The impact that trends in faculty positions may have on science in the United States is examined in this paper. Evidence is presented that indicates that there is a need to create new junior faculty positions on our university campuses. Three possible complementary approaches to alleviating the shortage of positions available to the increasing…

This volume brings together the thirteen papers delivered at the Conference on Improving Labor Market Information for Youth, conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor and Temple University in 1974. The papers focus on assessing the role of labor market information in the process of helping to endow young people with what they need to transact with…

Four major factors responsible for trends in applicants to dental school are identified: cost, competition, demographics, and the practicing dentist. The initiation of the Pew National Dental Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine is described. (MLW)

The need for study programs that fit better to the characteristics of learners, their interests, and the labor market has led education from being supply driven toward being demand driven. The construction of individual study programs requires appropriate assessment methods. The technologies generally available for assessment seem to reinforce the…

The Personnel Development Program is essential to the national economic development of Taiwan, Republic of China. The program consists of vocational training, employment services, and a labor market information service. Thirteen public vocational training institutions, along with in-plant training programs, aim to increase the number of skilled…

The changing role of Japanese women can be seen in the stages of a domestic labor debate which occurred at three different times in the past 30 years. The first debate began with Ayako Ishigaki's (1955) insistence that women should have a job outside the home. Wartime production helped break down traditional divisions of labor by encouraging women…

This report reviews the current debate in industrialized market economy countries on the impact of microelectronics technology on employment. A special focus is on the impact on women's employment opportunities. Chapter 1 presents information on the technological background, including the development of microelectronics and their application in…

A tentative theory of age-discrimination is indirectly tested through labor statistics concerning the duration of unemployment. After first reviewing the inadequacies and inapplicability of sex and race discrimination hypotheses derived from the conventional economic models, this analysis synthesizes statistical models of discrimination to explain…

This study contrasts the characteristics, preferences, and employability of graduates of cross-cultural teacher training programs with those of peers who received traditional training. It was found that: 1) a need exists for multi-culturally trained teachers; 2) such graduates are highly successful in the job market; 3) these persons tend to seek…

Insight into the structure of the labor market and its operations in terms of careers can be gained through analysis of occupational mobility patterns at a detailed category level. Methodology components used to extend previous methods of defining career fields as evinced in mobility patterns are: (1) mobility matrix creation; (2) mobility…

A trend toward more specialization among educators is discussed. It is noted that this is understandable from many viewpoints. Teachers, reacting to a tighter job market in their profession, feel that specializing in certain areas--remedial reading or dealing with the handicapped for example--will get them jobs in governmentally funded programs.…

Various experts in education, government, industry, and labor contributed to the sixth annual industrial relations symposium (sponsored by the graduate program at St. Francis College) which focused on career education as its basic theme. Participants from a seven-State area also represented the four areas. Symposium proceedings consisted of seven…

Forces acting on medical education and compelling a reexamination of current approaches include cost containment, competition and price sensitivity, new technologies, the physician surplus, and a rapidly expanding, politically assertive aging population. (MSE)

The current state of dental labor research, dimensions of interest, problems of policy analysis, and the importance of these issues for dentistry are discussed, and a conceptual model for such research is presented. Immediate attention to the research is encouraged because of need and greater opportunities than ever for collaboration. (MSE)

Discusses the problems of unemployment and inflation, despite Canada's unprecedented labor force participation and employment rates; criticisms of the educational system for giving young people unrealistic expectations; and the course and future of government revenue and expenditures (with particular reference to the Province of Ontario) for…