This monograph is the fifth in a series summarizing the work progress of the Human Services Manpower Career Center, a special research and development project funded by the U. S. Department of Labor. This report describes the action taken by a committee of child care workers, educators, welfare mothers, manpower specialists, and concerned lay…

Included in this report are the presentations made at a 4-day national conference regarding the role of trade and industrial education in meeting the nation's manpower needs. More than 175 leaders heard the following speeches: (1) "The Role of Trade and Industrial Education" by Michael Russo, (2) "Industry's Concepts of Trade and Industrial…

The study was designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of Plans A and B of the Public Service Careers (PSC) Program, including effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses, rate of progress in accomplishing goals, and problem areas. Information necessary to make this assessment was gathered from a number of the earliest projects at two points in…

This paper is concerned with faculty members in higher education and the organizations in which they work. The research on which it is based involved an examination of the ways in which discrete work activities that were identified as part of the faculty role might be reaggregated on the basis of faculty preferences, replacing the present role…

Stating that the present federally-funded vocational and employment programs are inadequate to deal with the chronically unemployed, the author outlines a new approach to a "National Service" program of guaranteed employment and a new vocational education and training system specifically for chronically unemployed persons. (MF)

Vocational education should now enter the area of job creation. The author discusses urban renewal, economic decentralization, the "bootstrap" school, and part-time job creation. (MF)

Economic concepts and methods useful to a firm considering the allocation of resources to training workers are presented, with applicability where appropriate for industrial education teachers. The discussion includes goals of investment in training, determining human capital requirements, the training decision, and efficiency in training. (MF)

Corporations have become a significant part of the nation's educational system, the author states, and regard their education and training activities as necessary business functions. Employer-sponsored education, both in-house and at outside institutions, trains new employees, but most programs are for upgrading present personnel. (MF)

The nature of the responsibility for continuing education for environmental professionals that rests upon five groups is discussed. These groups are environmental health workers, educational institutions, public health agencies, governments, and professional associations. (MR)

A discussion of Nigeria's policy concerning teacher supply and demand looks at how a financial aid program providing board and lodging, books, and a student teaching allowance in addition to free tuition has succeeded in augmenting the teacher supply. (MSE)

Causes of women's underrepresentation among education administrators are explored. The following points are considered: (1) career paths of men and women chief academic officers (CAOs); (2) career aspirations; (3) responsibilities of male and female CAOs; (4) general profile of men and women CAOs; (5) salaries and compensation inequities; and (6)…

The relationship between colleges and employment agencies with respect to continuing education is examined. Issues of continuing education and employment prospects, formation of new political and industrial alliances, need for review of educational and social values, and development of corporate strategies on employment and unemployment are…

Links forecasting and planning with policymaking in social and societal systems and presents a planning and forecasting methods taxonomy which combines with policymaking and interactive simulation as an inquiry method for planning. A case study of university manpower development illustrating interactive simulation/gaming and its potentials for…

Discusses aims and techniques of information workforce management for coping with problems caused by labor shortages and accelerated growth, including development of forecasting and planning systems sufficiently simple to be integrated with overall development plans. Unesco sponsored projects and national and regional dimensions are noted. (15…

Continuing workplace education in the form of training and retraining is seen as the key to employment security for American workers in the information age. Labor unions must be prepared to change with the times. (Author/MLW)