The author writes in favor of gearing educational systems to long-term manpower requirements as he responds to Professor Mark Blaug's article ("Prospects" v2, n4, Winter 1973) which advocates cost-benefit analysis as a tool for educational planning. (JH)

Article outlines the benefits of an organized induction program for manpower development. (GB)

Ser'', the Spanish verb to be'', is used as an acronym (Service, Employment, and Redevelopment) for a national manpower effort directed by and for Spanish-speaking Americans. (MF)

Occupational training programs for employed as well as unemployed workers at every skill level and public systems of continuous training and education for adults, expanding in three Western European countries, merit American attention. (MF)

Factors on the NATB most statistically related to job performance were conceptually similar to Jensen's Level 1 abilities, Cattell's Fluid Intelligence, Perceptual Speed Dexterity, and Memory. WAIS Verbal and Full-Scale IQs were not significantly related to employment success. Reading skill and other verbal abilities are not essential to NATB…

Study finds little coordination between rehabilitation efforts and employment. (Editor)

A vocationally-related adult basic education curriculum would include diagnostic testing, identifying academic skills, group planning, availability of instructional materials, parallel teaching of office procedures, and team teaching. (DS)

A successful program must be able to offer participants the jobs which they consider superior to their presently available alternatives. (Editor)

Industry-taxed training system shows sturdy growth. (Editor)

The benefits and problems of the trimester plan are explored, with conclusion that it is extremely difficult to maintain a summer student body and faculty equal to the spring and fall terms. (IR)