Japan uses a variety of training approaches to develop skilled labor force, as commitment to traditional lifetime employment system appears to be waning. (Editor)

Employment Service project draws on varied resources to help ex-convicts. (Editor)

The results indicated that the trainees were more independent financially, more active in trade-related organizations, more active politically, more involved in community and church affairs, and less alienated than their counterparts in the comparison group. (Author)

Placement officers must become specialists in the labor market. College placement officers must play a more active role in shaping the development of the nation's human resources and also in the development of their effective utilization. (Author)

Describes a vocational education program in which English was taught as a second language, helping to instill in the participants a better view of themselves as well as hopes of gainful employment. (GB)

Author argues that economic/planning models in education are inadequate in either describing educational change or in strongly influencing educational policy. These models have implicitly asserted, but their applications have not fully demonstrated, tight relationship between education and economic growth. (Author/CB)

Author examines the costs and restraints of our academic credentials systems and suggests ways the trainer can meet the challenge; increase emphasis on employee development and eliminate academic credential systems. (Editor/SP)

Discusses a workshop-correspondence course to train foremen and young executives in England. (AF)

Despite uncertainty over program goals, Mainstream is providing useful, satisfying jobs for enrollees. (BH)

A national health manpower policy should provide a sense of direction for those engaged in preparing the practitioners of the future. (HS)