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Urban and Rural Systems Associates, San Francisco, CA. – 1976
As part of a larger study of the success and problems of women as applicants to and students in the schools of eight health professions, the study of osteopathic medicine involved interviews with administrators, faculty, and medical students. Its central purpose was to identify any characteristics of the profession--in its history, organization,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Admission (School), Females, Health Occupations
Friedland, William H. – 1981
Rural sociology confronts a continuing crisis of identity because of its failure to develop a sociology of agriculture. Historically, despite an initial focus on agriculture, rural sociology became deflected to the analysis of rurality. Recent emphasis of rural sociologists on the turnaround phenomenon is symptomatic, but fails to deal with the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Agriculture, Capitalism
Lorimer, Thomas; Bachu, Amara – 1980
Data pertaining to some basic aspects of women's participation in selected developing countries are presented in 13 charts, arranged alphabetically by region and country within region. Countries in each of the three major developing regions--Africa, Asia, and Latin America--are included when possible. Each chart presents data for a single topic in…
Descriptors: Age, Birth Rate, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations
Metz, A. Stafford; Sietsema, John P. – 1981
This report provides data on occupational outcomes (type of occupation, unemployed, and not in the labor force) as of February, 1978, by major field of study for persons who received bachelor's degrees during the July 1, 1976-June 30, 1977, school year. Section 1 presents findings that summarize the occupational outcome data by major field of…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Clerical Occupations, College Graduates, Demand Occupations
PEARCE, C.A.; AND OTHERS – 1964
GROUPS OF TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS ARE COMPARED IN TERMS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, SOURCE OF WORKERS, AND EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS. SURVEY FINDINGS ARE GIVEN FOR EMPLOYER TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYER VIEWS AND POLICIES ON THE UTILIZATION OF TECHNICIANS. THE SURVEY DATA WERE DERIVED FROM A SAMPLE OF 17,414 ESTABLISHMENTS…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Educational Background, Educational Needs, Educational Programs
Cassara, Beverly B. – 1977
This paper is a three-part narrative report of a study in which structured interviews were conducted with 30 professional women in higher education in West Berlin to determine their career attitudes and aspirations. Background information includes an account of the author's preparation for conducting the study and her concern for semantics in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Cultural Influences, Educational Attitudes, Educational Research
Williams, M. Ruth; Lindberg, David S. – 1975
The publication, intended primarily as a textbook for an introductory course in medical technology, also contains information useful to high school and junior college guidance counselors and of interest to medical technologists as a reference on the historical background of the profession. The book first defines medical technology and then…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Allied Health Occupations Education, Certification, Clinical Experience
Educational Factors, Inc., San Jose, CA. – 1976
Developed for the Spanish-speaking student at the nonreading level (Level A), this booklet is one of three modules (Levels A, B, and C) in a curriculum unit on the school nurse. (The curriculum unit is one of a series of 12 curriculum units, each on a different occupation, designed to develop career awareness in migrant and non-migrant…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Educational Factors, Inc., San Jose, CA. – 1976
Developed for the Spanish-speaking student at the beginning reader level (Level B), this booklet is one of three modules (Levels A, B, and C) in a curriculum unit on the school nurse. (The curriculum unit is one of a series of 12 curriculum units, each on a different occupation, designed to develop career awareness in migrant and non-migrant…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Educational Factors, Inc., San Jose, CA. – 1976
Developed for the Spanish-speaking student at the advanced reader level (Level C), this booklet is one of three modules (Levels A, B, and C) in a curriculum unit on the school nurse. (The curriculum unit is one of a series of 12 curriculum units, each on a different occupation, designed to develop career awareness in migrant and non-migrant…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Cully, Mark – 2003
A study examined how the occupational structure of the Australian labor market evolved and how individuals fared in the process. It identified issues in defining skill and knowledge and followed Elias and McKnight (2001) in stating that sufficient evidence showed a very high correlation between job-required cognitive ability and ordinal skill…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Development, Demand Occupations, Educational Demand
Holland, Carl D.; Sullivan, Quintin E. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1994
A multidisciplinary faculty development project at Illinois State University increased faculty expertise about aging, integrated faculty knowledge into undergraduate courses, produced 50 instructional units, increased student knowledge about the rural elderly, generated faculty research on minority and poor elderly, established a multidisciplinary…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Health Services, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Gerontology
Stolpe, Ernest J. – 1984
This study was designed to ascertain, from the empirical evidence available, the common characteristics of successful licensure efforts in the allied health occupations. A pattern of three steps to licensure for health care occupations emerged from the literature. The first step is birth (of a new occupation), often caused by new technology (new…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Personnel, Certification
Robon, Nancy C. – 1977
Graduates of high school, two-year college, and four-year college business programs were surveyed to determine the perceived relevance of that education, job and salary levels secured, and graduates' opinions of their education. Questionnaires eliciting information on job titles, amount of education necessary to obtaining their jobs, and the…
Descriptors: Age, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Business Education
Zubin, Judie – 1982
The Women's Management Development Project (WMDP)--initiated at Goucher College in 1977 to provide job reentry opportunities at the professional or management level to college-educated women in the Baltimore, Maryland, area--is described. The program involves a 6-month course of cognitive and experiential training, combined with individual and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Graduates, Employment Experience, Employment Potential
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