The results of this study, comparing the employment of women in professional and managerial positions in the Soviet Union and the United States, indicate that women in the Soviet Union have made considerably greater progress than American women in the attainment of professional positions. Differences are less in managerial positions. (Author/JB)

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS CURRENT PAMPHLETS AND BROCHURES ON OCCUPATIONS FOR COLLEGE-TRAINED WOMEN. THEY ARE ORGANIZED BY JOBS AND DATE AND PRICE ARE GIVEN WHEN AVAILABLE. MANY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND INDUSTRIAL PERSONNEL DEPARTMENTS PROVIDE FREE LITERATURE. TO LOCATE MATERIAL BY FIELD OF STUDY, A CROSS REFERENCE INDEX IS PROVIDED. A SAMPLE LETTER…

Japanese Americans have attained a remarkable degree of assimilation, especially on the part of the Sansei, the second American-born generation. In a sample of Sansei studied, three in four report having at least one non-Japanese friend; only 24 percent adhere to Buddhism (as compared to 37 percent among the Nisei, the first American-born…

THE TABLES AND BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE TEST ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR SECTIONS. THE FIRST PART CONCERNS TRENDS IN SALARIES PAID TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF MEMBERS IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, JUNIOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, TOGETHER WITH INFORMATION ON SCHEDULED SALARIES AND SALARIES PAID THE INSTRUCTIONAL…

In presenting a forecast of the emergence of the police profession using a sociological approach based on societal processes and relations, both the discussion of professionalization of the police in the bourgeois literature and a more general discussion of the professions by Talcott Parsons, taken as the foremost structural-functional theorist of…

This document gives information on employees in colleges and universities in New York State. Tables cover: (1) number of employees by professional and nonprofessional classification, 1972-73 and 1973-74; (2) number of full-time employees by selected occupational activities and institutional classification, 1972-73 and 1973-74; (3) total number of…

This study applies a model of institutional socialization to the institution of college sport. Five variables were generated with reference to college sport as an agent of socialization and to the occupations of medicine, law, and business. The degree to which these five variables exist in the U.S. was investigated by means of a questionnaire…

Information is presented regarding the functions of the building program consultant in the architectural programing of buildings, with particular reference to activity analysis, depth interviews, prediction accuracy, quantitative analysis, and the program summary of spaces, which is a tabular recapitulation of information gathered. Consideration…

The purpose of this book is to provide a practical guide for persons who are responsible for the issuance of the small magazine. It deals with accepted methods and techniques used in getting out such periodicals, with standards and sources of content material, with various matters relating to physical appearance, and with executive and…

VIEW (Vital Information for Education and Work) is a compilation of 300 separate sheets each of which presents information about an occupation, ranging from actor and actress to zoologist. Each sheet contains the DOT (Dictionary of Occupational Titles) classification number, a description of the occupation, qualitative job information, employment…

Relates an engineering educator's experience working in a nonacademic engineering project and discusses how such experience helps the educator prepare students for engineering jobs. (MLH)

The need for competency in management responsibilities provides the thrust of this article. The challenges outlined for the professional engineer include a sound grasp of the relevant technology, communication skills, and the ability to deal effectively with people. (CS)

Outlined is the impact of computers on engineering management decisions in the future. The impact includes information used in evaluating alternatives, simulation for decision-making, and monitoring performance achievement. (CS)

Demonstrated that reference groups which were not membership groups were significantly associated with self-image. Focusing on architectural students, it showed that although reference to artists was not dominant for most of the subjects, a significant difference exists between self-images of students who referred to artists and those who did not.…