Discusses the theory that in Canada, Americans are dominating the job market and taking jobs from Canadian Ph.d's. (Author)

A personal view of a Ph.D. facing the marketplace. (PG)

Underemployment or working at less than one's full productive capacity, has become the hallmark of work in industrial societies. An expert on work patterns discusses the alarming implications for society. (Author/PG)

Five educators offer answers to this question and consider the implications of double majors, accountability, increased employability, self-knowledge for students, and data limitations in career counseling. (LBH)

Innovative trends in college placement programs at Bowling Green University, Yale University, and the City College of New York are described. Placement officers there and career counseling firms and organizations are taking more aggressive steps to prepare graduates for the job market. (LBH)

A white high school dropout stands a better chance at employment than a black high school graduate, according to a study that maintains that persistent high black unemployment rates and lower paying, less prestigious jobs are not a matter of poorer or less education but of prejudice. (Author/LBH)

An informal survey of social science and humanities societies indicates that many different strategies are being used to deal with the job shortage. New training and marketing methods have emerged along with modified objectives within association committees. (LBH)

To determine the increasing impact of the academic job shortage on humanities doctoral students, the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) surveyed current humanities students and older graduates. Implications are addressed and a recommendation is made--that humanities students be made aware of the variety of programs and options available to…

Student revolt was precipitated in 1977 by a government provision aimed at limiting the range of elective courses and thereby stiffening the course requirements for university degrees. Social, economic, and political implications of the student movement are discussed. (LBH)

Preserving the quality of graduate education in the arts and sciences is seen as the most serious educational challenge facing American universities over the next decade. The quality of graduate education must improve, while the overall numbers of graduate students and Ph.D. programs must be reduced in an orderly way. (MLW)

Given the enormous public and private investment required to produce physicians and scientists, higher education can not dismiss reports that it produces too many MDs and PhDs. Universities can help by assuring students have timely information about employment prospects. Further research is needed on recent graduates' career paths, foreign medical…