The rationale for present manpower programs and its utility for future manpower policy are discussed. The approach focuses attention on such questions as the following: Does the present de facto meaning of manpower policy, which is implicit in what is now being attempted in the so-called "manpower programs," exhaust the potential…

The basic question of where the responsibility lies for providing education and training for the Nation's labor force has never been satisfactorily answered. Is it with education, labor, industry, or a combination? Three bills introduced in Congress in 1969 prompted an invitational conference by the American Vocational Association (AVA), which was…

Alaska is in the paradoxical position of having more jobs available than people, and at the same time maintaining one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation. This report discusses the nature and skills of the unemployed and underemployed, and presents tables of demographic information. While a fair percentage of Alaskan native youth…

In order to meet the need for media-support personnel with training relevant to the kinds of tasks needed to be performed, the Jobs in Instruction Media Study (JIMS) analyzed jobs and set up guidelines for job structures and training curricula for work performed in the field. In order to gather information about what media personnel do on the job,…

Drawing upon the 1954 National Conference on Rural Education, the Yearbook discusses major problems and possibilities arising from significant changes in rural education. Part I presents an overview of education for rural America -- its achievements, continuing problems and some suggestions for their solutions, and the challenge for the immediate…

The purpose of this study was to examine the role that high level manpower plays in the establishment of new technologies at the plant and industry level. The steel industry was selected as an appropriate industry to approach these questions due to: its considerable technological changes; its straightforward, easier-to-understand technology; its…

An effort to develop a classification of various kinds of disadvantegement is aimed at the efficiency that can be gained by providing only those services to those clients who can use them in order to increase their chances of successful placement. The report details some of the elements of the recommended approach: analysis of manpower situations…

As an address to a seminar held in Germany, a summary is made concerning the present status and future development of medical physicist preparation in the U.S.A. A total of 121 programs are discussed on the basis of degree levels. Most training schemes consist of lectures, laboratory courses, and research activities with actual experience provided…

This booklet was compiled from information received from employment agencies involved in the federal summer jobs program over the past five years and is intended to provide employment staffs with a reference to various ideas, techniques, and resources useful in training summer employees. Ideas and techniques are presented in outline and summary…

The study was undertaken for the purpose of developing and testing a methodology for measuring the relative cost-effectiveness of MDTA training conducted within public vocational schools, community colleges and private training institutions. The three principal objectives of the study were: to compare the cost-effectiveness of each type of…

As the second report on the postcensal survey, educational and training backgrounds of scientific and engineering manpower are analyzed on the basis of questionnaire responses from individuals covering 45 professional and technical occupations and college-graduate groups in the 1960 Decennial Census of Population. A total of 40 tables and 5 charts…

This review of marine science and technology education and related issues was presented to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 27, 1967. Areas reviewed include manpower supply and demand, oceanography education history, oceanography and the social sciences, training of technicians, the ocean engineer, education for…

Without attempting to be comprehensive, this bibliography lists over 150 government documents, private publications, and journal articles on manpower and human resources, selected as representative works in the interdisciplinary field of human resources. Areas covered include: (1) general works, (2) investment in human capital, (3)…

The purpose of the conference was to discuss the following issues: (1) curricula relating to the pure and applied sciences of the environment; (2) programs designed to develop the technological skill necessary for the person who deals with some aspect of maintaining a healthful environment; (3) programs designed to develop managers of the…

The 197 participants, representing all areas of home economics, attended a 3-day national workshop on the training and utilization of auxiliary workers within the field of home economics. Workshop activities included a symposium of auxiliary personnel employed as aides in home economics-related occupations and group discussions which followed…