This report provides a portrait of the Asian population in the United States and discusses the eleven largest detailed Asian groups at the national level. It is part of the Census 2000 Special Reports series that presents several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000. The Asian population is not homogeneous.…

This study reports the perceptions of 56 employment interviewers regarding the worker characteristics of males and females of varying ages. Results showed that significant main effects due to age were obtained on six questions. Females were seen as being more likely than males to be frequently absent from work and less likely than males to have…

Analyzes some of the data collected in the Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted annually by the Office of Scientific Personnel of the National Research Council, which uses a questionnaire completed by graduates at the time they fulfil all requirements for the doctoral degree. (Author/JM)

Discusses the employment outlook for scientists and engineers as reported by manpower experts speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The demand for scientists and engineers is increasing while the supply of graduates is decreasing, however, academic and BS level jobs remain scarce. (JR)

Summation of the proceedings at a conference which sought answers to the following questions: (1) What are employers now doing to meet the problems of the transition of many uoung people from school to work? (2) What are these employers able and willing to do in the future to meet these problems? (SB)

This survey of programs operated by five large New York City area employers was undertaken to discover what can be effectively done to ease the critical transition from school to work--or from school to unemployment to work--in good times and bad. (Author)

California districts have discovered that a Statewide enrollment dip has hindered efforts to hire minority personnel. (Author/DN)

Reviews research on, and details its implications for the planning of Negro education, such statistics as: the Negro population, 1970, 1960, and 1950, for 30 cities with the largest Negro population; families by median income in 1971, and Negro family income as a per cent of white by region: 1959, 1966, 1970 and 1971; and others. (JM)

Analyzes trends in the research and development spending on the basis of a survey of chemical makers made by the Chemical and Engineering News. Indicates the presence of a modest upturn in 1973 in the basic chemical industry even in constant dollar terms. (CC)

This paper documents, using a single test as a model, the significant increase in clinical laboratory workload which occurred in a university hospital when strong sections of nephrology, hematology-oncology, and immunology-rheumatology were added to the department of medicine. (Author)

Special Labor Force Report shows mothers of almost 26 million children under age 18 were in the labor force in March 1972. (Editor)