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Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1984
The Texas Education Agency completed its first study of the "Availability of Teachers for Texas Public Schools" in November 1982. That report contained an analysis of data from a variety of sources and concerned past staffing practices and the current and future status of teacher supply and demand. This study builds on the November 1982…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Teachers, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends
Download full textEmployment Policies Inst. Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1995
This booklet, which is designed to clarify facts regarding the minimum wage's impact on marketplace economics, contains a total of 31 questions and answers pertaining to the following topics: relationship between minimum wages and poverty; impacts of changes in the minimum wage on welfare reform; and possible effects of changes in the minimum wage…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Economic Impact, Employed Parents
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1991
This report addresses the issues of underrepresentation and equity involving women in Texas colleges and universities. These issues include the numbers of women administrators and faculty, salary and compensation differentials, recruitment and retention of women in faculty and administrative ranks, the climate for women in higher education, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Employment Level
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. – 1982
A study examined the satisfactions and dissatisfactions of people employed in traditional and nontraditional jobs. During the project, mail questionnaires were returned by a sample of 352 residents that included both males and females employed in traditional occupations. Information was collected from the respondents regarding their sex, ethnic…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Career Choice, Educational Attainment, Employer Employee Relationship
Clymer, Carol; Roberts, Brandon; Strawn, Julie – 2001
A study reviewed the efforts of six states (California, Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, and Washington) to create new policies and strategies to support low-income individuals as they work. The study found the following: (1) working steadily initially after leaving welfare is linked to being employed in later years but is not linked to higher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Miller, Michael V.; Maril, Robert Lee – 1978
Relative to other urbanized areas, the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas consistently ranks at the bottom in regard to almost every objective indicator of socioeconomic welfare: per capita income, educational attainment, employment, and health and housing conditions. The 1970 census discovered that approximately one-half of its population,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Area Studies, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged Environment
Whittington, Herschel K. – 1985
A study examined the role of technicians in the fiber optics industry and determined those elements that should be included in a comprehensive curriculum to prepare fiber optics technicians for employment in the Texas labor market. First the current literature, including the ERIC database and equipment manufacturers' journals were reviewed. After…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Hall, Toni; Reed, Jim – 1979
A total of 2,782 nonreturning occupational and transfer students responded to a series of surveys conducted by 13 Texas community colleges during fall 1977 as part of the Tex-SIS (Student Information System) Follow-up System. Information on college majors, educational goals, reasons for not re-enrolling, satisfaction with college experience,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Educational Background
Back, Karla; And Others – 1987
During the past 15 years, fluctuations in the prevailing price of oil have had a profound effect on Texas' economic affairs and labor market. Efforts to forecast what the Texas labor market will be like in the future must allow for the diversity among the state's gulf coast, border, plains, eastern, metroplex, and central corridor regions.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demand Occupations, Economic Factors, Educational Needs
Hall, Toni; Reed, Jim – 1979
During Fall 1977, a questionnaire was mailed to 8,455 first-year graduates of 26 Texas community colleges. Responses were received from 4,838 graduates (57%). Following a section presenting survey highlights in 25 graphs, the survey report presents aggregate statewide questionnaire responses expressed as numbers and percentages. Respondents are…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns
Ramsey, Terry; And Others – 1996
This report presents a process for identifying emerging and significantly evolving occupations within key Texas industries. It explains findings of a research project that provided a current information resource to help job seekers make informed career and training choices. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 examines the projected mismatch…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Education, Electricity
Guarino, Cassandra M.; Brewer, Dominic J.; Hove, Anders W. – 2000
Data from the Schools and Staffing Survey, and from New York and Texas, were analyzed in 1999 to identify prevailing trends in the vocational education (VE) teacher labor market. The data, all secondary sources, were analyzed by using a set of indicators for detecting shortage or surplus conditions, and a set of guidelines for developing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Databases
