Data derived from the 1970 National Fertility Study (NFS II included post-married women, information on all compositional factors for each respondent, and an 18-item section on sex-role ideology) were used to test the following hypotheses: farm women are more traditional in sex-role ideology than nonfarm women; the higher the sex-role…

In order to bring national focus on the lack of minority engineers, more than 250 engineers, educators, students, and representatives of minority social action groups, professional and technical societies, foundations, industry, and government met to discuss the recruitment and financial support of minority students, program financing, and the…

This document is volume 3 of a four-volume report which describes the components of the Health Services Mobility Study (HSMS) method of task analysis, job ladder design, and curriculum development. Divided into four chapters, volume 3 is a manual for using HSMS computer based statistical procedures to design job structures and job ladders. Chapter…

This integrated review of national trends affecting the health care system is primarily intended to facilitate the planning efforts of health care providers and consumers, Government agencies, medical school administrators, health insurers, and companies in the medical market. It may also be useful to educators as a textbook to give their students…

This study and evaluation of development education initiatives at the higher or postsecondary level in some industrialized countries has been prepared within the context of the education and information programs supported by Action for Development, a United Nations program. An opening chapter gives background on development studies in general, and…

The circumstances in France surrounding the reform of the third and fourth years of university study (the second cycle) are considered. It is suggested that if the original problem stemmed from the expansion of university enrollments and the shortage of graduate jobs, the proposed solution called for vocationally oriented diversification; the…

Productivity is a major issue in every discussion about the national economy. There is growing evidence that lagging productivity is one of the roots of the national economic slowdown, manifested in high rates of inflation and unemployment, increased federal deficits, and in reduced ability to compete in international markets. Many economists…

An affirmative action requirement for government contractors imposed in 1974 by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) of the U.S. Department of Labor is reviewed from the point of view of a government contractor, especially an institution of higher education. The eight factor analysis requirement is designed to provide the…

Presented here are four case studies of urban collaborative educational programs: (1) the Dallas Independent School District - Magnet Arts High School; (2) the Los Angeles Unified School District Regional Occupational Centers Program/Skilled Training Education Program; (3) the Detroit Public Schools - Community High School; and (4) Philadephia's…

These proceedings of a dissemination conference on occupational research in Texas contain the texts of five reports and the abstracts of twelve research projects dealing with various aspects of vocational education. In the keynote address, on free enterprise and vocational education, the role of vocational education in preserving free enterprise…

This bibliography contains annotations of over 150 publications dealing with job creation and economic development. Focus is on recent publications, but some from the past 15 years are included to show the evolution of the job creation process. Materials are organized within the following nine major sections: (1) Human Resource Development, (2)…

The economic, social and educational needs of rural youth in England and Wales are not being met. Rural youth are defined as all young people between the ages of 10 and 25 living in areas more than 30 miles from towns of 250,000 inhabitants, or 20 miles from towns whose population is between 50,000 and 250,000. The rapid decrease in the…

This monograph develops a broad system of evaluation and classification of communication technologies from a public interest perspective. To do so involves applying concepts from the publishing world of print media to what can now be understood as an expanding system of electronic publishing. The paper also examines how the publishing elements in…

The laws, regulations, and rulings that are common to all cooperative education programs and that frequently present problems to coordinators, faculty, administrators, and employers are briefly explained. The objective is to provide coordinators of cooperative programs in education, business, industry, and government with a discussion of the…

Designed to provide information about skilled employment for women and to help students with career decision making, these Project NEW (Nontraditional Employment for Women) instructional materials contain lesson plans and learning activities for use in a five-day unit at the high school level. Lesson plans outlining daily objectives, lesson times,…