The Uses of Talent / Dael Lee Wolfle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfle, Dael Lee, author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 1661

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manpower policy--United States.

Manpower policy.

Education--Economic aspects--United States.

Education.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looking at the uses and abuses of high-talent manpower in the United States, Dael Wolfle analyzes the ways in which this country produces, distributes, and utilizes its vital human resources. He examines changing trends in academic and professional supply and demand, and advocates long range administrative planning in order to avoid overspecialization and wasteful use of the professional labor force. To this discussion Dr. Wolfle brings twenty-five years' experience as a psychologist and student of the changing needs for and uses of high talent manpower. Basing his analysis on data from the disciplines of sociology, education, psychology, economics, and management he offers his cautionary conclusions to stimulate thought and provoke action.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Ecology of Specialization

2. The Changing Demand for College Graduates

3. The Return on Educational Investments

4. Who Goes to College

5. Mobility

6. Problems and Policies for the Future

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

1-4008-7188-3

OCLC:

903442341