In a period of student loan scandals and U.S. financial market instability impacting on the cost and availability of student loans, this paper looks at alternative models of higher education funding. In this context, it also considers the level of financial support that the government should provide to higher education.

Knowledge of familiar people is essential to guide social interaction, yet there is uncertainty about whether semantic knowledge for people is stored in a categorical structure as for objects. Four priming experiments using hard-to-perceive primes investigated whether occupation forms a category connecting famous persons in semantic memory. Primes…

Although some junior colleges and technical schools are creating or planning to offer training for solar-energy related occupations, there is no definitely defined need for workers with such training, according to this study. The study was conducted through a direct mailing of questionnaires about occupational projections to 472 companies…

Describes a five-phased study which focused on determining and verifying economic competencies required of distributive employees. The resulting 56 prioritized economic competencies (which were rated by 222 distributive business persons), intended to become the building blocks upon which a general economic curriculum for distributive education…

A study of individuals with disabilities who had exited rural (n=25) or urban (n=43) school systems, found the employment rate was 81.4% for urban subjects and 72% for rural subjects. Rural subjects were employed primarily in trade/industry, whereas urban subjects were employed in service occupations and trade/industry. (Author/CR)

THREE-DIGIT SUFFIX CODES ARE PROVIDED FOR EACH JOB TITLE DEFINED IN THE THIRD EDITION OF THE "DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES" (DOT) (VT 003 654 AND VT 003 655), THEREBY GIVING A NUMERICAL IDENTIFICATION TO THE JOB TITLES. THE CODES ARE INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE WITHIN THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARED SPECIFICALLY FOR STATISTICAL…

USERS OF THE "DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES" (DOT) (VT 003 654, VT 003 655, AND VT 003 656) CAN USE THIS TABLE AS A GUIDE FOR CONVERTING CODES AND TITLES FROM THE SECOND EDITION OF THE DOT (1949) TO THE ALL-NEW CODES AND PARTIALLY CHANGED TITLES OF THE THIRD EDITION. THE TABLE IS ARRANGED IN FOUR COLUMNS. ALL SECOND EDITION JOB TITLES AND…

Approximately 850 occupations are listed under 27 occupational clusters. The Dictionary of Occupational Title (DOT) number is specified for occupations in the clusters of business training and distributive education, chemistry, general shop and industrial arts, home economics, foreign language, music, social studies, art, agriculture, physics, and…

Notes Kromboltz's suggestion that occupationism--discrimination against individuals based solely on their occupations--be equated with other social ills such as racism, sexism, ageism, and religious prejudice. In contrast to this view, argues that there exist both desirable and undesirable forms of occupational discrimination. Urges psychologists…

Responds to previous article by Carson on occupationism, or discrimination against individuals based solely on their occupations, in which Carson reacted to author's view that occupationism be equated with such social ills as racism, sexism, ageism, and religious prejudice. Focuses on responding to Carson's suggestion that occupationism may at…

Intended for use in occupational and education planning by students and counselors, this document contains information about the 106 occupations which are included in the professional, technical, and kindred workers cluster of the U.S. census. The occupations are grouped by field of interest. For each occupation, the information provided includes…

Since the 1940s, public officials at the local, state and federal levels have used student loan forgiveness programs to attract individuals to critically needed occupations and underserved communities. In exchange for a work commitment, the loan program forgives (or repays) an amount of the employee's student loan. Traditionally, these programs…

We examine the prevalence of nonstandard employment in the nonmetropolitan United States using the Current Population Survey Supplement on Contingent Work (1999 and 2001). We find that nonstandard work is more prevalent in nonmetropolitan than in central city or suburban areas. Logistic regression models controlling for sociodemographic and work…

A study of the relationships between some religious factors and attitudes toward education in a rural community in northern Colorado is reported in this paper. The sample of 105 persons interviewed was drawn from a household population of 556. The data was gathered by means of an interview schedule which included various demographic data, open end…

Four diverse groups of women (members of the university women's caucus, a sample of undergraduates, a group of secretarial and clerical women, and a nonworking group) agreed on the prestige accorded to different occupations. The same groups showed clear differences when asked whether the occupations were appropriate for women. (Author/EAK)