This study presents new evidence on the relationship between high school inputs measured at the time male respondents attended high school and the earnings of these same individuals when they were in their mid-thirties. To accomplish this task, newly coded data on the characteristics of Wisconsin high schools in 1954-57 were matched to the…

A broad personal view of American higher education, the paper explores: (1) performance--considered good; (2) enrollment--seen as having a potential to increase through the concept of continuing education; (3) independent institutions--holding their own; and (4) the job market--felt to be not directly related to the purpose of college. (PHR)

Expectations about jobs held by 77 undergraduates in the Leisure Services and Studies Department at Florida State University were studied. A basis for the study was the finding that 10-60 percent of leisure services practitioners leave the field within 2 years of graduation. It was hypothesized that the students' expectations about job…

This study examined the exact nature and scope of the sport arena management profession in terms of field growth and employment opportunities, salary potentials, and education requirements. Specific job performance competencies and related educational course work required for professionally trained sport arena managers were identified. Findings…

In light of the increasing demand for well-prepared chemical technicians, this paper provides suggestions for two-year colleges interested in initiating or upgrading a chemical technology program. Introductory comments indicate that, from the industry standpoint, chemical technicians are invaluable, but inadequate in numbers and often unprepared.…

Presently there are nearly 20,000 undergraduate majors in broadcasting, with the majority enrolled in speech communication departments. However, estimates hold that at best only one-half of those seeking positions in television will actually find them. This indicates the need for a media student to receive a good general education in areas other…

A variety of crucial changes are occurring in patterns of work and free-time activities, and in composition of the work force, accompanied by alterations in societal values. Public agencies and corporate managements need to improve their ability to recognize such trends in time to adjust policy to meet changing conditions. A project, supported by…

Results of Surveys of graduates (based on the 1972 and 1973 classes) soon after receipt of a degree are used to document the existence of dramatic differences in level of vocational success achieved by the graduates of various curricular areas. Measures of vocational success discussed include unemployment rate, underemployment rate, incidence of…

Graduate students face a myriad of tasks as they prepare to enter the academic job market. Tips on how to complete a successful job search--from advice about preparing application materials and finding available positions to knowledge about what to expect during the interview--are provided in this paper. It opens with a discussion of applicant…

Directed at the candidate seeking a permanent position in physiology. Reviews qualifications candidate must have and lists sources of information about the present job market and agencies through which the candidate's availability may be made known. (Author/JN)

This paper addresses the recommendation made by a recent study that the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree be rejected as the graduate degree in education and the corollary of this recommendation, that the Doctor of Education degree (Ed.D.) be the standard degree for advanced study in education. This paper reviews data on trends in the incidence…

Prior research has suggested that solutions to teacher labor market problems must take into account the importance of local context and indigenous labor market forces. With this in mind, three rural school systems in north Louisiana collaborated with the Louisiana Center for Rural or Small Schools (LaCROSS) to develop teacher recruitment…

One urgent practical problem faced by speech communication educators is the need to educate students with a serious concern for their subsequent employability. The shrinking academic job market for speech communication graduates is a reality with which speech communication educators must be concerned. Speech communicators are beginning to ask…

This paper points out that the puzzling nature of the evidence concerning the relationship between teaching experience and teaching performance is due in part to the research methodology used to study this relationship. Cross-sectional data reflects three different phenomena: learning by doing, teachers' academic excellence, and influence of the…

This review of the impact of the microelectronic revolution on the Canadian telephone industry focuses on the prospect of dwindling job security for telephone workers. Technical advances that are cited as having reduced the industry's job market include the dial telephone, direct distance dialing, directory assistance computerization, and…