Describes a number of programs designed to assist members of the American Chemical Society obtain employment, including direct support for unemployed members and the exercise of political influence in stimulating employment opportunities. (AL)

Analyzes data from a survey of engineers in the San Francisco Bay area in 1963-65 from a sociological viewpoint. Concludes that lay-offs are not simply economic problems . . . but involve a whole spectrum of consequences." (Author/AL)

Describes efforts by government and professional associations to actively encourage the recruitment of minority group students and employees for extended training in the earch sciences. (AL)

Criticizes the conclusions and analyses of an earlier paper (EJ 036 385) and concludes that the problem (apparent oversupply of Ph.D.'s) is one of political allocation of resources and not one of too many people with too much education. (AL)

Examines the nature, application, limits and potential of applied genetics in plant breeding as a factor in South Asian agricultural development. Concludes other factors were also present in recent agricultural growth, and indicates some economic implications of continued growth, including problems of employment of displaced rural workers. (AL)

In contrast with experiences of all other industrialized nations, the size of the labor force of the United States is growing rapidly while, simultaneously, its age, gender, and ethnic composition are changing markedly. Consequently, human resource issues present an unprecedented challenge in nation's quest to achieve fully employed and equitable…

Considers that the supply of new scientists and engineers will eventually become limited by the availability of motivated and able young people. Population, enrollment, and employment projections to 1990 suggest that a shortage of graduates will occur in the 1980's. (AL)

Discussed is research about trends in the pool of Ph.D. scientists in the United States. A position is presented that the expansion of the pool has bred a decline in the quality of the pool. (CW)

Discusses implications of a new administration report on science and engineering education that warns of immediate shortages of engineers and computer professionals and of a trend toward scientific and technological illiteracy in the population at large. (CS)