The book, a condensation of the deliberations of a conference called by the National Graduate University under the sponsorship of the Bruner Foundation of New York City, contains proposals by experts from all areas for improving employability. The conference purpose was to provide for an exchange of the latest ideas, information, and methods of…

Bilingual programs funded through the Bilingual Education Act, Title VII, are presently serving 129,000 students. Approximately 80 percent of the 7.7 million students who should receive these programs' benefits are Spanish Speaking. Bilingual instruction should be carried out in 246,400 classes with an average of 25 pupils per class. Instructors…

This is one of a series of 13 United Nations reports concerning population and its effects in East Asian, Middle and Southeast Asian, and Oceanic countries. Three seminars had been conducted to assist these countries in formulating development plans, taking into account demographic, social, and economic factors. Part I of this report is a summary…

The aim of the CIRF abstracts is to convey information about vocational training ideas, programs, experience, and experiments described in periodicals, books, and other publications and relating to operative personnel, supervisors, and technical and training staff in all sectors of economic activity. Information is also given on major trends in…

The report is one of a series of four Agricultural Manpower Reports to quantify the nature and extent of employment opportunities associated with agribusiness and production agriculture in Montana in 1971 and predicted to 1974. Montana is a major grain-production state and has a large grain, feed, seed, and fertilizer complex offering a wide…

The job performance of men in four different occupational specialties (Vehicle Repairman, Supply Clerk, Armor Crewman, and Cook) was measured by intensive Job Sample Tests of 4 to 5 hours in length and by more conventional Job Knowledge Tests. Curves have been derived that provide estimates of how job performance can be expected to vary as a…

This annotated bibliography includes citations of books, monographs, periodicals, and government reports and publications as related to cost-benefit analysis of manpower training programs. Major sections of the bibliography are: (1) Theory and Methodology of Cost-Benefit Analysis, (2) Application of Cost-Benefit Analysis to Manpower Training…

This conference met to consider the political and financial problems in providing government-financed programs to improve upgrading in private and public jobs. The morning session was devoted to federal support of upgrading in industry. In the afternoon session, participants discussed new careers in the service sector, including civil service…

This paper addresses itself to the problem of long-term manpower development in Thailand. Relevant research studies are discussed in the introduction and the thesis of this report is stated: namely, that for Southeast Asia and developing nations in general, middle manpower development, and the kinds of educational institutions needed for such…

One means of dealing with manpower problems is to develop career mobility programs which give employees the opportunity to advance, in terms of responsibility and income, to jobs where there are manpower shortages. The material developed in this publication is designed to guide health care institutions, educational institutions, and other…

A summer youth employment program was designed to provide 70 disadvantaged high school students with opportunities for self-development by exposing them to a variety of hospital-based health careers during the summer vacation period and to stimulate interest in employment in health services to help meet the need for qualified personnel in this…

A report is made of the first operating phase from March 1970 through May 1971 of a test of the feasibility of using financial incentives to stimulate more effective upgrading of the skills and earnings of low income workers in the private sector. TIPP provides incentive payments to employers based on results achieved. Program administration…

This report describes and details the experiences of the Training and Research Institute for Residential Youth Centers (TRI-RYC) during its first year of operation. The TRI-RYC was established by the Department of Labor, Office of Special Manpower Programs, to provide a capability for initiating, training staff for, and evaluating the…

This report is one of a series primarily intended for those engaged in or preparing for educational planning and administration--especially in developing countries--as well as for those government officials and civic leaders seeking a more general understanding of educational planning and its role in overall national development. This booklet…

This document is intended to serve as a planning tool for public service education, and is to be used jointly by community colleges and public agencies (local, state, and federal). With the growing need for well qualified personnel at mid-entry or paraprofessional levels, agencies are abandoning their internal training programs in favor of…