The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether a post-high school vocational training program for horticultural workers is needed in Kansas. A preliminary survey of 76 nursery and six turfgrass firms and interviews with horticulture management personnel were conducted to provide direction and guidance for the final study. The final survey…

The general perspective suggested by this paper is for the states to capitalize on the "new" educational money made available to them by Federal legislation to adopt a strategy for reforming its schools which includes (1) using the problem of the disadvantaged as the means for initiating widespread reform for all children, and (2) making…

The potential value of radio and television in labor education, technical aspects, information dissemination, practical measures for promoting labor education broadcasting, and additional means of promoting the production of suitable program materials were discussed at this 1967 International Labour Office (ILO) workshop of labor educators and…

The Social Work Education Planning and Assessment (SWEPA) System is an information system designed to function within social work education toward two main purposes: (1) to help schools more effectively specify their own educational objectives, plan their social work education projects to achieve these objectives, mark their progress toward this…

A review of followup study research is reported which focused on issues and trends in the evaluation of vocational education programs and their implications for human resource development. The analysis of representative studies selected from a survey of the literature is divided into four sections, one for each of four types of studies: (1)…

Following a brief description of primary and secondary education in Sweden, the aims and contents of the reform of higher education implemented in July 1977 are summarized. Basic higher studies (undergraduate courses), organized partly as education programs and partly as single course, are described, including admission requirements and the…

This second of a three-volume report of a study done to assess the feasibility of large-scale, countercyclical public job creation contains chapter 2 of the report on the methods and findings with respect to job-creating activities, their job-creation potential, and related characteristics. (Volume 1, comprised of the report's first chapter,…

The government's role in retraining unemployed workers during nonrecession periods should be to subsidize retraining as they subsidize job search by way of the unemployment compensation system. The retraining subsidy should be about the same order of magnitude as the job search subsidy and should be administered by the public employment service…

The sourcebook of tables presents basic descriptive statistics on all questions asked in the 1972-73 Quality of Employment Survey. Based on the Survey of Working Conditions 1969-70, this second survey obtained data from the same population and repeated the same core measures, with some adjustment. Data for the survey were obtained through personal…

Texts of speeches given at the Adult Student Personnel Association conference regarding career change in mid-life are presented. They include: Socio-Political Implications of Career Changes (Vinia R. Quinones), discussing educational needs, relocation, psychological, political, and social implications regarding women and career changes; Continuous…

United States counties were classified along a dimension of urban-rural residence. At one extreme of the dimension were inner cities of greater metropolitan areas; at the other extreme were totally rural counties without direct proximity to a metropolitan center. The socioeconomic characteristics of each county were compared for 1970 and for…

An exploratory study on unemployment among black teenage females in two urban poverty neighborhoods in New York City (Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant) was conducted by the Metropolitan Applied Research Center (MARC) during 1970-71. The unemployment rate among black teenage females (16-19 years) has ranged from 28.4 percent in 1958 to 35.5 percent in…

The report presents occupational information and projected employment in an abbreviated form intended to facilitate career and educational planning. Occupations requiring post-secondary education are emphasized. The job descriptions, qualifications, and employment outlook are arranged into 13 career cluster areas: (1) industry, (2) business, (3)…

This study describes and evaluates the participation and status achievements of Orientals in the labor market, with particular attention to factors affecting such participation and whether differences in participation of Orientals and whites reflect discrimination. Inequalities and discrimination within the labor market are examined in terms of…

The purpose of the research described in the report is twofold. First, it is to analyze the relative benefits and costs of on-line computerized placement systems. The techniques developed for such an analysis which might be useful in evaluating other manpower programs are presented. Second, it is to provide a prototype model which shows how…