A major aim of this book (part of the Careers Research and Advisory Centre Choice Series) is to assist college bound students in England who are about to choose their degree course of study, to understand the implications, especially those reflecting recent employment trends for graduates, of their choice in career terms. Section I contains two…

Nearly 4.3 million workers held two jobs or more at the same time in May 1973. Multiple jobholders were 5.1 percent of all employees, about the same as in most years in which surveys were made. Four-fifths of all moonlighters were men. The difference between the multiple jobholding rates of Negro and of white workers was not statistically…

This paper describes the migration patterns and post-graduation activities of University of Virginia resident students as compared with nonresident students. Of the 1,439 students awarded a bachelor's degree in June and August 1972, 948 completed and returned a questionnaire mailed to them about 6 months after graduation. The questionnaire…

The first part of the newsletter is devoted to two excerpts, respectively on the policy of school education and graduate employment and on the Council of Europe's efforts to achieve greater educational cooperation. The Council's activities are discussed in connection with its working methods. Factors of the present employment unstability are…

The movement and location patterns of recent medical school graduates is analyzed within the context of overall demographic, social and economic changes occurring within the U.S. Special emphasis is given to the role of medical training institutions and State financing policies of medical schools. Estimates are provided of the number of physicians…

It is a common misconception that the unemployed segment of the population is made up solely of persons who have lost their jobs. In fact, such persons constitute less than half the jobless total (43 percent in 1972). Job leavers, reentrants, and new entrants are also important components of the unemployed. Job losers account for the greatest…

Prepared for the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Commission, this report provides employment data compiled and analyzed using the EEO-1 reporting system. Major sections of the report are: (1) The Occupational Distribution of Minority Employment, (2) The Occupational Distribution of Minority Groups by Industry, and (3) The Occupational…

This carefully prepared document contains seven chapters: Women at Harvard: the Present Situation in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Career Patterns and Academic Commitment, Women on the Faculty, Women in the Graduate School, A Note on Undergraduate Life, University Services, and a Summary of Proposals. Several of the sources for this work…

This almanac of adult and continuing education covers the following topics: (1) information concerning NAPCAE, National Association for Public Continuing and Adult Education; (2) statistics--adult education legislative summary, State support for adult education, educational attainment, work experience patterns; enrollment data; expenditures;…

An outgrowth of a conference, this book defines issues, identifies problems, and suggests courses of action that will lead to the full utilization of women in the work force. Chapters are: (1) "The Current Status of the Employment of Women" by C. East; (2) "Women's Liberation Means Putting Sex in Its Place" by W. S. Heide; (3) "Employment…

An empirical analysis of the effects of alternative income maintenance programs, The Survey of Economic Opportunity, was used to obtain estimates of the labor supply parameters required to assess the implications of these programs for hours of work of male family heads. Labor supply response to changes in the family heads' net wages and in family…

BY QUESTIONNAIRE, FACTS WERE OBTAINED REGARDING 12 CATEGORIES OF MERCHANDISING PERFORMED BY 609 SUPERVISORY AND NONSUPERVISORY PERSONNEL OF 33 DEPARTMENT, LIMITED-PRICE VARIETY, AND GENERAL MERCHANDISING STORES. THIS SAMPLE WAS SELECTED FROM A POPULATION OF 13,643 MERCHANDISING EMPLOYEES, WORKING IN A TOTAL OF 234 FIRMS, IN KING AND PIERCE…

The Annual Rural Manpower Report is a summary of events and programs affecting rural communities during 1975. Intended as a general overview of activities in rural Maine, it is not an indepth study of all manpower programs serving the state. Part I provides the annual summary and discusses planning, economic development, employment and…

Following a review of needs assessment definitions, it is concluded that needs may be practically defined as the difference between what is and what ought to be. In order to analyze this difference, particularly in regard to job market openings in comparison to occupational curricular offerings and enrollment, a computerized model was established…

Presents an annotated bibliography of documents from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Junior Colleges which would be useful to educational planners and manpower specialists who need plans of action in order to achieve a balance between the outputs of education and the requirements of industry and business. (MB)