Training programs are often linked to current demand and are unable to adjust to changing needs rapidly enough to provide an equilibrium in worker supply and demand. To help with planning for future needs, the information contained in this report covers preliminary employment projections to 1980, by industry and by occupation, for the State of…

Procedures and statewide results are presented from a survey of a sample of May 1980 graduates from selected public senior colleges in Texas. The nine institutions involved in the study included North Texas State University, Southwest Texas State University, Texas A&I University, Texas Tech University, Texas Women's University, the University…

Analysis of census data indicates major population, industrial, and occupational changes occurred in many of Texas' 254 counties from 1960 to 1980. While 103 counties experienced rapid population growth by both natural and migration, patterns of change were dissimilar. Population grew steadily in metropolitan counties over the two decades.…