This survey was conducted by the Census Bureau under a contract with the National Science Foundation to measure the number of persons working as scientists, engineers, and technicians in the private business sector. A sample was drawn from all active employer establishments in the United States excluding colleges, universities, and governments.…

This seminar, conducted to provide executives, officers, and directors of communication associations with a better understanding of future communication careers, as an aid in planning career related association activities. Analyses and studies are included on the impact of the future environment on the communication field, future United States…

The paper analyzes and compares trends in the occupational distribution of white and nonwhite men between 1962 and 1972 at ages 35-44, 45-54, and 55-64. The findings suggest that in 1972, as in 1962, the inferior occupational chances of nonwhites are due primarily to their disadvantageous patterns of occupational mobility, rather than to…

As a part of the annual Supply and Demand Survey conducted by the Research Committee of the California Educational Placement Association (C.E.P.A.), 104 public community colleges in California were asked to report on their hiring of full-time faculty and staff during the 1975-76 academic year. Survey responses came from 101 institutions. A total…

The document addresses itself to the changing attitudes concerning jobs acceptable to and for women, and the time lag involved in their qualification in technical skills. Myths and facts about women workers are explored and discounted. The author holds to the position that men are male, women are female, and jobs are neuter. The first step toward…

This report examines sex discrimination in 15 departments in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Maryland. Of these departments, 9 had no women who were full professors, four had one with that rank, one department had two and one, three. All of these departments had admitted at least 24% women among their graduate students for…

This bulletin presents the highlights of an evaluation of today's engineering graduates as seen by the managers of engineering, manufacturing and technical marketing in a major electrical equipment manufacturing company. Today's engineer is seen as far more productive than his predecessor. The computer has greatly expanded his productive capacity.…

Long-range biomedical manpower needs up to 1985 have been projected and the best estimate indicates that there will be an increase from 64,000 workers in 1965 to 150,000 in 1985. The related expenditure is expected to increase from 1.9 billion dollars to 15.7 billion dollars in the same period. Alternate predictions, based on other possible…

A study of teacher mobility during a 2-year period was conducted among 2,245 newly hired teachers in 125 Oklahoma school districts. Study results showed: (1) staff size increased slightly, but the number of primary teachers declined; (2) larger districts hired more new teachers than did smaller ones; (3) in spite of a relatively tight labor…

Data were collected on the careers of 10,000 holders of research degrees (PhDs, ScDs, and EdDs), via questionnaire, for a second study of PhD holders from the graduating classes of 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, and 1960. The careers were systematically selected to represent a cross section of PhDs, and categorized into 4 groups: those always in…

The second quarter 1974 Bureau of Labor Statistics show little change over the past year in the job situation for Vietnam veterans (20-34 years). With the number of newly discharged veterans being reduced, the unemployment rate remains steady at 5 percent; a much smaller proportion of Vietnam veterans now are 20-24 years old, where the…

This report examines the wages and quality of a sample of new hires by large firms (over 500 employees) over a period of seven years. In manual occupations workers with fully qualifying work experience were found to receive entry wages not significantly different from entry wages received by workers with no previous work experience. This placed…

Based on information gathered by the Health Manpower Project through a survey cosponsored with the Washington Osteopathic Medical Association, this report begins with a statement of philosophy of osteopathic medicine and proceeds to comment on where such professional education is available. Remarks on the type of educational background of the…

This survey, based on a 95 0/0 response rate, determined that of all the podiatrists licensed in the state of Washington, 69 0/0 live within the state, 95 0/0 were actively employed in that profession, and almost all were in private practice. The primary work function of 83 0/0 was direct patient care, and over half of the respondents worked 40 to…

A survey of the employment and demand for scientists and engineers in industrial research laboratories was made among all companies belonging to the Industrial Research Institute and a number of other organizations early in 1972. A questionnaire was used to analyze such aspects as reliability of future estimates, employment trends, personnel…