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Versluis, Jan – Prospects, 1973
The concepts and phenomena of unemployment, underemployment, and equivalent employment are discussed and illustrated by two case studies. The role and responsibility of the education system in dealing with the distribution of resources, are analyzed in terms of investment priorities, rate of return, and quality of output. (KM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Data Analysis, Developing Nations
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Physics Today, 1973
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Employment Opportunities, Graduate Study, Graduate Surveys
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Passmore, David L. – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1982
Implications from a literature review on the employment status and income of deaf people include the following: (1) serious underemployment of the deaf, (2) uncertainty about the effects of compensatory legislation on education and employment problems, and (3) significant effects of deafness on income and lifetime earning power. (SK)
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Attainment, Educational Legislation, Employment Level
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Juntila, Stephen W.; And Others – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1980
Examined is the history of federally funded vocational education and employability development programs created to address the specific labor market needs relating to underemployment and unemployment. This article serves as an introduction to four more articles concerning CETA and youth unemployment. (CT)
Descriptors: Educational History, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Labor Market
Smith, Elsie J. – Journal of Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance, 1980
Explores minority achievement and employment in the sciences and engineering, and offers a general outline of a counseling model for increasing the number of minority students in the sciences and engineering. (Author)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Counseling, Career Development, Counselor Role
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Gordon, Vivian V. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1978
The historical background of federal preferential treatment to particular groups, such as the case of the current affirmative action programs, is reviewed. Some of the arguments against affirmative action are criticized and the necessity for such programs is stressed. (MC)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Disadvantaged, Equal Education
Kim, Bok-Lim C. – Civil Rights Digest, 1976
Highlights the major characteristics of the Korean American population and lists some of their most pressing problems and needs. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Needs, Employment Problems, English (Second Language)
Hartnagel, Timothy F.; Krahn, Harvey – British Journal of Education and Work, 1995
Four-year panel survey data were used to examine the effects of well-being on school-to-work transition of Canadian youth. Such labor market problems as unemployment and underemployment had small, significant negative effects on self-esteem, depression, and powerlessness for high school graduates but not college graduates. Effects of education…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employment Problems, Foreign Countries
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Hecker, Daniel E. – Monthly Labor Review, 1992
Examination of contradictory data show that during the 1980s college graduates' earnings increased relative to those with less education. More college graduates were employed in jobs not requiring degrees; employers had sufficient numbers to fill jobs requiring degrees. Economic restructuring rather than a shortage of college graduates appears to…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Data Interpretation, Educational Status Comparison, Employment Level
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Sloan, Judith; Wooden, Mark – Australian Bulletin of Labour, 1992
The Australian labor market in 1992 was characterized by (1) high unemployment; (2) variability across states; (3) long-term unemployment; (4) government focus on infrastructure projects; (5) emphasis on training; and (6) enterprise bargaining in industrial relations. (SK)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries, Job Development
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Livingstone, D. W. – International Review of Education, 2000
Analyzes the results of the first countrywide survey of the informal learning practices of adults in Canada, conducted in 1998. The survey found respondents to be devoting unprecedented amounts of time to learning activities, including an average of 15 hours per week in informal learning projects. Implications for policy and program initiatives…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Conference Papers, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries
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Tatum, Becky L. – Journal of Black Studies, 1996
Studies the hypothesis that black youth delinquency is a rational response to present and future situations of intergenerational unemployment, underemployment, low-paying, and low-status occupations. Research from 57 New York state counties with high rates of black juvenile unemployment and other low-income variables compared to arrest rates…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Black Youth, Delinquency, Economically Disadvantaged
Lindgren, Amy – 1995
This book is the first in a series of six pocket-sized books written for career changers and laid-off workers. Each book is written at a 7th- to 10th-grade reading level and contains examples, hands-on self-discovery exercises, and step-by-step advice for a successful job search. This book defines a simple strategy for success in getting a job in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Education, Goal Orientation
Webster, Suzanne – 1995
A project adapted an existing problem-solving curriculum to help unemployed or underemployed displaced homemakers and single parents qualify for job placement and training. Forty-five adult learners from the New Choice program participated. Handouts adapted from a prior Math Employment project and instructor-created materials were used. Handouts…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Curriculum Development, Displaced Homemakers, One Parent Family
Rumberger, Russell W. – 1982
There is a growing disparity between jobs' educational requirements and workers' educational attainments, and also an increasing underutilization of college-educated workers. Changes in the demand for educated labor arise from changes in the U.S. economy's industrial structure and from changes in particular jobs' educational requirements. Changes…
Descriptors: Capitalism, College Attendance, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship
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