In the past, higher education has also grown mostly as a result of social forces, not in response to employer demands.

The government panels created under the NRA generally gave in to employer demands and appeared to be more concerned with preventing strikes than with protecting workers' rights or living standards.

This can allow the student to personalise much of the content of chosen strand making the degree flexible to meet employer demands or personal interests.

The council, a federation of seven textile unions in New Bedford, Massachusetts, had been confronted by an employer demand in January 1938 to cut wages by 12.5 percent.

Universities like the Oil Industry University have completely barred women from attending, citing the "lack of employer demand".

Unlike applicants for permanent residence, the Temporary Foreign Worker Program does not have a cap on the number of applicants admitted, instead, numbers are dictated primarily by employer demand.

Although there are many more graduates in the job market these days, there is still a high employer demand for new graduates.

Some administrators say the trend is more self-imposed than a response to employer demands for 365-day-a-year availability.

The commission would reserve 100,000 slots for workers who receive job offers from American employers - a drop from current levels but high enough, the commission believes, to accommodate employer demand.

Officials of nurses' unions point out that labor throughout the nation is fighting employer demands for givebacks and barely keeping up with inflation.