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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
Cline, Larry; Kepner, Jim – 1998
The Sumter Office of Economic Development and Central Carolina Technical College (South Carolina) formed a partnership to help increase the technical skills of the local work force. Industry surveys, questionnaires, and on-site visits revealed that employers were discouraged with the inadequate work force pool, and that those coming from secondary…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Data Collection, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
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Manlove, Elizabeth E.; Guzell, Jacqueline R. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1997
Job turnover among a sample of child care workers was examined in relation to demographic, work-related, and nonwork-related factors. Findings indicated that the perceived choice of other jobs and job tenure both have an impact on intention to leave, as well as on actual 12-month turnover. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Court, Gill; Connor, Helen – 1994
The U.S. labor market for new graduates of two- and four-year colleges was studied to determine the impact of the large increase in output of graduates that occurred in the 1950s and 1960s. The study was based primarily on published research evidence and available statistical material, supplemented by a small number of interviews with experts in…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Wirth, Arthur G. – 1992
In view of the complex changes going on in work and schooling in the United States, organizational innovations are necessary if both institutions are to regain their competitive edge. The nation is pulled by two value traditions: a bureaucratic, centralized control tradition versus the tradition of democratic ideals. The centralized control…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Change Strategies, Computer Uses in Education, Education Work Relationship
Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
Technological and demographic changes affect the nation's employment landscape. The most consistent trend of the century has been the shrinking workweek. By the year 2000, many workers will spend only 32 hours per week at work. Other workplace changes will continue the quest for more work satisfaction: technical trends (flextime/telecommuting);…
Descriptors: Automation, Employment Patterns, Fringe Benefits, Futures (of Society)
Stambler, Howard V., Comp. – 1986
Trends in expenses, financial assistance, and indebtedness for students studying health professions and the effects of financial considerations on career choice were examined. The objective was to determine financial disincentives to graduates of health professions schools that affect their choice of practice specialty or their decision to…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Debt (Financial), Dentistry, Economic Factors
Lee, V. Wilson – 1982
Designed to help industrial development teams be prepared to promptly and accurately answer any questions industrial prospects might have, this publication provides a listing of 441 questions which industrial prospects might ask. The questions are grouped into 16 categories: community government (27), local services (18), population (18),…
Descriptors: Churches, Community Characteristics, Community Services, Elementary Secondary Education
Useem, Elizabeth – 1981
The relationship between high technology companies and educational institutions in northern Santa Clara County, California, a major center of technologically sophisticated industry, was studied. Attention was directed to the way that educational institutions in Silicon Valley are changing to meet the demands of a transforming technology. Over 100…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Stanley, Patrick A. – 1983
Impacts from the major high technological changes now underway cut across all industrial sectors and most occupational clusters. Technological innovation can increase or decrease the total number of types of jobs. Decline in employment may be offset, however, by new applications and capabilities of goods and services or by employment shifts. While…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections, Futures (of Society)
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