In today's technology-laden society human-computer interaction (HCI) is an important knowledge area for computer scientists and software engineers. This paper surveys existing approaches to incorporate HCI into computer science (CS) and such related issues as the perceived gap between the interests of the HCI community and the needs of CS…

STARTING WITH 1962 FIGURES ON EMPLOYMENT IN TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS, PROJECTIONS ARE MADE TO 1970 AND 1975 FOR MAJOR GROUPS AND SUBGROUPS ON A STATE-WIDE AND AREA BASES. IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT IN NEW YORK STATE WILL PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 193,000 JOBS IN TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS IN 1970 AND 227,600 IN 1975, COMPARED TO…

Garland Junior College (Massachusetts) has developed a course of training for non-professional aides as auxiliary teaching personnel. As part of a trend toward liberalizing staffing patterns throughout the nation, it is expected to ease the shortage of teachers by relieving them of many routine classroom chores. A second purpose is to provide a…

The survey, conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, includes a brief summary of findings; survey methods; the questionnaire, reporting instructions, definitions used to collect data; and tables. It was estimated that 1,062,000 scientists and engineers were employed in private industry in 1969, up 3.9 percent from the 1,022,000 employed in…

Compared the occupational interests of research and development managers (N=110) and technical specialists (N=55). Analysis on the general occupational themes and basic interest scales of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory indicated the social, enterprising, and conventional areas predicted managerial group membership, whereas the artistic…

Institutes have been set up to train technical experts weak on teaching skills into effective teachers of their skills. (EB)

Described are several techniques and pieces of equipment developed by the Police Scientific Department Branch in its application of physics to police problems. Topics discussed include fingerprints, documents, and photographs. (Author/DS)

Conclusions from case studies of technical work in four workplaces were as follows: (1) need for such skills as teamwork and problem solving varied by context; (2) despite their professed need for these skills, employers provided little training; and (3) employers were weakly connected with schools and had generally poor opinions of them. (SK)

Interviews with project managers (n=50) and lower-level managers (n=100) at NASA identified career paths and job requirements for project management in technical occupations. The necessary skills and actions for developing them were recommended for four career stages: getting established, independent contributor, technical lead/manager, and…

Alternative employment projections of scientists, engineers, and technicians indicate growth ranging widely--from 9 percent to 59 percent over the 1990-2005 period. (Author)

Reports on the increasing numbers of college and university faculty, especially in computer science and related high-technology fields, who have struck it rich in the Internet gold rush. Notes that while these newly wealthy faculty members take more time off from teaching than do average faculty members, most continue in their academic jobs,…

Last December, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition--a national organization of more than 600 groups representing knowledge workers, educators, scientists, engineers, and technicians--wrote to President-elect Obama urging him to "not lose sight of the critical role that STEM education plays in…

This article intends to investigate the challenges of e-learning implementation with an emphasis on education innovation. The Botswana government imports technology rather than developing it in-house through or in association with a well-developed national research and development (R&D) centre. In simple terms, e-learning is the delivery of…

The recession that began in December of 2007 is already 30 months old, but the U.S. economy will not recover its pre-recession employment levels for at least another two years. From there, it will take an additional three years to make up for lost growth and create a job market strong enough to employ both the casualties of the recession and the…