This report presents findings of a National Science Foundation (NSF) assessment of the adequacy of the supply of science, engineering, and technician (SET) personnel for meeting defense and non-defense requirements between 1982 and 1987. Selected findings included in the report follow. Based on four scenarios representing combinations of low and…

This report presents an analysis of science, engineering, and technician (SET) employment within manufacturing industries based on data from the 1977 and 1980 Occupational Employment Statistics survey. The purposes of the report are to: (1) summarize employment data for detailed SET occupations in manufacturing to describe demand patterns; (2)…

A study sought to determine if there is a relationship between certain types of school districts and demand for greater number of teachers in certain teaching specialties. These relationships were determined by using muliple regression, contingency table analysis, and cluster analysis methods with data from the 1979-80 Sample Survey of Teacher…

In 1981, each of the 30 State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges collected follow-up data on its 1980 graduates, using varying survey instruments. Overall findings, based on a statewide response rate of 72%, included the following: (1) 90.2% of the respondents had either transferred to a four-year college or found employment; (2) of…

While the Federal Government has been involved in the care of the elderly since the depression, a comprehensive and unified national retirement policy has never been established. Federal programs for the aged have avoided cutbacks, but adaptations in present retirement policy are required to meet the needs of young and old alike. Although public…

Pay equity is the most important issue affecting all women (but especially women of color) seeking economic equity in the workplace. Over the last two decades, the earnings of White women as a percentage of the earnings of White men have remained constant at about 60%. The wages of women of color, on the other hand, increased dramatically (as a…

An approach to gathering information on tenure ratios and the use of an uncomplicated computer planning model are discussed. The approach employs the Interactive Financial Planning System (IFPS) developed by EXECUCOM. The IFPS computer simulation system can be used by administrators with minimal technical knowledge. Information required to…

In summer 1983, the Howard County Employment Planning Council, Howard Community College, and several other county agencies and businesses joined forces in a countywide planning activity designed to identify important employment trends in the county and to define the need for training and retraining programs in response to those trends. A survey…

The article discusses the literature dealing with Chicano poverty and the Chicano population in comparison to Whites and Blacks in the Southwest. It also identifies the Chicano poor, their population, and what is happening to them. (NQ)

A statistical breakdown. (CH)

Training for a specific field must reflect the diversity of that field and also remain flexible enough to accommodate fluctuations in the job market and the field, as marine technology illustrates. (Editor)

As the fifth and last survey of fall 1975 entering students in Hawaii community colleges who discontinued their enrollment, this report summarizes questionnaire responses of 159 (48% of sample reporting) students who enrolled through fall 1977 but did not enroll in spring 1978. The survey elicited their reasons for non-continuance, spring 1978…

This report by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics covers youth employment and education, and their interwoven causes and results. Numerous statistical charts and explanatory notes are included. Factors, such as age, race, sex and status, are analyzed. (MML)

Analyzes some of the major administrative forces, personalities, problems and issues which will converge, it is stated, as urban governments seek to address the "urban crisis" from the perspective of black urban dwellers: the "urban crises" includes resource demands (i.e. for energy) and growing requests for expanded social services, unemployment…

Argues that in most black families, whether low income or not, both spouses share decision making and the performance of expected tasks: national data show that over 70 percent of the heads of black families are males, and that the husband's earnings surpass the wife's in most low income black families. (Author/JM)