The Talent Corps: Career Ladders for Bottom Dogs.

Focuses on efforts of talent Corp. for education in the United States. Report on the organization formed by reformist to train middle-class ladies for employment in the U.S., Talent Corps. Benefits of the Talent Corp. programs to poor people; Information on other groups involved in social reform; Training programs included by the organization; Efforts of new careers theorists to touch on a good many absurdities in the organization of American life; Failure of the new careers programs; Information on crisis in public services in cities of the United States; Demand of rising teachers' unions and professional groups for more control over entry and promotions; Introduction of new careers programs with a constituency; Views of the author that in schools as in on her agencies, the quality of the experience depended on the supervision.