Four background papers prepared for an assembly on industry/education cooperation and a summary of discussions and recommendations which came out of the assembly are contained in this report. After Henry Halsted's introduction to the report and to the theme of the relationship of industry and education, Herbert E. Striner's paper, "The Joint…

A JOINT CONFERENCE OF PERSONNEL CONCERNED WITH EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MANPOWER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD), OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION, WAS CALLED BY THE DOD TO CONSIDER HOW THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS COULD COLLABORATE. THE DOD PROPOSED USING THE ENORMOUS POWER OF ITS PROCUREMENT SYSTEM TO…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS (1) TO ANALYZE SELECTED ASPECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCES OF 1,184 ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS WHO WERE PERMANENTLY LAID OFF BY 62 DEFENSE-ORIENTED AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONICS COMPANIES DURING AN 18-MONTH PERIOD ENDING MARCH 31, 1965, AND (2) TO DESCRIBE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA'S…

DETAILED NATIONAL STATISTICS ARE GIVEN ON VARIOUS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE LABOR RESERVE. THE LABOR RESERVE IS COMPRISED OF THOSE PERSONS CLASSIFIED AS NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE AT THE TIME OF THE CENSUS BUT WHO HAD HAD SOME WORK EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE 10 YEARS PRECEDING 1960. THE STATISTICS ARE BASED ON A 5 PERCENT SAMPLE…

AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM TESTED TWO HYPOTHESES--(1) UNEMPLOYED MINORITY GROUP YOUTH WITH TRAINING AND REINFORCEMENT COULD SUCCEED IN JOBS IN MIDDLE-CLASS SETTINGS AND (2) HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN DROPOUTS IN COMPETING FOR JOBS, BUT DROPOUTS ALSO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE TRAINING PROGRAM. IN NEW YORK CITY,…

THE MACOMB ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SPONSORED A COUNTY SURVEY BY EDUCATORS AND LAY CITIZENS TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT STATUS AND THE FUTURE NEED FOR OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION. DATA WERE COLLECTED ON SUCH VARIABLES AS POPULATION TRENDS, CURRENT AND PROJECTED MANPOWER NEEDS, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, OCCUPATIONAL PLANS OF HIGH SCHOOL…

EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR 1960, ESTIMATED EMPLOYMENT FOR 1965 AND 1970, ESTIMATES OF ADDITIONAL WORKERS NEEDED BY 1970, AND SALARY INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF OCCUPATIONS IN THE DENVER AREA. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM A DENVER STUDY, "JOBS AND THE FUTURE," BY ROBERT VAUGHAN OF THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE CO., 1962, AND…

Based on the current definition for farm population (all persons living in rural territory on places which in the reporting year had, or normally would have had, sales of agricultural products of $1,000 or more), an average of 6,241,000 persons lived on farms in the United States in 1979, a drop of 2.8% from the 1978 figures. Whites constituted…

An assessment was made of the degree to which a consistent, integrated, and coordinated effort is being made to provide vocational education services in Iowa. To assess the extent of cooperative relationships between selected human service agencies, five field visits were made to meet with representatives of local agencies and service centers…

The linkage between formal education and the development efforts of third world nations is examined. Consideration is given to the fields in which education may be most helpful, such as social, political, and cultural. The extent to which the development of education itself is a part of the total national development effort is also discussed. A…

Three hundred fifty representatives of agencies, business, the government, and labor met to address the issues and problems of youth employment and unemployment. Following opening addresses by Governor Joseph P. Teasdale (Missouri) and representatives of the Departments of Labor and Education, participants attended a keynote panel discussion of…

In this presentation, Craig D. Musick, director of training for the Graniteville Company in South Carolina and president of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), focuses on how research can contribute to a better understanding of the vocational training process. He states that only by working together with the schools can…

A study was conducted to determine the role of the older worker in the American labor force, to analyze reasons behind the changing role of the older worker, and to make recommendations for employers, unions, and the government on age-neutral personnel policies responsive to the needs of an increasingly older work force. Data on the demographic,…

A study of the potential of using older people as aides in child welfare services involved interviews with 467 older people and 95 social work professionals in New Jersey. Focus was on relationships among individual differences such as attitudes and beliefs, potential areas of conflict between staff and the elderly volunteer, and what roles and…

A program of research to determine the need for teachers to carry out programs of bilingual education is outlined. The first component of the program deals with the need for bilingual personnel and addresses such policy issues as eligibility for bilingual education, regional concentration of eligibles, participation of non-eligibles, and…