Using an adjustment to the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) model that will take into account the changing male/female ratios of physicians, the estimated physician surplus in the year 2000 is reduced by approximately 28 percent of the GMENAC-predicted surplus. (Author/MLW)

Findings from an American Chemical Society survey show that the pessimism that characterized the job market in 1983 has given way to a much brighter outlook as employers hire more chemists and chemical engineers. Data from the survey on the supply and demand of chemical professionals are provided and discussed. (JN)

Results of a recent survey about computer science education are turned into a guide for college administrators by forecasting current and future production of all degree levels through 1988-89. Supply and demand for associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree production are considered separately. (JN)

Statistics indicate that large increases in minority enrollment in medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy are required in order for Blacks and other minorities to achieve representation in the health professions equal to their proportion in the total population. (MJL)

In Britain, the retailing, computer services, transportation, and communications industries have hired increasing numbers of college graduates, both because of demand for skills and oversupply of graduates. This has contributed to temporary and permanent job upgrading through expansion of tasks and responsibilities in certain jobs. (Contains 14…

The diffusion and U.S. geographic distribution of primary care physicians are discussed in three papers. The literature on the diffusion issue is reviewed in the first paper. After introducing diffusion concepts, measures, and problems, current evidence for the diffusion of physicians are assessed, and efforts to forecast future needs for…

The situation regarding dental education programs in Florida was studied, with attention to the type and size of programs needed to meet state needs, the geographic location of dental programs, funding and tuition policies, and the state's responsibility to provide an opportunity for its residents to participate in these educational programs. It…

A congressional report is presented on a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program and to revise and extend the program for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). The National Health Service Corps Amendments Act of 1987 extends authorizations for 3 fiscal years (FY…

A study was undertaken to develop guidelines for the future course of graduate medical education (GME) in New Jersey. General findings were that the current array and total number of hospital-based GME offerings by specialty and location appear sufficient, although attention must be paid to appropriate distribution; that the major basis of funding…

Discusses the oversupply of language graduates. One solution is a double major and a shift from a literary orientation to one applicable to business or professional life. The audiolingual approach at the American Graduate School of International Management emphasizes the understanding of language structure. (JAC)

Presents a diagram for figuring the value of time into an individual's labor-supply decisions and the time intensiveness of the individual's consumption patterns. Seeks to make the integration of differing time values with leisure income choices more understandable for students. (DK)

Reports on a decline in computer-science faculty despite rising student enrollments of computer-science majors. The faculty decline is ascribed to increasing jobs competition from industry and a decline in the number of doctorates being awarded in computer science and computer engineering. (DB)

This article empirically examines the spread of higher education in Japan and the resulting changes in labor quality in the last two decades. This study uses the Divisia index numbers to measure the labor quality and quality-adjusted labor supply. It points out that quality might have declined rapidly in the recent past among higher educated…

A study that forecast the consequences of the projected growth in the number of practicing U.S. physicians during the 1980s and beyond is summarized. Attention was directed to the potential impact of the increasing supply of physicians on physician behavior, the cost of medical services, and access to services. Econometric modeling and analysis of…

Data from 191 institutions which placed notices in the "Chronicle of Higher Education" revealed that there are qualified minority and female candidates available and members of minority groups are making progress toward employment (females even greater progress) while white males are not being "closed out" of the hiring process. (Editor/JT)