Since the 1980s, capital mobility and state restructuring have increased precarity in older industrial regions, such as eastern Connecticut (CT). These changes reconfigured labor markets, changing the work available, including the types, conditions, and skills required. Greater responsibility devolved onto poor and working-class people to navigate…

THIS CONNECTICUT STUDY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING A REGION'S NEEDS IN THE HEALTH SERVICE OCCUPATIONS. IT DESCRIBES MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS AND THE TRAINING FACILITIES AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE STUDY. APPENDIXES SHOW (1) FORM LETTERS AND QUESTIONNAIRES USED, (2) A LIST OF THE FORTY-NINE…

A 2-year investigation was conducted of Connecticut's high school medical careers programs and the career opportunities available to students, particularly females, who have graduated from them. Research conducted in two phases in four communities involved the following activities: site visits of high school medical careers programs and student…

The effectiveness of Health Services Occupation (HSO) programs was studied by an assessment of the academic achievement and attitudes of current students and by a followup survey of program graduates. Data were collected and analyzed from three classes of program graduates (1979-81) and current students (grades 9 through 12) at four schools. In…