Describes a series of surveys of elementary, secondary, and college students to discover reasons for a shortage of suitably educated engineers. Offers suggestions for encouraging young people to enter the engineering profession. (JOW)

The author analyzes some issues on the cost of emigration to the countries of origin and some policy implications. Attention is focused on how the supply of skilled workers is affected by migration. The article also discusses distortion of the free market and presents a profile of Asian contract workers. (CT)

Jobs are disappearing at an ever-increasing rate, while new careers are emerging. At the World Future Society's recent conference on "Working Now and in the Future," over 600 people met to consider how to cope with the many challenges of the changing world of work. (IS)

Recent research on the physician workforce in the United States suggests that the projected supply of generalist physicians will be adequate. However, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recommendation for training of more generalists is still valid, because more physicians will be needed to maintain an adequate generalist…

Issues related to the production of more generalists in medicine are discussed, including economic, practice-related, and scientific forces favoring practice of specialty medicine; the influence of the medical school experience on career choice; strategies for correcting the balance inside and outside academic medicine; and resulting alternative…

Guidelines for the selection of students to undergraduate social work education programs are suggested in light of the growing recognition of the baccalaureate degree as the first professional degree in social work. The criteria for the selection of students to these programs has become more significant since their accreditation by the Council on…

This compilation of four papers examines past and current retirement policies for the elderly and the implications of these policies for labor supply job choice, and educational planning for the elderly. The first paper, by Jennifer Warlick, presents a review of past federal policies on retirement and a discussion of proposed policy changes.…

Because of their concern regarding vocational education programs not being responsive to labor market conditions, the Congress has established the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC). The primary outcomes desired by Congress in creating NOICC were labor market supply and demand data for planning and occupational…

This is the first of five volumes of essays in the form of recommendations for the improvement of programs, services, and activities offered through vocational-technical education in North Carolina. The volume explains the rationale for, and comments on, 17 recommendations prepared by the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education for fiscal…