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Wells, Paula B. – Professional Engineer, 1979
Discussed is the changing role of women in the engineering profession. The author relates her twenty years of experience and outlook for the future. (CS)
Descriptors: Administration, Career Opportunities, Careers, Engineering
Cyert, Richard M., Ed.; Mowery, David C., Ed. – 1987
This report analyzes the contribution of technological change to employment and unemployment. An executive summary emphasizes the importance of technology to U.S. economic welfare and summarizes findings, options, and recommendations. Chapter 1, the introduction, tells of the effect of technological change on employment and presents the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Diffusion (Communication), Dislocated Workers
High Skills, High Wages. Washington's Comprehensive Plan for Workforce Training and Education, 1998.
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1998
In Washington, urban centers enjoy rising wages and low employment; rural areas have stagnating wages and high unemployment. Most family-wage job opportunities are in occupations that require some postsecondary education but not a four-year degree. The shortage is most severe in the supply of skilled workers with vocational training. Technology…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. General Government Div. – 1992
The predictions in "Workforce 2000" and "Civil Service 2000" were examined with regard to work and workers. Focus was on demographic changes that had occurred and were expected to occur in the civilian and federal labor force and were relevant to federal employment policy formation. Activities included review of demographic data and review of…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections, Ethnic Groups