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Chalk, Rosemary, Ed. – 1988
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has necessarily played a major role in the debates over choices and responsibilities arising from the advances of science and its applications in a rapidly changing world. The editor of this volume has selected articles, editorials, and letters from the AAAS journal "Science," from…
Descriptors: Altruism, Ethics, Health Occupations, Humanism
DiMaggio, Paul – 1987
This survey report provides information on senior administrators in four types of arts organizations: resident theaters, art museums, symphony orchestras, and community arts agencies. It examines: (1) their backgrounds and careers; (2) the rewards they receive from their work; (3) their expectations about future employment; (4) their training and…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrator Education, Agencies
1984
Testimony was presented by representatives of the St. Croix Valley Association of Teacher Educators (SVCATE) and the Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA). SCVATE recommendations are presented on the topics of teacher recruitment, preservice teacher education, inservice teacher education, and teacher retention. MASA testimony,…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
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Ghani, Hilary; Griffin, Andrea – Journal of Information Science, 1987
Briefly summarizes two main themes raised at the 1987 seminar on library and information science at Loughborough University; i.e., the response of library schools to the professional image, and the response of the schools to the emerging employment market. (CLB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Qualifications
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Knotts, Rose; And Others – Library Trends, 1985
This study examines personality characteristics of women in nontraditional careers, investigates deviations over a decade, and compares personality profiles of women to profiles of general adult men. Four occupational groups from an original 1972 study are examined--real estate, management, accounting, and university professors--and further…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administration, Comparative Analysis, Employed Women
Executive Educator, 1984
Batch-process, online career information, and online career guidance systems are computer-based career information systems that can provide current information on jobs, as well as match students with careers or educational courses. (KS)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Computers, Guidance Personnel
Education Commission of the States (NJ3), 2005
This document summarizes the findings of a report by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) designed to help policymakers gain a better understanding of both the nature of the teacher workforce and of promising recruitment and retention strategies. ECS reviewed 91 studies on teacher recruitment and retention in search of answers to eight…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Employment
Henderson, Tim M.; Fox-Grage, Wendy – 1997
This report identifies issues in state financing of programs to train nurse practitioners and physician assistants and presents findings of a national survey of 51 such training programs. An introductory chapter gives the main arguments for increased use of nonphysician providers of primary health care; this is followed by a chapter on barriers to…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Higher Education
Culkin, Mary L.; Groginsky, Scott; Christian, Steve – 1997
The care and education of the youngest children in the United States has become a critical public policy issue affecting millions of families. This guide closely examines the issues and tradeoffs in key child care policy decisions that face state legislators. The guide provides a discussion of state efforts to build supply, improve quality, and…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Financial Support
Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, 2004
The stakes for California's schools and students have never been higher. More than 1,600 California schools are now on a statewide "watch list" for failing to meet new federal standards, a number that is expected to triple in less than 5 years. Many of these schools face federal sanctions or even takeover by the state. This year's high school…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, High Schools, Teaching (Occupation), High Stakes Tests
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Billingsley, Bonnie S.; Cross, Lawrence H. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1991
This study of 82 general educators with certification in special education found that over half would consider special education positions. Primary deterrents to special education teaching included paperwork and factors related to working with special populations; potential incentives included adequate teaching resources, minimal nonteaching…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Special Education, Special Education Teachers
Podlasyi, I. – Soviet Education, 1991
Urges use of computers to find workable Soviet educational theories. Complains of tendencies to indulge in creativity backed by neither experience nor action. Insists that creativity be integrated into professionalism instead of sought as an end in itself consisting of theory without results. Stresses the importance of computer support in…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Creativity, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2007
The "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" examines what is arguably the single most powerful authority over the teaching profession: state government. This Alabama edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ's) "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" is the first of what will be an annual look at the status of state policies…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Yearbooks, State Standards
American Medical Association, Chicago, IL. – 1983
Proceedings of the Allied Health Education Forum, which aimed to afford an opportunity for mutual exchange between those who accredit and those who are accredited, are presented. The plan for the forum was to be action-oriented and to allow for interchange on topics identified as important to those involved in or interested in allied health…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Allied Health Occupations Education, Conferences
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. National Materials Advisory Board. – 1986
Electrochemical phenomena play a fundamental role in providing essential materials and devices for modern society. This report reviews the status of current knowledge of electrochemical science and technology and makes recommendations for future research and development in this multidisciplinary field. The report identifies new technological…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Electrical Occupations, Electronics
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