The proceedings of the Georgetown Round Table on language and public life are divided into four sections dealing with: (1) language in public life and international affairs, (2) language spread and language policy, (3) language and the professions, and (4) the language of public persuasion. The articles in these sections treat the following…

Job loss is a stressful event, partially because of the obvious stress of economic deprivation. However, research shows that job loss also has psychological effects. The impact of losing a job has been investigated in terms of personality (self esteem, mental health, and affective states) and in terms of the transitional stages of reactions to job…

Gives employment opportunity information in the following fields where foreign language can be used as an auxiliary skill: 1) Business, Industry, Commerce; 2) Civil Service; 3) Education; 4) Law; 5) Library Science; 6) Media; 7) Science; 8) Service; 9) Social Sciences; 10) Travel, Tourism. The fields of foreign language teaching and interpretation…

Since World War II, the U.S. has had an economy primarily based on human services. Human services are labor intensive and produce an intangible product. In the light of the growing environmental crisis, it seems likely that, if we are to survive, increasing numbers of people will be employed in service work that does not deplete our resources and…

TO EXAMINE A NUMBER OF STEREOTYPES AND IMPRESSIONS HELD BY SOCIAL SCIENTISTS ABOUT DIFFERENCES IN RURAL-URBAN ATTITUDES, THIS RESEARCH ANALYZED THE RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS FROM 20 NATIONAL OPINION POLLS CONDUCTED BY THE GALLUP ORGANIZATION AND THE NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER FROM 1953 TO 1965. COMPARISONS WERE MADE BETWEEN THE RESPONSES OF…

Employment trends for sociologists in federal service are examined for the period 1975 to 1985. Bureau of Labor statistics indicate that the number of persons seeking employment as sociologists in both government and private positions in the 1980s is likely to greatly exceed available job openings. Figures show that for an average of 800 sociology…

The scarcity of women in engineering prompted the design of this program which moves eligible women into engineering with 12 months of intensive course work. Qualifications for entry included a college degree with emphasis in math or science, underemployed or employed in non-degree related work. Evaluation activities included program monitoring,…

Changes made by new professional legislation governing the professions and their organization in Quebec are reviewed. Focus is on the protection of the public with respect to the distribution of professional services. This is done by (1) setting qualifying standards for candidates for the professions to guarantee high quality professional…

This speech, by a member of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education's Commission on Education for the Profession of Teaching (CEPT) and one of the authors of the CEPT report, is a discussion of CEPT. He begins by discussing whether or not the teaching profession and teacher education are "real" professions. He takes…

The study was designed to discover and describe planning strategies used by persons developing continuing professional education (CPE) programs for six professional fields. From the descriptions of practice in the six professions, a general model portraying the program development process was developed and used for comparative analysis. The study…

Information is a staple of modern society upon which nearly every human being depends. Yet there is a mismatch between the information needs and the information that is available. To assess information needs, a conceptual framework must be built. Information is defined as a symbol or set of symbols which has the potential for meaning. Finding a…

This study examines a set of hypotheses relating obsolescence to career patterns, professional activities, and certain aspects of the organizational climate in an attempt to discern the dynamics of obsolescence among graduate engineers in the United States. Based on a sample, two measures of technical obsolescence were used. One involved the…

Does the concern for various topics in professional journals cut across professional lines? The purpose of this study was to determine if a commonality of concern existed among the professions, as evidenced in the following journals: Journal of Medical Education; Journal of Legal Education; Journal of Teacher Education; English Education; and The…

This report describes the experience of a group of New Careers paraprofessionals who were trained in human service occupations by the National Committee on Employment of Youth (NCEY) in a special project in 1965 and 1966 and employed by a variety of public and private human service agencies. The report provides data on the longest period for…

An essay to provide documentation evidence that training in English and literature, particularly at the college level, is invaluable in preparation for futures in law, medicine, and business is given. The information in the essay is based on a recent, private survey. The type of student in question was assumed to be above average. The information…