Describes career opportunities for chemists considering employment areas of opportunity, salaries, college chemistry enrollments, research and development budgets, long term forecasts of supply and demand for chemists. Includes career planning aids, and an employers directory of chemical professions. (DF)

The Seneca Nation Educational Foundation has compiled this document for the Indian Youth of New York State who will graduate from high school in the next few years. Information relating to their future occupational and educational opportunities, such as lists of schools and scholarships of specific interest to Indian youth, is presented. Programs…

The policy of granting American Indians preference for employment in Indian service facilities was established by Congress as long ago as 1834; in 1974 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Indian preference laws were not discriminatory or unconstitutional. However, a 1973 survey found that while 51 percent of the employees at Indian Health…

Investigation of recent trends in education, employment, occupations, family income and personal earnings shows that gains made by blacks in the 1960's did not disappear. Indeed, racial differences attenuated in the lean 1970's just as they did in the prosperous 1960's. Despite these improvements, racial differences remain large and will not…

Lack of adequate job opportunities at decent wages makes it difficult for young men with limited skills or educational credentials to get a good start in the job market. Young black men have been most seriously affected by the economic trends of the last decade. The erosion of employment opportunities and wage levels seriously jeopardizes the…

This issue focuses on racial discrimination in athletic competition in the United States. Data supports the contention that the employment of Blacks in Big Ten universities in virtually nonexistent at every level of athletics. Articles document the unequal treatment and exploitation of Black athletes in the areas of education, academic advising,…

The study reported on in this document investigates discriminatory employment victimizing Asian Americans in the private sector in the San Francisco, California, Bay Area. The analytical framework utilized is described in detail. Findings are presented in both statistical and discussion form, and are broken down by industry. Disparities in…

This seminar, conducted to provide executives, officers, and directors of communication associations with a better understanding of future communication careers, as an aid in planning career related association activities. Analyses and studies are included on the impact of the future environment on the communication field, future United States…

Women have made remarkable gains in education during the past three decades, yet these achievements have resulted in only modest improvements in pay equity. The gender pay gap has become a fixture of the U.S. workplace and is so ubiquitous that many simply view it as normal. "Behind the Pay Gap" examines the gender pay gap for college graduates.…

The nature of graduate education, the job market, and the problem of institutional self-renewal are considered. Trends of leveling off of graduate enrollment and of Ph.D. production and a dramatic increase in the level of postdoctoral training have occurred. The oversupply of Ph.D.-producing institutions and the need for financial support of…

Discusses the representation of women in the labor force and their concentration of employment in a few occupations. Projects that unless changes are made in the ways women are orientated to and prepared for the labor force, employment opportunities will continue to occur in the fields in which women are already well represented. (LRA)

In spite of Houston's booming economy, employment and educational opportunities for blacks have changed little over the past decades. (BH)

Changes in the institutional structures that block women's opportunities for occupational advancement will be necessary in the next decade. The structural problems of power, tokenism, and opportunity, identified in Rosabeth Moss Kanter's sociological case study of a corporation, are discussed. (Author/MLF)