Information, perceptions, and predictions from a variety of sources are brought together in this document to help guide planning and decision making at Monroe Community College (MCC). The first section examines national events and trends with implications for the future of MCC, including employment projections; educational norms; data on community…

A study was conducted to document the academic and career progress of representative groups of students in all 19 Kansas community colleges from first college entry to experiences after leaving college. In fall 1985, each college randomly selected 50 to 100 representative first-time, full-time freshmen who agreed in writing to complete an initial…

This document describes the resettlement of Hmong refugees in Orange County, California: what their employment experience has been, which resettlement efforts have been successful, and how current efforts could be altered to improve the Hmong's long term adjustment. The report is part of a larger, national project on Hmong resettlement. Much of…

A study examined the barriers that Missouri women encounter when trying to gain access to better-paying jobs; trends in women's employment status in the state; and the services that women receive from the state's existing employment, training, and supportive services. A total of 2,104 women were contacted through a random statewide household…

This overview of 34 mostly rural counties in southern Illinois is intended to: (1) provide a mid-1980s look at Southern Illinois and its potentials for those who want to learn about the region; (2) provide the basis for further study of the region's many aspects and potentials; and (3) provide basic overview material for those studying particular…

Claiming that current federal educational funding formulas favor those same Sunbelt states that have recently undergone impressive economic growth, some individuals are calling for removal of per capita income factors from funding formulas in order to direct funds away from the Sunbelt and towards the northern or "Frostbelt" states.…

These nine papers are from a conference held at Brookings Institution on April 3-4, 1980, focusing on subsidizing private sector job creation for workers with structural employment problems. Chapter 1 summarizes the papers and conference proceedings. The remaining nine chapters are divided into three parts consisting of three papers each. Part 1…

In the post-World War II period, women have been employed in jobs that have been degraded, deskilled, and cheapened. Their employment has increasingly been in the service sector. Data supports the argument that women are treated as secondary workers in the labor market and are not paid as equals to men. Along with the degradation of women's jobs…

A collection of analyses and projections is presented that explores the challenges posed by a rapidly evolving economy and the critical issue of manpower policy facing New England and the nation. New England was able to move from traditional industry to high technology because its colleges and universities supplied basic research and trained…

Implications of new government approaches to manpower planning and its relationship to higher education in Ontario are examined. In January 1980 the Council of Ontario Universities released a background paper on the employment of university graduates, which reviewed the current major economic and demographic analyses of youth unemployment, the…

A questionnaire survey of Oklahoma school districts sought to identify critical issues in teacher supply and demand in the state. Of all 617 school districts surveyed, 450 responded. Further data came from teacher education programs at 19 Oklahoma public and private colleges and universities. Data were collected on teacher vacancies, curriculum…

The six New Hampshire Vocational-Technical Colleges (NHVTC's) and the New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI) offer collegiate education for direct employment in business, industry, health, and service-related fields. The state system graduated 1,074 students from 46 different programs in 1981-82, and as of November 1, 1982, 78% of these…

Information is provided from a follow-up study of 1980-81 graduates of St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, which was conducted to determine their educational and employment status and views of the college and its programs. Introductory material outlines the purpose, procedure, and scope of the study, and provides the survey instrument and…

Using the National Longitudinal Surveys of Work Experience for Mature Men and Young Men, the paper compares the occupational structure of nonmetro and metro areas in 1971 and 1976, analyzes occupational mobility patterns of both groups in each area, and examines the relationship between occupational mobility and earnings. Transition matrices and…

Researchers propsed a new method for measuring the mismatch between the level of schooling and occupation on a per-worker basis. The method is basically a prevalence measure that relies on census data pertaining to schooling, occupation, and the match between them on a per-worker basis. After applying their method to data derived from the March…