The three highest priorities for American foreign policy are avoiding nuclear war by working with the Soviet leadership to alter our present collision course, demonstrating our commitment to human rights throughout the world, and ensuring American economic prosperity by strengthening exports and ensuring the stability of the international monetary…

Issues in postdoctoral dental education and distinctions between the general practice residency and the advanced education program in general dentistry include: the need for practitioners and further specialization in the work force, society's health care needs, and changes in the health care industry, dental education, dental departments, and…

Examines why fewer college graduates from physics and science education departments become secondary school science teachers, what physics teachers encounter once they enter secondary schools, and why physics teachers leave secondary schools. Issues related to the latter area include low salaries, poorly equipped facilities, nonteaching duties,…

Discusses the school-work relationship for women, noting that pertinent research traditions (occupational status attainment research, human capital research) have focused on men and male-female differences. Suggests reworking the models to focus on male-female differences in education (academic achievement, course choices, school socialization).…

The most important educational process takes place outside of formal schooling. A development process which demands participation of the masses increases participation in acquisition of knowledge, particularly in the possibility of acquiring knowledge. Radical transformation in the relationship between production and power is required for mass…

Describes the College of DuPage's Business and Professional Institute, which emphasizes nontraditional education/training methods and support from the business and professional communities. Discusses the Institute's assumptions, implementation strategies, and analysis of applicable program models. Explains the matrix management model that was…

The assumption that Mexican emigration to the United States provides benefits to Mexico in the form of jobs for unemployed Mexicans and wage remittances has kept Mexican officials from discouraging illegal emigration. In fact, emigration drains the Mexican economy and should be a cause for Mexican government concern. (Author/MJL)

Contains five reports identifying critical issues facing counseling psychology. Discusses current and future problems and strategies for coping. Presents definitions and a perspective of the discipline of counseling psychology. Describes the relationship of counseling psychology to the marketplace. Discusses scientific and counselor education and…

Some studies of individual demand for higher education undertaken during the 1970s are reviewed. Although lifetime earnings are positively related to educational qualifications, rates of return to education do not seem to matter for either public or private educational decisions. (Author/MLW)

This paper examines the relationships between various economic outcomes and vocational training in high school for those who have completed exactly 12 years of schooling. The authors attempt to determine whether the findings remain robust when different surveys and time period of analysis, and other variations in specifications are used.…

Focuses on counseling workers who are left jobless when manufacturing plants close. Identifies settings in which redundancy counseling could take place, discussing goals of such counseling, and the special characteristics and counseling needs of displaced workers. (RC)

Discusses several factors relating to student attrition in higher education including the projected decrease in the population of college students, the state of the economy, and the nature of the job market. Also reviews the literature on college dropouts examining why students choose to leave college. (RC)

In discussing the role of education in assuring equity of opportunity for greater social and economic mobility, the conflicts among equity, open access, and the oversupply of educated labor are recognized. It is proposed that colleges can deal with these difficulties through improved advisement, instruction, and certification procedures. (AF)

Presented are trends and projections in social work doctoral education including: historical summary, review of existing studies, increasing productivity in next decade providing resources are not curtailed, and need for more emphasis on postdoctoral education. Central objectives in social work relate to social policy, teaching, and…

Home economics teachers need to know how to obtain occupational information to help students prepare for jobs and to substantiate validity of existing or new programs. Describes and discusses federal occupational information sources and grants, use of advisory committees, private industry information, and state committees. (MF)