There is a persistent concern over mismatches between the degrees awarded by universities and the needs of the job market. Although there are shortages of graduates in some fields, many university graduates have difficulty finding jobs that make good use of their education. This has been discussed in newspaper articles, in education and business…

The text for this article derives from Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, which contain the central elements of his extensive critique of education in Benito Mussolini's Italy. In prison from 1926 to 1937, he produced a remarkable amount of writing on many political and cultural subjects, all of which were scribbled out in student notebooks and…

Organizational life evokes joy, hate, anger, despair, curiosity, and esteem, yet as far as management is concerned, emotions are disruptive, dysfunctional, and derailing. In spite of managerial reluctance to embrace the emotional self as a relevant aspect of the worker, emotion makes everyone human, and organizations weigh on workers' emotional…

This article proposes the need to address scaffold instructions from a situated learning perspective. Based on an empirical study of how apprentice bakers learn their trade, it is claimed that studies of learning at the workplace yield important insights into our understanding of scaffold instructions. Seen from the perspective of the apprentices,…

The sweeping impact of our times has affected all segments of society, universities included. Society's perception is that universities have not responded to changes, and criticism has been directed at tuition costs, access and willingness to reach out to the community. Yet universities are key if this country is to maintain its leadership as an…

The prevailing discourse informing most Canadian training and labor market policy assumes a positive link between individuals' training and their labor market returns in the new knowledge economy. The primary objective of the study is to test the current rhetoric by developing a statistical model of women's job-related training. Training…

This document contains four papers from a symposium on the discipline of human resource development (HRD). "The Discipline of HRD" (Richard A. Swanson) frames the discipline of HRD by identifying its context and component theories--general systems, chaos, and futures. "Systems Theory as a Foundation for HRD" (Wendy E.A. Ruona) defines this…

The history of public secondary education in the former British colony of Trinidad and Tobago shows a trend toward equal opportunity influenced by the economic needs of the country. (JH)

Presents a breakdown of engineering and technology degrees granted for 1973-74 by curriculum, level, and minority status. (GS)

This document provides an overall perspective of the activities of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII. Emphasis is given to the program activities of the water division, air and hazardous materials division, and the enforcement division. Issues and problems are discussed on a regional and state-by-state basis. Region VII includes the…

This report describes the changing nature of labor demand in the petroleum industry. Jobs have become more specialized as the value of petroleum has increased and the technology of its extraction has advanced. Numerous categories of technical jobs are available in this industry and this affects the training needs of those seeking careers in this…

The Council has only begun its work and is therefore not in a position to develop detailed recommendations based on thorough review and evaluation of existing programs. Our first effort has been to canvass the several federal agencies to make a preliminary determination of the nature and scope of their involvement in the preparation of educational…

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 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)