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Smart, John C., Ed. – 1989
Eleven papers on theory and research in higher education have the following titles and authors: "Strategy and Effectiveness in Systems of Higher Education" (Ellen Earle Chaffee); "Responsibilty Without Authority: The Impossible Job of the College President" (Robert Birnbaum); "Trouble in the Land: The Paradigm Revolution in the Academic…
Descriptors: Archives, Change Strategies, College Bound Students, College Choice
Cooper, Edith Fairman – 1983
This five-part report examines several aspects of science/engineering (S/E) education as it relates to S/E manpower. Part I discusses: pre-college science/mathematics curricula that have a bearing on future career decisions of students and that will subsequently affect the supply of scientific/technical manpower; the importance of…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering Education, Engineers
Worthington, Robert M. – 1984
Because of their concern regarding vocational education programs not being responsive to labor market conditions, the Congress has established the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC). The primary outcomes desired by Congress in creating NOICC were labor market supply and demand data for planning and occupational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Tulloch, Charlotte – 1987
A study was conducted to determine the present state of vocational education in Kentucky and the supply of and demand for vocational teachers. Results are summarized for vocational teacher education in general and for teachers in the areas of agricultural education, business and office education, marketing and distributive education, health and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Employment Projections, Higher Education, Labor Needs
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Tobin, Joseph; Karasawa, Mayumi; Hsueh, Yeh – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2004
In this article the reflections of the teachers and directors of Komatsudani Hoikuen ("day-care center") on a video the authors recently made at their preschool are used to explore processes of continuity and change in Japanese preschool education over the course of a generation. The social changes that are associated with changing…
Descriptors: Preschool Evaluation, Preschool Education, Educational Change, Reflection
McCarthy, Martha; And Others – 1981
Data on the supply and demand ratio among school administrators were collected in six states (California, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, and Texas) for the purposes of determining the availability of such data and the feasibility of comparing them across states and depicting supply and demand trends in the selected states. The supply…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Certification, Elementary Secondary Education
Passmore, David Lynn – 1981
Provided in this report are a number of empirical and conceptual papers dealing with barriers to youth employment. The first paper, "Barriers to Youth Employment: A Review," contains a summary of more than 100 reports on causes of youth employability problems and poses several alternative strategies for formulation of youth labor market policy.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Educational Needs, Employment Problems
Eppley, George, Ed. – 1979
A rationale is presented for the establishment of a comprehensive skills center designed to provide low-cost, vocational training that would enable the unskilled and unemployed population of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, to fill area manpower needs. The report first compares the present composition of the county work force with the manpower needs of…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged
Webster, David S. – 1980
Recent literature that suggests policies university officials might adopt to bring Ph.D. supply and demand into some equilibrium is reviewed. Some literature documenting the present oversupply of new Ph.D.s and some supply and demand forecasts concerning the market for new Ph.D.s in the next 15 years are briefly reviewed. Predictions that were…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs
McCarty, Marilu H.; Galambos, Eva C. – 1978
Data concerning job prospects and supply/demand figures for 1985 college graduates in the southern United States are presented in this booklet prepared by the Southern Regional Education Board. Supply is defined as the number of entrants into the job market, and demand as the number of job openings in that year. The data provide an update of…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Career Choice, Career Planning, College Choice
Elias, Andrew – 1972
This report, one of a series of manpower studies, presents various series of data on the manpower of Czechoslovakia, especially for the years 1950-70, and two projections of the economically active population for the years 1971-90. The different measures are defined, the population base, manpower trends, and the general manpower situation are…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Developing Nations, Economic Factors
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Psacharopoulos, George – International Labour Review, 1984
This essay deals with a series of methodological issues involved in assessing training priorities in developing countries. It is argued that the present methods of arriving at these priorities leave much to be desired, and a number of suggestions are made that might lead to more informed policy decisions on education and training. (CT)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Finance, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
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Pearson, Richard – Educational Studies, 1983
Short-term forecasting methods for assessing the number of students finishing schooling in France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom are reviewed. Types of data that are available for each country are discussed, as well as suggestions for data that need to be collected for more efficient forecasting. (Author/IS)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Dropouts, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
US Senate, 2004
The purpose of this hearing was to gather information and hear testimony on three issues: (1) the expansion of the Cancer Research Center in Hawaii; (2) the recently granted legislative authority for Hawaii 3R's to utilize monies in the Native Hawaiian Education funds to repair those public schools to 25 percent or more Native Hawaiian children;…
Descriptors: Cancer, Oncology, Medical Schools, Hawaiians
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2002
Changes in the world economy such as globalization, free trade in services, and unequal demand for some occupations have resulted in increased cross-national movement of workers and emphasized the need for easily transferable or international qualifications. Leading the effort to address the issue of transferable qualifications is the European…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential
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