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Martinez-Brawley, Emilia E.; Durbin, Nancy – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1987
Reviews historical patterns in the employment of rural women and explains the policy implications of their unique labor market experiences. Analyzes current differences between rural and urban female employment, emphasizing the narrow range of occupations open to rural women and their resulting employment deprivation and vulnerability to poverty.…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Tobier, Emanuel – 1984
This report is the first product of the Community Service Society's Economic and Social Monitoring Unit which analyzes and forecasts the status of the poor in New York City (NYC). The report documents the following major findings: (1) nationwide, there are now fewer elderly and more minorities and women among the poor; the trends in New York City…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Children, Economic Factors
Zentner, Rene D. – 1985
The way that higher education planners can take into account changes in the post-industrial society is discussed. The scenario method is proposed as a method of integrating futures information. The planner can be provided with several probable futures, each of which can be incorporated in a scenario. An effective scenario provides the planner…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Education Work Relationship, Emerging Occupations
Download full textRumberger, Russell – 1984
Job loss through technological advancement, particularly technologies based on microelectronics, is increasing for all economic sectors in a nation already hard challenged in world and domestic markets for goods and services. But assessing technology's employment impact remains difficult not only because of its direct and indirect effects and…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Data Processing, Dislocated Workers
Straka, Gerald A. – 1984
Beginning with an overview of the development of the country's educational policy since the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, this paper provides an information survey on the current state of education in the People's Republic of China. After brief sections on the relations between Chinese society and the educational system and current trends in the…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Development, Educational History
Heneman, Robert L., Ed.; Greenberger, David B., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 14 papers on human resources (HR) and human resource management (HRM) in virtual organizations. The following papers are included: "Series Preface" (Rodger Griffeth); "Volume Preface" (Robert L. Heneman, David B. Greenberger); "The Virtual Organization: Definition, Description, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Learning
