Spectacular advances in microcomputers are forging new technological frontiers in robotics. For example, many factories will be totally automated. Economic implications of the new technology of robotics for the future are examined. (RM)

A social skills training procedure, which included videotaped feedback, videotaped modeling, focused instructions, coaching, and behavioral rehearsal, was implemented. Treatment effectiveness was evaluated and the results indicate that social skills training can be an effective treatment for job-related stress. (Author)

Women age 45 and over make up 40 percent of the older labor force. Their employment-related experience is different and disadvantaged compared to older men. Specific differences which are examined include occupational distribution, earnings, unemployment, poverty, retirement income, and labor force participation rates. (Author/ABL)

This Annual Report details the activities of the American Institute of Physics in 1975. The Institute placed major emphasis on the expansion of the institute's public-relations and manpower roles. Developments affecting journals and the activities of the Fiscal Branch and Marketing Division are also discussed. (BT)

The author points to employment problems in current society to which employment counselors should give attention. He asks members of NECA to take an active role in all social action programs, to create a more wholesome work environment for all people as a supplement to individual and group counseling, and to help counselees achieve a happier and…

Announces the availability of information about minority status of all existing people-oriented data banks of the American Chemical Society, including data gathering and file search procedures. Contained is a chart illustrating unemployment statistics for minority groups as self-identified by the Employment Clearing House registrants. (CC)

A system of compulsory arbitration that has regulated labor relations for all public school teachers in British Columbia for 36 years is analyzed. (MS)

Placement can play a pivotal role in supplying administrators with employment data and evaluations to guide long-range educational planning. (Author)

An evaluation of the process and the impact of the Emergency Employment Act in the Los Angeles area. (DM)

The Emergency Employment Act, despite weaknesses, may represent a first step toward a needed permanent public service employment program. Or it could be a diversion and a destructive caricature of job creation. (DM)

Focuses on 3 considerations when reductions in faculty positions are necessary due to financial exigency: (1) the faculty role in reaching decisions on reduction; (2) implications for academic tenure; and (3) requisite due process. (HS)

The author suggests that the quality of working life may have more than a practical and symbolic impact on the American workplace; it is also likely to have an impact on the academic world. (CT)

Explores the projected oversupply of new economics Ph.D.s and its implications for college and university programs. Topics discussed include undergraduate enrollment in economics and business courses, the emergence of business schools as a growth market for economists, relative salary movements, field switching, and shifts in the kinds of doctoral…