This report presents findings from a study that investigated trends in graduate student enrollments, financial support, and job placements for new doctoral graduates over a recent 6-year period. The purpose was to access some of the impacts that declining financial support for graduate students and recent labor market difficulties for Ph.D's have…

This investigation of first-time job placement of new PhD's was based on data from the National Research Council's doctorate record files and analyzed through the development of a new quality rating scheme that separates colleges and universities into 12 groups. An analysis of the percentages of new women doctorates in research, postdoctoral work,…

To make this manual useful in understanding required counselor functions in occupational education and how to apply them, data were obtained by questionnaire from administrative personnel and guidance staff in New York State Area Occupational Centers and from 45 out-of-state persons in comparable positions. Guidelines for specific service areas of…

To identify major information exchange problems experienced by program administrators, describe and graphically model a representative postsecondary system, and recommend organizational and procedural changes, interviews were held with the president or program administrators in 50 institutions operated under the North Carolina Department of…

Conducted in Greater Tampa, Florida, from July 1966 through July 1968, this project was an effort to help unemployed or underemployed high school graduates aged 17-25 to acquire or upgrade work skills. Shorthand and typing courses, the Communications Clinic, and other curriculum elements were designed to correct deficiencies in basic educational…

This study to develop an education and training (E&T) system for inmates in Federal correctional institutions described and evaluated existing E&T systems and needs at Milan, Michigan, and Terre Haute, Indiana; formulated an E&T model; and made specific recommendations for implementation of each point in the model. A systems analysis approach was…

Existing education and training (E&T) programs at the Terre Haute Penitentiary, Indiana, and the Milan Federal Correctional Institution, Michigan, were described and evaluated. Needs, objectives, inmate classification and placement, staff, and other aspects were covered. Reports, staff and inmate interviews, study of instructional materials, and…

Approximately 60 experts from education, business, government, unions and associations participated in a symposium to summarize and review the dimensions of the youth unemployment problem and to discuss the roles and responsibilities of schools, private enterprise, trade unions, voluntary agencies, and various levels of government in developing…

This study investigated the relationship between the professional orientation of the counselor and his attitudes toward the following responsibilities: (1) eligibility determination, and (2) employment placement. Subjects were 279 counselors employed in state rehabilitation agency offices. Significant relationships were found between…

Army personnel managers have a continuing need to select, classify and assign to training and jobs large numbers of men who enter the service. The present publication addresses the value of selection and classification testing program in relation to job training success and the suitability of the tests for subgroups of the manpower available to…

The course is designed as a review or reinforcement for junior high school students who feel a need for additional help in mastering the basic skills required by a typist. A prerequisite for this course is the ABC's of Typewriting. In this particular course, the pretest is extremely valuable because it will enable the teacher to determine…

The combined effort to first orient, and then place, 185 unemployed aerospace professionals into state and local government jobs is analyzed. Twelve months after placement activities commenced, 80% of the program participants are reported as now employed, with 70% employed in State/local jurisdictions. Previous decision making experience by the…

The capabilities of Title I of the Manpower Development and Training Act have been used for several years to fund experimental and demonstration projects for the prerelease training of prisoners. Four conferences on Manpower Development and Training in correctional institutions were sponsored to bring together the basic groups of people charged…

This report discusses a week long institute (May 11-15, 1970) on vocational guidance that was held at Colorado State University and attended by 80 participants from 19 states and 52 cities. The institute dealt with 5 problem areas: (1) the need for counselors to reach disadvantaged persons in metropolitan areas; (2) the concern over improving…

This is a report on the first year's operation of a major job-readiness and job placement program in an "urban fringe" area near the San Francisco Bay. It includes contractor's categories and full information on types and numbers of placements. Also included are narratives of successful programatic breakthroughs and descriptions of areas which…