This workshop identified and defined environmental technology occupations, particularly at the technician level. The resulting report aims to enhance counselor, teacher, and student awareness of environmental careers at the technician level, and ultimately to address the environmental workforce needs of business, industry, and government by…

This document contains four papers from a symposium on professionalizing the field of human resource development (HRD). "Issues in the Professionalization of HRD: Building a Knowledge Base and Credentialing Practitioners" (Robert W. Rowden) discusses indicators of an emerging field as workplace education becomes a major strategic thrust.…

This document contains three papers from a symposium on advancing the profession of human resource development (HRD). "The Role of the 'Human Resource Development Quarterly' in Shaping the HRD Profession: An Eight and One-Half Year Perspective" (Ronald L. Jacobs) discusses the progress of the quarterly and makes suggestions to authors to enhance…

The United Kingdom needs a coherent strategy to develop the competence of its people, to enable individuals to cope with the complex world, and to help them make a personal contribution to society. Collaborators in the strategy are representatives from government, trade unions, the labor force, education, personnel and training, and local…

The three papers in this document cover issues related to labor force analysis and educational investment in developing countries. They present an overview of the present situation, advocate the replacement of a dominant technique by a well-structured planning process, and suggest the wide range of analytic approaches available and necessary if…

Thirteen separate excerpts from the responses given to audience questions at the Mid-Appalachia White House Conference include remarks by President Ford and others of his Cabinet on education, energy, employment, rural development, the economic status of the nation, etc. (JC)

The human capital theory of the economics of education is examined. This journal is available from the Economics Association, Room 340, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, England WC1H 9BH. (DE)

Projects a shortage of engineers that will last until the early 1980's. Proposes a nationwide continuing education program for engineers to combat this shortage and restore individual's expertise. (GS)

This article examines the macro, micro, and distributional economics of education. Comparisons are made between the United States, Western Europe, and the U.S.S.R. (DE)

The article discusses the various approaches used by small and large firms to upgrade workers, how major changes in industry affect upgrading, and the effects of economy on job upgrading. (BP)

An overview depicts the staffing, funding, and general programing at the Vienna Correctional Center, a minimum security institution that has played a vital role in returning to society trained personnel and in lowering the number who return to the Illinois correctional system. (Author/BP)

Demographic trends between now and 1993 indicate a window of opportunity for economically disadvantaged Hispanics. If basic and job-specific skills are delivered to those who need them, unemployment and underemployment among Hispanics can be eliminated during this time. Although the present system of job training and employment programs is…

This publication of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) describes a project investigating employment and training in Greece, Spain, and Portugal. An introduction tells why CEDEFOP has given priority to those countries. The second section reports the project's examination of the textiles and ready-to-wear…

This report centers around a plant-level study of the development and utilization of human resources in the context of technological change and industrial restructuring in the crankshaft production area of Ford Motor Company's Dearborn Engine Plant (DEP). The introductory chapter describes how the study was conducted, provides an introduction to…