This report provides a description and some analysis of noninstitutionalized disabled persons aged 20 to 64. Emphasis is on labor force behavior, including amounts of work, occupational distribution, and wage rates. Defines disability and discusses characteristics of the disabled, wage rates, and disability and deprivation. (CT)

Labor shortages mean that in the future almost the entire growth of Soviet industrial production will come from increased labor productivity. Describes the present level and growth rate and offers comparisons with other countries, and explains differences. Reviews ways being used to increase productivity. (Author/JOW)

The current economic squeeze on campuses has resulted in the increased use of part-time faculty. The advantages and disadvantages are outlined with emphasis on the advantages and the obvious growing necessity for the use of part-time personnel. (JMF)

The inverse relationship between educational attainment and unemployment is indicated in data concerning three major age groups during 1974-1975. The long-term uptrend in the educational level of the labor force continues, with college graduates experiencing changes in occupational distribution. (LH)

The introductory chapter of this volume on immigration into the United States is entitled "Overview: A Time of Reform and Reappraisal" (D. Simcox), and it introduces the topics of reform, legal and illegal immigration, the effect of immigration on the labor market and social welfare, and immigration enforcement methods that are discussed…

THIS NOTE PRESENTS MODELS FOR PASSING JUDGMENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PROJECTS. TWO APPROACHES ARE CONSIDERED--PROJECTS WITH TWO ATTRIBUTES, PRIORITY AND DEADLINE DATES, AND PROJECTS WITH K ATTRIBUTES. THE SOLUTIONS ARE ILLUSTRATED THROUGH EXAMPLES AND BY AN ALGORITHM PRESENTED IN A COMPUTER REFERENCE LANGUAGE TO SHOW HOW ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS CAN BE…

THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED IN WEST VIRGINIA, INVOLVED PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED A TRAINING COURSE UNDER THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT ACT, THOSE WHO DID NOT BEGIN OR DROPPED OUT OF TRAINING, THOSE WHO WERE DENIED TRAINING BECAUSE OF TEST RESULTS, AND THOSE WHO WERE WORKING INSTEAD OF BEING RETRAINED. THE OBJECTIVES OF RETRAINING WERE SHORT-RUN INCREASE IN…

INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATUS OF WORKING WOMEN AND THEIR UNDERUTILIZATION IN THE NATIONAL WORK FORCE IS PRESENTED IN SUMMARY AND GRAPH FORM. ALTHOUGH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN ASSURING WOMEN EQUALITY OF PAY AND NONDISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT, MUCH NEEDS TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE UTILIZATION OF THEIR ABILITIES. MOST WOMEN WORK TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES…

The National Security Council decided in Spring 1967 that deferments should not be provided for first or second-year male graduate students in other than medical fields. The Council of Graduate Schools and the Scientific Manpower Commission then sent questionnaires to US graduate schools to determine how many male students would not be deferred,…

Contracts and grants sponsored under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, as amended, which were active during fiscal year 1964 are described and projects are grouped under headings of: (1) Present Requirements, (2) Future Requirements, (3) Present Resources, (4) Future Resources, (5) Development of Manpower Resources--Education, (6)…

This program strategy in education, revising and updating the earlier version of June 1971, focuses on strategic aims, plans and efforts in four areas concerning education and human resources. Emphasis is upon specific strategies for the four priority problem areas covering educational technology, non-formal education, educational finance and…

This bibliography presents 208 citations of periodical articles, monographs, research reports, and related documents which pertain to health manpower planning and range in date from 1952 to 1969. Listings are arranged alphabetically by author. (SB)

This annual report of the Engineering Manpower Commission summarizes the general operations and activities of the organization during 1969. The commission views its functions as three-fold, namely (1) promoting effective utilization of engineers in the national interest, (2) developing and evaluating information on the supply, demand, and…

The study predicts future requirements for biological scientists by specialty area, future supply within area, and the effects of National Institutes of Health program alternatives on requirements and supply measures. At present and for the forseeable future, approved training grants for critical shortage areas are funded as rapidly as centers of…

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,…