This report describes the status of marine career education in the United States as of July 1975. The objectives of this work are: (1) to assess the current and future manpower needs, (2) to determine the extent of curriculum offerings, (3) to report the availability of relevant materials, (4) to describe the need for new program offerings, (5) to…

This report summarizes a doctoral dissertation that attempted to determine the criteria used by school districts in selecting administrative personnel other than superintendents at the district office level. Data were gathered through questionnaires mailed to all superintendents of school districts with more than 10,000 students in eight Rocky…

The report documents the results of a national survey of the aviation mechanics' occupation. The study surveyed 151 companies in the four industrial categories of the aviation industry and was concerned only with the certificated airframe and powerplant mechanic. Results of the study provide the following: (1) identification of the technical…

This study was designed to determine the career profiles of all science teacher graduates during the three study years from the Iowa Regents institutions. A questionnaire was mailed to each graduate, and responses were categorized into one of nine career profile patterns. An examination of the end point of each career pattern indicated that: 54…

The Occupational Shortages Reporting System (OSRS) is a computerized system developed to produce quick and accurate reports on occupational shortages for given time periods and given occupations in Texas. The system's salient features are: easy and fast retrievability of information; expandability of the data base (from the present 1,254…

The number of vocational education graduates from public schools in Tennessee for 1973-74 is compared to employment needs for the same period. The projected number of vocational jobs was 62,068; public school vocational graduates numbered 50,154. Charts also show whether secondary, postsecondary and adult training programs' graduates for 1973 were…

Based on a survey of 40.8 percent (1,094) of the members of American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT), this report documents women's characteristics and their contributions to the broadcasting field. Sections of the report provide bar graphs depicting: (1) the types of companies and agencies where AWRT members work; (2) the types of jobs held…

This study focuses upon the childhood and adolescent career choices of college freshman women. Subjects were 1188 women entering the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee as freshmen. These women were asked to complete the "Life Planning Questionnaire for Women," and to check those occupations, from a list of 135 from the Strong Vocational Interest…

Statistical information on full-time federal civilian white-collar employment was collected and compared with a 1966 survey to assess programs and identify areas where greater efforts must be made to assure equal opportunity for women. Data were collected from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, the 50 states, U.S. territories, and foreign…

Contained are the results of a survey designed to determine the demand for engineers and technicians in industry, education and government in June-July, 1968. Questionnaire returns from 926 organizations employing a total of 270,617 engineers and technicians constituted the basis for the analysis. Some of the major findings are that (1) large…

Five speeches presented at the 41st annual meeting of the National Council on Schoolhouse Construction, October 1964. Of particular interest are the results of a survey of 390 graduate schools, colleges or departments of education seeking information on the courses offered and scope of training given school plant planning specialists. (FPO)

In order to meet the need for media-support personnel with training relevant to the kinds of tasks needed to be performed, the Jobs in Instruction Media Study (JIMS) analyzed jobs and set up guidelines for job structures and training curricula for work performed in the field. In order to gather information about what media personnel do on the job,…

This report presents the overview and study of educational programs and employment opportunities in health in Connecticut and in the Northeast. The overview emphasizes recommendations; Connecticut health-related educational programs; Connecticut employment of selected health occupations; projections; state agencies as employer/educator; profiles…

Several empirical studies of the status attainment process have demonstrated that the influence of first occupation on current status decays as the time in the labor force advances. In this study three mutually exclusive models are postulated to account for this phenomenon. Using synthetic cohort data from 834 employed non-farm males, strong…

The document describes the employment patterns of reservation and nonreservation American Indians in New Mexico and Arizona. Topics cover (1) reservation characteristics; (2) 5 selected reservations; (3) Federal government employment; (4) state and local government employment; (5) public school employment; and (6) private employment. Discussion…