This article stresses the need for those counseling young women today to be aware of thechanges taking place in career possibilities. Counselors must combine their insights with client potential to form a solid combination which will serve as a guide for a young woman's future. (Author/CJ)

Edited versions of speeches presented at the conference are presented in the document. Section 1, Women in the Fields of Government, Education, Trade Unions, Business and Industry, presents personal accounts of women in nontraditional occupations. Speakers include Betty Southard Murphy, Lucille Maurer, Barbara G. Kilberg, Ruth Weyand, Julia M.…

Changes in the roles and role expectations of women are reviewed with consideration given to where they are working, their advantages, management abilities, barriers and overcoming them, and the outlook for the future. (LBH)

A look to the future indicates increased leisure and accelerated demand for qualified, creative people in the field. (JMF)

The 23 essays in this collection (1) discuss the movement to provide careers for poor non-professionals as an economic and social reform, (2) describe new careers occupations in social welfare, education, the health services, corrections, and industry, and (3) offer guidelines for designing new careers occupations and for training nonprofessionals.

Common counselor aids like aptitude test scores, aptitude job matching, and corporate recruiting tests work only if the individual perceives herself in the same way that the tester does. The writer suggests that the counselor get closer to the alienated in order to help the cause of alternative counseling. (Author/BY)

The author points out a malaise among a significant portion of white male workers in America and suggests a need for programs that combine improved counseling and education efforts designed to improve the work lives and social environment of the contemporary generation of men and women. (Author)

Reviews educational and social change, and suggests need for reexamination of old social premises and new educational promises. First of three articles on the '70s, all in this issue. (CJ)

New opportunities can be achieved only with the support of appropriate curricula. To explore the special needs of Negro students, in terms of both curriculum and services, and to produce this report--intended as "a definitive publication for the use of institutions enrolling significant numbers of Negro students"--a summer workshop was held at…

Maintaining that sexism wastes talents by limiting an individual's choices, the document presents activities for elementary school students to increase awareness of sex roles and a set of inservice materials for training school personnel to teach about sexism. Activities are presented on two levels. Activities for primary grades deal with…

The recreation and leisure service field of the future will reflect social changes by shifting program orientation, adopting a broader and more flexible service perspective, and accepting a philosophy that accentuates the worth of each individual. (JMF)

Discusses new functions of counselors in preparing women for the realities of the new labor market. Relates eight characteristics of the new labor market of the 1970's and suggests ways counselors can keep abreast of new developments. (Author/PC)

The decade ahead will probably see dramatic role changes in health services: (1) higher degree of public accountability, (2) a better definition of human rights to health services, (3) new career opportunities institutionalized into broad community health programs, and (4) increased importance of health program administrators. (MW)

A nontechnical essay explores the dimensions of the 1970's decline in the market for educated manpower, examines the likely causes of the sharp turnaround from previous boom conditions, and considers the possible period over which the market will remain depressed and the broad societal impacts of the decline in the economic value of college…

In today's tight economic situation career planning and placement are more difficult because realities of the job market become a priority in decision making. This article describes University of Toronto's proactive career counseling seminar for students and outreach to employers integrating personal and work knowledge from a perspective of…