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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Small Business. – 1983
This document is a transcript of a Congressional hearing held in May 1983 to discuss the impact of robots and computers on the work force of the 1980s. At the hearing, testimony was given and prepared statements were recorded from more than a dozen persons representing universities, technological industries, government and private agencies that…
Descriptors: Adults, Computers, Demand Occupations, Dislocated Workers
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science and Technology. – 1983
This is a report of congressional hearings that focus on an examination of job forecasting methods to learn how accurately future jobs can be predicted and the kinds of skills and training American workers will need to fill them. Testimony includes statements and prepared statements of the majority leader of the House of Representatives and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demand Occupations, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. – 2002
A Senate committe hearing received testimony on the proposed "Native American Commercial Driving Training and Technical Assistance Act" (Senate Bill 1344). The Act cites the high unemployment and economic distress among Native Americans, the federal government's obligation to assist Indian tribes with economic development, the high…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Community Colleges, Demand Occupations
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. – 1991
This document presents a transcript of the hearing to examine undergraduate science education in relation to the traditional and nontraditional sources of future research scientists. Two specific aspects of the topic were identified for examination: (1) successful methods of science education employed at small liberal arts schools; and (2) what…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Employment Projections, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. – 1990
This document is the transcript of a Congressional hearing focusing on the status of the training of scientists and engineers in the United States and the role of the federal government in the improvement of this situation. Included are opening statements from Senators Albert Gore, Jr. (Tennessee), Robert W. Kasten, Jr. (Wisconsin), and Larry…
Descriptors: College Science, Demand Occupations, Engineering Education, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This congressional hearing consists of testimony on the nursing shortage facing the country. It examines the causes and impact of the nursing shortage that the nation faces and introduces innovative remedies currently being undertaken by educational institutions and the health care industry, and makes suggestions for further action. Testimony…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Demand Occupations, Educational Planning, Employment Patterns
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1998
This transcript contains the testimony of witnesses who testified or submitted written materials for hearings of the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on the following topics: (1) labor market shortages in the information technology jobs from a national perspective and from the perspective of the Washington, DC area; (2) the…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedCane, Michael Allan – Southern California Law Review, 1978
The American Medical Association, through accreditation of medical schools, has acquired control over medical education and thus restricts competition among medical schools and among doctors in violation of the Sherman Act. These actions are not shielded from Sherman Act scrutiny and the AMA is liable for its accreditation activities. (Author/SF)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Admission (School), Competition
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the District of Columbia. – 1982
This document contains proceedings of a Congressional hearing that examined the status of vocational and technical education in the District of Columbia. The hearing also covered what new plans and programs are being proposed and implemented in the District of Columbia school system in order to keep pace with changes in an increasingly…
Descriptors: Budgets, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Demand Occupations
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1997
This document reports the oral and written testimony submitted at a Congressional hearing on ways in which the government, business, and industry are working to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. work force through education and training initiatives. Witnesses included the following: U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich; U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demand Occupations, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Scanlon, William J. – 2001
The General Accounting Office examined existing and anticipated concerns related to the recruitment and retention of nurse and nurses aides. Special attention was paid to the following aspects of the problem: (1) factors contributing to the current and anticipated shortage among nurses; (2) what is known about the current and projected supply of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Compensation (Remuneration), Demand Occupations, Demography
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 2002
This document contains the text of the Nurse Reinvestment Act, which amends the Public Health Service Act to address the increasing shortage of registered nurses by instituting a series of policies to improve nurse recruitment and nurse retention. Title I details two initiatives to boost recruitment of nurses. The first initiative includes the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Development, Career Ladders, Change Strategies
Heinrich, Janet – 2001
The General Accounting Office's (GAO's) director of health care-public health issues testified before Congress regarding growing concerns about the adequacy of the health care work force and lessons learned from the experience of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) in addressing the maldistribution of health care professionals. The following…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Demand Occupations
