The chief executive of Britain's Employment Service Agency discusses the agency's success in publicizing and filling jobs, establishing a job center, promoting staff training, and related concerns in a paper presented to the BACIE (British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education) national conference. (AG)

Within the realization that the development of Third World countries is essential to the productive forces of the industrialized ones, Yugoslav aid has been channeled particularly toward a cooperative effort to educate and train personnel to facilitate development. (JH)

Higher education in Romania, an interdependent part of the total educational system, is guided by the integration of university training and the needs of the society, so that science and material and intellectual production lie at the heart of university training. (JH)

Predictive ratings of trainees in a skill training setting by their instructors are compared and contrasted with first-line supervisory ratings of the same trainees in an employment setting. An ethnic subgroup analysis suggests some possible differences in terms of range and variations of prediction. (Author)

The author describes the various approaches of identifying personnel capable of conducting training sessions. (JB)

CENTRALIZED PLANNING AND COORDINATION ENABLE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO MEET THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. MOST EFFORTS AT CENTRALIZED PLANNING ARE PREDICATED ON TWO CONCEPTS--MANPOWER NEEDS AND PROJECTING CURRENT TRENDS. THE CONCEPT OF MANPOWER NEEDS IS THE MORE LOGICAL, BUT IS ALSO MORE DIFFICULT TO CARRY OUT. PLANNING IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH…

A CONFERENCE OF LABOR LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BOARDS AND ADVISORY COUNCILS MET FOR A 3-DAY CONFERENCE. THERE WERE 91 PARTICIPANTS FROM 30 STATES. EDUCATORS AND LABOR ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVES PRESENTED ADDRESSES ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AMERICA TODAY, (2) THE MEANING OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACTIONS IN…

INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING ARE MOVING INCREASINGLY INTO THE PUBLIC POLICY SECTOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF THE COUNTRY. THE MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS AND REFINED MANAGEMENT OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS INCLUDE THE CENTERS OF KNOWL EDGE AS IMPORTANT PARTS OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE. THE UNIVERISTY HAS FOUR GENERAL…

THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA), AS AMENDED, IS DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF WORKERS FACING JOB DISPLACEMENT, THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF THE HARDCORE UNEMPLOYED, OTHER UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED, AND THE EMERGENCE OF SKILL SHORTAGE IN CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS. THE ACT IS JOINTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH,…

This catalog describes the status and content of research programs which were either developed or administered by the Office of Manpower Research under Title I of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) or the Economic Opportunity Act for the fiscal year ending June 1968. Brief summaries are given for 71 active MDTA research contracts,…

It is important for leaders of volunteers to examine their attitudes toward their group, particularly their way of defining their group, and to bring a diversity of experience to their work. Three steps that should be taken to develop extension volunteers who are from low income groups and who will work with low income groups are: get them…

The Canadian Classification and Dictionary of Occupations (CCDO) has been designed for use in manpower research and analysis, conducting surveys, census taking and compilation, planning of educational and training programs, counseling and placement services, rehabilitation, immigration and mobility of workers, and personnel and other operations in…

This brief history of the Tennessee Manpower Development Training Program for the years 1962-1969 presents information about the enabling legislation, project planning, training programs, staff, and monies expended. Training projects, staff profiles, and equipment and facilities used are provided to help document the background and development of…

Impact evaluations of manpower programs have had many shortcomings, especially in finding control groups for comparison. Methodological bias and inconsistency between evaluators, along with disinterest by program administrators, have prevented evaluation from reaching its potential in program planning. The use of longitudinal studies to solve…