Reduced socioeconomic disparities between Blacks and Whites have been accompanied by increased disparity in percentage employed because of (1) substitution of schooling and military service for employment by young Blacks; (2) reduced work experience and disrupted employment for Blacks because of later average age leaving school and armed forces;…

The decision to return a man to combat duty was found to be related to biographical variables, and the nature of these relationships were found to have significant reliability. Also, evidence suggested that biographical variables were salient depending on whether the diagnostic group was character disorder or neurotic. (Author)

Discussion of some of the social ramifications of a National Service Program. (MC)

A former deputy secretary of defense discusses the important role of vocational education in maintaining our national defenses. Discusses the strength of the United States military services in comparison with those of the Soviet Union. Indicates that the vocational education system plays a vital part in our military preparedness. (JOW)

Discusses the vital role of military reserve forces in our national defense and the importance of collaboration between vocational education and the reserve forces with respect to training. (JOW)

Discusses how social class origins of age-eligible men have affected their likelihood of being drafted into military service since the Civil War. Holds that class bias in any future system must be considered a major social cost accompanying the revival of conscription. (Author/GC)

Some principles which have guided the U.S. Coast Guard in selecting, training, and developing capable managers in the past 200 years include: quality organizational executives, a selection process based on past performance, management of time, management experience, high ethical level, organizational "belonging," and immediate and…

Describes one English teacher's experience as he moved from 20 years of teaching on a military base to teaching college English at a two-year institution. (HB)

In the twilight of Larry Nowlin's long career as an educator, the Arkansas superintendent should be thinking about building up his retirement. But his second job--as a command sergeant major with the Arkansas National Guard--has eaten up some of his nest egg and several of the last seven years, something over which the 57-year-old Nowlin has no…

This paper uses the 2000 Census 1-in-6 sample to look at the long-term impact of Vietnam-era military service. Instrumental Variables estimates using draft-lottery instruments show post-service earnings losses close to zero in 2000, in contrast with earlier results showing substantial earnings losses for white veterans in the 1970s and 1980s. The…

The purpose of this research was to apply the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) in a model of youths' career choice intentions and parents' recommendation intentions. Specifically, a TPB model was developed for youth-parent dyads and tested with SEM to examine parental influence on youth intentions as well as behavior. Results indicated that a…

Using self-reported academic cheating from the classes of 1959 through 2002 at the three major United States military service academies (Air Force, Army, and Navy), we measure how peer cheating influences individual cheating behavior. We find higher levels of peer cheating result in a substantially increased probability that an individual will…

This guide is designed to help teachers prepare lessons about the purpose, history, organization, and functions of the selective service system. The following topics are covered in the guide's seven sections: the selective service system today; history of conscription in the United States; history of the selective service system; organization and…

Article investigated some guidelines to be used by the civilian psychiatrist in determining those individuals suitable for the stresses of military life. (Author/RK)

The National Security Council decided in Spring 1967 that deferments should not be provided for first or second-year male graduate students in other than medical fields. The Council of Graduate Schools and the Scientific Manpower Commission then sent questionnaires to US graduate schools to determine how many male students would not be deferred,…