In recent years the economy of the Dominican Republic has experienced rapid growth without reducing urban unemployment. The research project measured the relationship between growth and employment, examining the behavior of factors affecting labor demand and supply. Available from: ILO Publications, International Labour Office, CH-1211, Geneva,…

Because of rapid technological advancement broad opportunities and challenges are indicated for future engineers and scientists. (BP)

Forecasts long-range austerity measures in higher education, involving the promotion of vastly expanded occupational training programs and sharply declining liberal arts programs in the 1970's, resultingfrom the economic crisis. Corporate profit-seeking is suggested as the cause of current product shortages and inflation. (SF)

Blacks have received the largest share of aid under Federally assisted manpower programs, especially youth oriented programs. Comments are offered concerning direct and indirect benefits of some of these programs. In spite of such programs most of the human resources of blacks remain untapped, reflecting the enormity of the task. (SA)

The article responds to a national survey of State rehabilitation job placement personnel and synthesizes the materials received from 42 states pertaining to placement efforts, personnel, and duties. (EA)

A discussion of problems of educational development in Nigeria focusingon the responsibility for and control of the nations' educational system, its diversification, the need to relate the schools' curricula to national manpower needs, and the issue of finance. (EH)

The North Carolina Manpower Development Corporation recently experimented with two methods of program evaluation (the tax payback method and the earn back method) and found strengths and weaknesses in each. (Author/BP)

The authors, with reference to four research studies of rehabilitation counseling graduates, report on the professionalization of rehabilitation counseling and outline some emergent implications for manpower policy. (Author/EA)

Argues that techniques for measuring returns to education must be developed. The reliance of productivity on quality of education is stressed. The productivity question in higher education is not one of how to reduce the time and money spent on each student, but that of increasing the student's output during his work life. (Author/AM)

Local labor unions know where the jobs are, what kind of training is needed, what kind of equipment is used, and can predict the needs of the local labor market. Several schools are involved in curriculum projects in which labor unions are cooperating with schools to prepare students for apprenticeships. (Author/BP)