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Publication Date: 1966
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NATIONAL VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION SEMINAR ON OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY AND MIGRATION. CENTER SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE REPORT, NUMBER 2.
BEARD, H.G.
THIRTY-THREE STATE-LEVEL LEADERS WITH RESEARCH RESPONSIBILITIES IN VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION FROM 23 STATES AND TERRITORIES ATTENDED THE SEMINAR WHICH HAD THE OBJECTIVES TO -- (1) SECURE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS AND DECISIONS FACING EDUCATIONAL POLICYMAKERS, PROGRAM PLANNERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND TEACHERS, (2) DEVELOP A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR STUDYING SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY, (3) DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATUS OF RESEARCH IN LABOR SUPPLY AND DEMAND, MIGRATION, AND SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY, (4) BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH APPROPRIATE RESEARCH RATIONALES, DESIGNS, AND METHODOLOGIES, (5) IDENTIFY PROBLEM AREAS FOR RESEARCH, (6) IDENTIFY SPECIFIC RESEARCHABLE PROBLEMS, (7) ACQUIRE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE RELATIVE TO RESEARCH IN OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY AND MIGRATION, AND (8) DEVELOP LINES OF COMMUNICATION TO EXPLOIT AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND TO DISSEMINATE RESEARCH FINDINGS. PAPERS PRESENTED WERE (1) "MANPOWER ADJUSTMENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION," BY E. WALTON JONES, (2) "MANPOWER SUPPLY IN THE UNITED STATES," BY HOWARD ROSEN, (3) "MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS BY INDUSTRY AND OCCUPATIONS," BY SOL SWERDLOFF, (4) "DIFFERENTIALS IN SPATIAL MOBILITY," BY EVERETT S. LEE AND G. PUTNAM BARBER, (5) "THE SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY," BY WILLIAM P. KUVLESKY, AND (6) "UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL MOBILITY," BY SELZ C. MAYO. EACH PAPER WAS THE BASIS FOR DISCUSSION BY A WORK GROUP. REPORTS OF THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE PRESENTED. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS THE SEMINAR PROGRAM AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON MANPOWER SUPPLY AND DEMAND. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Career Choice, Conferences, Demography, Educational Needs, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Enrollment Rate, Labor Force, Migration Patterns, Occupational Mobility, Occupations, Social Mobility, Socioeconomic Status, Technical Education, Unemployment, Vocational Education
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Authoring Institution: North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh. Center for Occupational Education.
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