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Manpower, 1975
The article summarizes the 1975 Manpower Report chapters on: the employment and unemployment record; achievements and open issues of public service employment; changing role of women; CETA Progress report; Program responses to manpower needs; manpower impact of government policy and procedure; and Report of the Secretary of Health, Education, and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Economic Development, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Ekman, John E. – 1980
Presented is a student manual designed for the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical and Adult Education Groundwater and Distribution Training Course. This program introduces waterworks operators-in-training to basic skills and knowledge required for the operation of a groundwater distribution waterworks facility. Arranged according to the general order…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Postsecondary Education, Public Health, Public Service Occupations
Download full textDepartment of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1975
The statistics are based on a household survey, collected annually, and are related to one year's earnings experience of family heads and unrelated individuals. Data show that after-tax earnings for the 30 million persons surveyed rose in 1973 by 5.8 percent but fell 0.4 percent after adjustment for consumer price increases (real after-tax…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Clerical Occupations, Employed Women, Labor Force
Calhoun, Olivia H. – 1972
A curriculum guide for grade 8, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Hospitality, Recreation, and Personal Service Occupations." It is divided into four units: recreational resources for education, employment, and professional opportunities; barbering and cosmetology; mortuary science; hotel-motel management. Each unit is…
Descriptors: Administration, Barbers, Career Education, Cosmetology
Bess, James L. – 1974
The purpose of this paper is to suggest some ways in which present pressures on institutions and their facilities to be more productive can be more creatively met. The main theme of the paper is that many faculty are ready and able to change their styles of work and are prepared to engage in professional activities of substantially different…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Faculty, Higher Education, Public Service Occupations
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1973
The course outlined is one of the required courses in the Radio and Television Service Curriculum. Mastery of the skills in Basic Radio Circuits and Vacuum Tube AM Troubleshooting (9785.03) is a prerequisite. Eight blocks of instruction are divided into several units each. The instruction blocks are: orientation, fundamentals of transistor…
Descriptors: Appliance Repair, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Radio
Georgia Univ., Athens. Office of Program Planning and Analysis. – 1972
The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) developed a series of Data Element Dictionaries primarily servicing the instructional function. This report, developed by the University of Georgia, clarifies and adds elements relating to research and service…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Definitions, Dictionaries, Human Services
Peer reviewedEdwards, G. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
This article summarizes the results of a study undertaken to investigate the question of second language retention by federal bilingual employees in Canada. (CLK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, French, Language Fluency
Peer reviewedGordon, Larry – Journal of Environmental Health, 1976
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility
Perlman, Laura – Worklife, 1977
Describes President Carter's proposed system to give welfare and other low-income families a chance to earn their way out of poverty. Focus is on the Jobs for Families component which combines the Aid to Families with Dependent Children; Supplemental Security Income for the aged, blind, and disabled; and Food Stamps in a single cash assistance…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Development
Direct linkSigmon, Robert L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1977
The public health practice program at the University of South Carolina illustrates two general principles of service learning. A model program is described and its implications discussed. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Individualized Programs, Internship Programs, Learning Experience
Sage: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women, 1986
This essay discusses the severe limitations in employment opportunities for black women during the early 1900s. The collection of photographs depicts black women in the following occupations: (1) nursemaid; (2) fieldhand; (3) dairymaid; (4) laundress; (5) factory worker; (6) beautician; (7) business owner; (8) organization president; and (9)…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Career Choice, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedPollitt, Christopher – Studies in Higher Education, 1987
The mechanisms, objectives, and uses of performance assessment in public service occupations in the United Kingdom and other countries are examined and their implications for use in higher education are discussed. It is suggested that politically, the relationship of professional providers and consumers will increase in significance. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Efficiency, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedTucker, Irvin B., III – Economics of Education Review, 1987
Examines the relative importance of education credentials in consumer perceptions of self-employed business people. Using 1980 national cross-sectional data on goods- and service-producing occupations, the regression analysis shows that highly educated entrepreneurs are not influenced by consumer credentialism. Includes 17 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Credentials, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Kahl, Anne; And Others – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1985
Three articles spotlight three groups of service-producing industries. "Health: Crossroads over the Horizon?" (Kahl and Clark) examines health occupations, patient care, paying for health care, and the impact of these changes on occupations. Hecker and Murphy look at "Retail Trade" with special attention to part-time and temporary jobs. Levine…
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Health Occupations, Labor Needs, Medical Services
