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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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22 In the 1970s urban schools willcontinue to be a major source ofemployees for telephone jobs. Be-cause a growing number of highschool graduates are going to col-lege, and because urban schools arehaving difficulty providing basic ed-ucation to others who become avail-able for telephone jobs, it is in theBell Systems best interest to helpthe schools cope with growing edu-cational problems. Although reduced economic ac-tivity in 1971 increased the avail-ability of qualified applicants fortelephone jobs in many cities of theBell System, recruiting and reten-tion problems continued and arestill with us. In 1971 the annual loss MANPOWERNEEDS AND THE URBAN SCHOOLS by G. T. Bowden
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rates for the first half of the year,for example, were 25 per cent forwomen and 10 per cent for men.An upturn in business activity willtighten the labor market and pre-sent the Bell System with manpowerproblems similar to or more seriousthan those the System had in theyears 1966-70. The educationalpreparation of available manpowerhas been and will continue to beinadequate as more and more highschool students go on to college andthe remainder available to businessconsist more and more of dropoutsand others turned off by theirschool experiences. A business like ours can help theurban schools in several ways to improve the quality of education.We should increase the efforts wehave already begun, as well as seeknew and better ways of providingaid. Although we do not have con-trol over urban conditions or theurban schools in particular, we area large employer with extensivemanagement experience—whichcan be useful in various ways inmost of the major cities of America.According to the best

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