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Texas Coll. and Univ. System, Austin. Coordinating Board. – 1978
This report provides information on the relation between postsecondary education output in Texas and career opportunities in the Texas job market. Comparisons are made based on 1977-1983 projected averages for occupational openings available to entrants into the state labor market according to five levels of educational attainment. Comparison of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Degrees (Academic), Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Download full textBureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), New York, NY. – 1977
A survey was conducted regarding the occupational training provided by employers for fourteen occupations in four metalworking industries. The fourteen occupations selected for study included crane operator, electrician, layout worker, machine tool setter, machinist, mechanic, sheet metal worker, and tool and die maker. The four industries…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educational Resources, Employer Attitudes, Enrollment Influences
Cowan, Douglas K. – 1977
Military and civil service carpenters, masons, and plumbers were surveyed using a job inventory checklist and relative time spent rating method along with background item responses. Job clustering and job typing of combined responses were performed and comparisons were made between civilian and military groups as well as comparisons between the…
Descriptors: Bricklaying, Carpentry, Civil Engineering, Cluster Grouping
VanSlyke, Judy Kulstad – 1982
A survey of members of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) was conducted to create a profile of members working at educational institutions in fundraising and institutional advancement, and to compare the profile of female practitioners with that of male practitioners. Of the 928 respondents, 61% were male and 39% were…
Descriptors: Communications, Educational Finance, Employee Responsibility, Females
Harris, Karen R.; And Others – 1982
A study examined the personality characteristics and self-concepts of 110 teachers-in-training to see how these variables related to the subjects' humanistic versus authoritarian orientations toward pupil control. It was found that the humanistically oriented educators tended to be emotionally stable, realistic, expedient, happy-go-lucky,…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Style, Communication Research
Russell, Jill Frymier – 1981
A study was conducted to determine what occupations nationally are new and changing and if they need curriculum development at the vocational education level. The process used to conduct this study involved four steps: identifying new and changing occupations, collecting information about the occupations, locating available instructional…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demand Occupations, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Stapp, Joy; Fulcher, Robert – 1980
Preliminary results of the 1979 Doctorate Employment Survey, which is designed to assess the employment experiences of new doctorates in psychology, are briefly described. The survey focuses on employment status, employment settings, and salaries, and is the first survey designed to allow respondents to provide detailed information on their…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Employment Experience, Employment Level, Followup Studies
Froomkin (Joseph) Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
The effects of additional years of education on earnings, employment prospects, and work establishment are analyzed, based on information contained in the Survey of Income and Education conducted in the spring of 1976. The effects of additional years of education upon earnings are translated in a variety of ways: less unemployment, higher wages…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Background
Slesnick, Frank – 1980
Alumni of Bellarmine College, Kentucky, who had obtained B.A. or B.S. degrees from 1974 to 1978 were surveyed in 1979. Areas of assessment were as follows: majors, desired occupation at time of graduation, attendance at graduate school, present employment status, jobs held by respondents, reasons why respondents chose their present jobs,…
Descriptors: Alumni, Career Choice, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship
Coast Guard Inst., Oklahoma City, OK. – 1978
Papers presented at the Military Testing Association Conference focused on technical information and experience in the area of personnel management. Papers were contributed by representatives of American and foreign business, educational, and military communities. Topics for the 17 sections comprising the conference were: (1) Occupational surveys;…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Females, Job Analysis, Military Personnel
Ellis, Susanne D. – 1979
The types of positions that physicists accept to start their careers are evaluated through a survey conducted by the American Institute of Physics. It is suggested that the economic recession and declining job market has had an effect on the transition from a physics education to the start of a career. The amount of time spent by 1977-78 physics…
Descriptors: Age, Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, Careers
LANGBEHN, WILLIAM A. – 1966
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO (1) DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE IN THE PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SCHOOLS, (2) IDENTIFY OCCUPATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURE, (3) IDENTIFY ENROLLEE CHARACTERISTICS, (4) RECOMMEND VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT, (5) DETERMINE ENROLLMENT MOTIVES, AND (6) CHECK THE STATUS OF…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Employment Opportunities
Busha, Charles H. – 1979
An organized approach to the assessment of the present and anticipated training needs of local business and industry is presented for two-year colleges with an occupational education orientation. The manual first presents a rationale for and a definition of employer needs assessments. Next the requirements for raw and relative data are discussed,…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Employer Attitudes
Ammerman, Harry L. – 1977
Designed to be of value to both occupational curriculum personnel and those persons concerned with noncurriculum issues of occupational description and updating of job content information, this volume is the second of a five-volume set describing a systematic approach for constructing task inventories, surveying the task performance of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Guidelines, Guides, Job Skills
Nollen, Stanley D.; And Others – 1977
An exploratory study attempted (1) to learn why some employers use permanent part time employment and others do not, (2) to suggest what the benefits and costs of part-time employment are, and (3) to describe which work settings are well-suited to part time employment and which are not. Data were obtained from personal interviews and mail…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Business, Clerical Occupations, Employer Attitudes
