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Snipp, C. Matthew – 1976
The average unemployment level on Wisconsin Indian reservations is 39%. Across Wisconsin Indian communities, unemployment ranges from 20% to nearly 70%. A study of Indian unemployment in Wisconsin indicates that the employment level in Indian communities both on and off the reservation is affected by such conditions as the out-migration of Indians…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Change Strategies, Cultural Isolation
Gerner, Jennifer – 1974
The study examines the economic implications in Wisconsin of the 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guideline which requires employers to treat maternity leave as a temporary disability. First, the static cost of the maternity leave guideline to employers is estimated for the State of Wisconsin. Second, some examination of the economic…
Descriptors: Costs, Economic Factors, Economic Research, Employed Women
Academic Collective Bargaining Information Service, Washington, DC. – 1977
As faculty and other public sector unions become more sophisticated in collective bargaining, they tend to lay a greater variety of demands on the table. This, in turn, forces the employer to ask, Do I really have to bargain about these subjects? As more employers refuse to bargain, more unions charge them with failing to bargain in good faith,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Employment Practices
Kumar, Vasant – 1977
Findings relating to two of Project PEP's objectives are dealt with in this report: (1) to evaluate special needs projects in the areas of agriculture, business, home economics, trades and industry, health, distributive education, and prevocational programs at the sixteen vocational, technical, and adult education (VTAE) schools in Wisconsin to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education
Sabota, Roger A. – 1978
A project involving three vocational technical and adult education (VTAE) districts in Wisconsin was undertaken to develop and field test a model for improving the bridge between school, cultures, and the world of work for American Indians. Each of the districts had unique needs which necessitated differing methodologies to achieve the project…
Descriptors: American Indians, Ancillary Services, Career Development, Career Guidance
Dougherty, Barbara B. – 1990
A study assessed the needs of Wisconsin single parents, homemakers, and displaced homemakers and identified barriers they encounter in obtaining education, training, and employment. A total of 770 new participants from 15 vocational/technical colleges responded to the written survey; 335 responded to the program completers' survey; 15 lead staff…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Displaced Homemakers