This report on the status of academic women is divided into 3 parts. Section 1 presents a review of 4 major research studies that collectively provide a comprehensive description of academic women. The studies are: "Academic Women," by Jesse Barnard, "The Woman Doctorate in America," by Helen Astin, "Women and the Doctorate," by Susan Mitchell,…

Although some countries have shown much inventiveness in organizing domestic services, this country has been hindered by ethnic and racial heterogeneity, with considerable class differences. Reform of household employment is complicated by its low status and the increasing proportion of Blacks. This analysis views social behavior within the…

This study examines the relationship between gross migration flows and the availability of jobs. An apparent lack of correlation between level of economic opportunities and level of migration is attributed to the use of cross-sectional data, which is biased because people in areas with rapidly expanding job opportunities tend to be relatively more…

This report presents 4 tables that give a summary of all research doctorates earned during the period July 1, 1969 through June 30, 1970. Highlights of the findings are: (1) there were 14.4% more Ph.D.'s granted in fiscal year 1970 than the previous year; (2) 78.8% of all doctorate recipients planned to enter regular employment following…

Highlighted in this document are the statistical findings of a survey of minorities employed in federal agencies as of 1969, and a summary of program changes which have resulted since 1967. Findings from the survey include: (1) minority groups as a whole comprise 19.2 percent of the full time federal civilian work force in the United States, (2)…

The Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ has conducted two studies on the racial and sexual composition of public television employees: first, an analysis of the 1971 and 1972 Annual Employment Reports filed by most of the public broadcasting licensees, and second, an analysis of the racial and sexual composition of the boards of…

This Department of Labor report presents tables that describe manpower needs for college graduates. Some of the areas covered are: age distribution of the labor force; employment by occupation; employment for black men; and projected job openings for college graduates and projected entrants. (CS)

White-collar and professional employees are increasingly turning to unions to combat their loss of independence as employees of large organizations. Managers should realize that they and professional employees have different viewpoints about job situations and that the current trend toward white-collar unionism is apt to continue. (JG)

The pattern of who conducts university research is likely to change as universities cope with stabilizing undergraduate and graduate enrollments and tighter research budgets. Universities will hire an increasing number of scientists and engineers in temporary research appointments that are neither part of the regular tenure track nor postdoctoral…

In recent years, female attachment to the labor force has increased dramatically, particularly for women of childbearing age. This trend has reflected demographic factors and also fundamental changes in how women's roles are viewed in our society. It has not, however, affected black and white women equally. (Author/GC)

Touhey has suggested that an influx of women into high-status, male-dominated professions will result in declining prestige and desirability for those professions. The present study attempts both a replication and an extension to examine results of changing sex ratios in low-status and female-dominated occupations. (Author)

A study was conducted to determine the effects of changes in unemployment rates and disposable income per capital on college enrollments. Total and first enrollments, male and female enrollments, public and private school enrollments, and full-time and part-time enrollments were analyzed. (SW)

The article discusses issues in employment and unemployment statistics, how economists figure statistics, the difficult issues that are being studied by a presidential commission headed by Sar Levitan, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' revised cost-price index (CPI) format. (MF)

For every ten state parks jobs in Tennessee, three to four additional jobs are created in the local area. (JD)

There are many blue-collar workers who aspire to work in the white-collar world. Work histories of employed adults from an industrial area of Baltimore who were classified as Realistic (based on the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory) show most adults are apparently unable to move out of this classification. (Author)