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…

The 12-member WHO Expert Committee on Professional and Technical Education of Medical and Auxiliary Personnel met during a 4-day conference in Geneva, Switzerland, to review experience to date, including surveys made by consultants in 1965 and 1966, and to make recommendations on the training and utilization of medical assistants and similar…

To seek resolution of problems in providing education for youth and adults oriented toward the world of work, the Massachusetts Advisory Council on Education (MACE) undertook a study of vocational-technical education as a major project. This publication contains the major papers and prepared reactions to these papers, which were presented at a…

The use of the offender and ex-offender as manpower resources in corrections is a practice about which there is little agreement but an enormous amount of concern. Self-help programs such as Alcoholic s Anonymous and Synanon have attracted wide attraction. The concept of using a product of the problem to help others with the same problem is not…

Representatives from all parts of the United States attended a conference designed to: (1) explore ways and means of involving older persons--primarily welfare recipients--as employees, (2) delineate the wide variety of tasks that have been and can be undertaken by older persons, (3) determine the kinds of recruitment, selection, training,…