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The study of manpower requirements has received much attention since 1960, but it may be argued that the results of these studies did not come up to the expectations of those involved in the conduct of manpower research. The high percentage of unemployed professionals we are now experiencing brings us to formulate vigorous objections toward certain economic theories concerning the rate of return on education. The expectations of higher education would be less deceiving if a body of information were provided to people concerned. For example, research results about graduates or drop-outs at the beginning of their earning careers would be beneficial. This study would follow up the students in their year-to-year progression, in their graduation and their integration into the labor force. Such a study would not consider university dropouts as wastage but would follow up these human resources so as to know the reasons why they quit school and to clarify to what extent their partial studies helped them in their jobs. (Author/HS)

This paper analyzes (1) the reasons for not attending school given by dropouts from community colleges; (2) the situation of college graduates and the degree of their satisfaction compared with that of dropouts; and (3) the profile of the college dropout. Self-administered questionnaires were sent to college students who failed to register in September 1971. Subjects surveyed include those high school graduates who had indicated that they would be attending college in the fall as well as those who failed to return to college. It was found that students drop out of college for academic, sociological, psychological and financial reasons. (Author/HS)

This paper presents the results of a study of the output of Canadian universities as measured by graduate degrees conferred or by graduates produced. The study was conducted to answer 2 basic questions: (1) Do Quebec universities train enough qualified manpower in comparison with the other provinces? and (2) Encouraged by funds and by the Quebec government policy of catching-up, do the French universities reach the output of the English universities in the province? It was found that Ontario and the Western Provinces have been ahead of Quebec in the graduate degrees/labor force ratio for several years. In Quebec itself, the French universities produce more master's degrees than the English universities, but McGill surpasses all of the French universities in the output of doctorates. As for the catching-up policy set for the French universities, it seems that they have not yet attained the breadth of research and scientific training that doctoral level programs should include. (Author/HS)

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Aim of this study was to determine a common unit of graduate degrees granted per province in proportion to the labor force, that is, to compare the graduate degrees/labor force ratios (1) between Quebec and the other provinces and (2) between the French-language and the English-language universities in Quebec. (Author/CB)