Training in electrical industries

The problem of retraining large numbers of war workers for peacetime pursuits confronts many industries today. During the war when industry was faced with the reverse problem, conversion to wartime production, the Federal Government provided aid through the Engineering Science and Management War Training Program under which war plant employees might take advantage of short technical courses offered by co-operating educational institutions throughout the United States. In the hope that industries reconverting to peacetime production might profit through similar methods, this article offers a survey of the University of California´s experience with the war training program.