while keeping expenditures minimal is considered. (AG)

Presented is a collection of eight short papers designed to supplement "A New Role for American Education." The first four papers relate to man and his environment, and the remaining focus on the needs and developments in Environmental Education. The papers are titled as follows: Man, His Environment, and Human Ecology; Environment and…

This report is based upon a survey of the supply and distribution of manpower in a wide variety of health professions and occupations, and of current educational resources in Michigan for the preparation of health care manpower. Part I of the report includes general recommendations, relating the planning and coordinating role of the State Board of…

Defines educational planning from differing perspectives and describes four bodies of knowledge bearing on the concept. Current uses of research by professors are depicted and future research and training needs bearing on planning are recommended. (Author/WM)

This essay suggests an analytical framework for estimating manpower requirements by skill categories for the purpose of educational planning. (Editor)

Presents an analysis of the Soviet Union's educational system and suggests the continuing need for a rise in the level of education based on the premise that society's income from raising the skill level of workers outweighs considerably for expenditures on securing this rise. (Author/RK)

Discusses a study that examined the relationships among measures of human resource development, education, manpower utilization, and economic growth in the States. (Author)

Defines manpower planning and outlines its objectives, describes the effects of education on economic growth in developing countries, and discusses problems of education in manpower planning: questions of the source of education, the content, and the percentage of the population ot be educated at a given time. Important political limitations are…

Development of the rural sectors of Africa is discussed in terms of the long-range effects of proper rural development. As viewed by the author, effective development of the rural sectors is essential to the economic and social future of Africa. The value of agricultural and allied occupations is so important to Africa as a nation that careful…

This study evaluated short-term manpower projection methods for the personal services and medical and other health services industries. An employer benchmark survey was used to estimate actual employment of cosmetologists, barbers, registered nurses, and licensed vocational nurses. Out of seven projection methods which were applied to the data,…