Twenty-one papers presented at the National Bicentennial Conference on Vocational Education held in October of 1976 in Minneapolis are variously grouped under six headings and briefly discussed. Headings include national policy, employment outlook, school-work relationship, delivery systems, sex bias, and special needs groups. Six related…

Assesses black enlisted participation in the Army through a presentation of trend data showing the distribution of blacks across the enlisted rank structure, and the assignment of blacks by military occupational specialities. The unequal distribution of blacks across ranks decreases over time but remains not noticeable. Blacks are under…

Effects of occupation upon 68 professionals and business managers were studied by means of retrospective focused interviews and objective sorting and rating procedures. Their occupation had nonintegrative effects on their values and self-concepts and autocentric and nonintegrative ones on their personal relationships. (Author)

Compares results of a 1965 survey of child care utilization among employed mothers with a similar survey taken in 1971. The recent increase in numbers of young mothers seeking employment has created some demand for formal child care arrangements, but women still largely prefer to use friends, neighbors, and other family members for the care of…

A survey conducted by the College Placement Council indicates that employment for chemical professionals has made solid gains in the Spring of 1977, especially in the hiring of new graduates by industry, schools, and government. The largest hiring increases occurred in the aerospace, electronics, petroleum, and glass/paper packaging categories.…

Discusses the problem of youth unemployment and describes a study (utilizing metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area data gathered through the Current Population Survey during 1976) which focused on youth labor force participation and employment patterns. (WL)

Summarizes past and current trends of lifetime distribution of education, work, and leisure; evaluates social problems which may emerge or be exacerbated if these trends continue; conceptualizes possible alternatives to current lifetime patterns; and suggests policy approaches in this area. (Author/SH)

Despite limited growth in junior faculty positions, new doctorates' employment prospects are better than expected. The slight shift from full-time to part-time employment among doctorates as a whole is less than that for all faculty, and the gap between women's and men's employment opportunities is narrowing. (MSE)

Small farmers are a diverse group, ranging from part-time hobbyists with good off-farm jobs to full-time operators. General rural development policies, rather than traditional farm policies, may be the best method to help those small farmers who earn insufficient income. (JHZ)

Unemployment rates vary considerably across nonmetro counties, where adjusted average annual unemployment rate was 12.2% in 1984 compared with 10.4% in metro areas. Differences in unemployment rates among nonmetro areas can be explained in part according to their dependence on agriculture, mining, manufacturing, or other single sources of income.…

Examines the development of work perceptions in adolescents (12 to 18 years old) from a relational-developmental perspective. From this viewpoint, adolescents' perceptions and understanding of work and related areas, such as employment and unemployment, varied across age and, to a limited extent, across levels of formal reasoning operations.…

Offers examples from community colleges nationwide of curricular responses to new technologies and areas of knowledge, strong local employment trends, government regulations, and public concerns voiced by higher education commissions. (DMM)

Employment of Southeast Asian refugees in British Columbia is assessed. Refugees used self, sponsors, family, and friends to find their first job. Friends and family contacts led to more employment by Asians. In locating subsequent employment they assumed greater job autonomy. English ability developed less with those employed by Asians. (VM)

Examines the influence of environmental factors (e.g., de facto bargaining prior to legislation; value of agricultural products sold; employment opportunities in manufacturing, farming, or state and local government; and popular support for the Democratic Party) on state decisions to enact legislation conducive to collective bargaining in…

The Nation's 678 rural manufacturing-dependent counties, hit much harder than other rural counties, have since been recovering more. Total employment growth in rural manufacturing counties exceeded growth in nonmanufacturing counties by about 1 percentage point during 1982-84 and by almost 3 percentage points during 1984-86. (Author)