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Bowe, Frank – Worklife, 1977
Discusses the challenge of employers to provide reasonable accomodation and of educators to increase vocational education opportunities for employment among disabled persons. (LAS)
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Labor Force Development, Labor Utilization, Physical Disabilities
Ginzburg, Eli – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Notes that there is no firm evidence pointing to an acceleration of technological change. (JF)
Descriptors: Labor Conditions, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs, Labor Utilization
Download full textInternational Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1975
Abstracts of material covering a variety of topics regarding vocational and labor development throughout the world are presented in the fourth dispatch. Noted, in particular, are publications regarding education and training in rural areas, research, vocational guidance, and international instruments. The first section, News in Brief, contains 21…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Foreign Countries, Labor Force, Labor Force Development
Jakubauskas, Edward B., Ed.; Baumel, C. Phillip, Ed. – 1967
A Book based on a conference on human resources development held at Iowa State University from October 13 to 14 presents chapters on the following subjects: Theory and Concepts of an Active Human Resources Policy; An Experiment in Manpower Coordination; The Concept and Problems of Human Resources Development; Human Resources Development as a…
Descriptors: Conferences, Human Resources, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1970
Presented in this summary document are 17 charts and statements concerning youth unemployment. Topics covered include: (1) the ratio of teenage to adult unemployment rates, (2) the population explosion, (3) effects of staying in school, (4) state minimum wage patterns, and (5) the effects of a differential on family income. A recommended course of…
Descriptors: Charts, Labor Force Development, Labor Utilization, Minimum Wage
Campbell, Ian – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Educational Programs, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1967
Continuing programs in the field of manpower research were originated at seven educational institutions to utilize the resources of universities to investigate problems of unemployment, under-utilization of workers, labor force requirements and resources, and vocational training. At Oklahoma State University, studies underway include an…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Labor Force, Labor Force Development, Labor Market
Parnes, Herbert S.
Human resource policies are those courses of action designed to enhance the effectiveness of human beings in their productive roles and to make the productive role best serve the other needs of man. There are several categories of human resource policy: (1) policies designed to achieve the fullest development of human resources, (2) policies…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Human Development
Peer reviewedGodia, George – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1986
Contends that the Kenyan government needs to reexamine its high priority on formal education, since many educated Kenyans cannot find work. Suggests broadening of the curriculum to include vocational training and working toward economic development to solve Kenya's unemployment problems. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
COCKCROFT, JOHN; AND OTHERS – 1963
PROBLEMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES IN RELATION TO FUTURE DEMANDS FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL MANPOWER ARE CONSIDERED IN THIS 1963 REVIEW OF NATIONAL POLICIES CONDUCTED BY THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD). A DESCRIPTION OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNITED STATES HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM EMPHASIZES (1)…
Descriptors: College Science, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Labor Force Development
WYKSTRA, RONALD A. – 1966
NEBRASKA'S POPULATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH WERE COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE NATION FROM 1910 UNTIL THE PRESENT, WITH SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO NEBRASKA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT YEARS. PUBLISHED MATERIAL WAS THE SOURCE OF THE DATA. FROM 1900 TO 1960, NEBRASKA'S POPULATION GROWTH RATE WAS ONE-THIRD THE NATIONAL RATE. THE NET OUT-MIGRATION AVERAGED…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Needs, Employment Patterns, Human Resources
Dewitt, Nicholas – 1968
This report provides guidelines for educational policy based on an analysis of current and projected manpower development in the state of California. The major findings and recommendations are: (1) A specific agency must be developed to recommend to the state government long-range policies for manpower development and education. (2) The secondary…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Greenleigh Associates, Inc., New York, NY. – 1970
An evaluation of the Job Opportunities in the Business Sectors (JOBS) program revealed that JOBS should be continued as a Federally assisted manpower program since it has demonstrated a viable role for business in manpower training. As a result of JOBS disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons have been elevated above poverty income…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Disadvantaged, Employer Attitudes, Employment Programs
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland).
Abstracts of material covering a variety of topics regarding vocational and labor development throughout the world are presented in the fifth dispatch. Noted, in particular, are publications regarding management and relations between school and the world of work. The first section, News in Brief, contains 34 items from around the world under the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administration, Employed Women, Foreign Countries
New York State Senate, Albany. – 1969
This report culminates 2 years of a major policy inquiry into New York's manpower problems by the State Senate's Special Senate Committee on Manpower. Part One gives data showing unemployment by occupation, race, education, and place of residence. The effects on the disadvantaged of changing employment patterns are demonstrated, and various…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
