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Download full textKatz, Arthur J. – 1976
The views of thirty corporate executives were examined and analyzed on the role and usefulness of various types of formal, informal, and continuing educational experiences as preparation for successful careers in business management. Personal interviews were conducted with each executive, with similarities of attitudes and recommendations…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Business Administration, Business Administration Education
Kapel, Marilyn Brown – 1976
Relationships between competencies specified for elementary education reading programs and selected factors contributing to teacher effectiveness were assessed in this study. Phase one assessed relationships among 12 factors of teacher effectiveness and 22 competencies developed by the State of Pennsylvania. Phase two studied relationships among…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Long, Jennifer M. – 1997
Job advertisements listed in "American Libraries" and "Library Hotline" from January 1993 to January 1997 and archived through the Hypertext Archives for LIBJOBS from August 1995 to January 1997 were examined to determine the job opportunities and qualifications for systems librarians. The job opportunities were analyzed in…
Descriptors: Careers, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Employment Qualifications
Etheridge, Jane Laudani – 1997
The purpose of this study was to explore and discover whether there are any differences in credentials required or preferred for academic library positions which offer faculty status, compared with those which do not include this designation. A content analysis was done using announcements for 451 nationally publicized openings. In the area of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Content Analysis
Duerler, Diana J. – 1995
Museum librarians occupy positions in a wide variety of organizations, including art galleries, colleges and universities, government agencies, and historical societies. This study investigated what qualifications and attributes employers wish entry-level museum librarians to possess as they begin their library careers. A questionnaire was mailed…
Descriptors: Credentials, Data Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Employment Qualifications
Grace, Evelyn Southwood – 1994
A study examined the relationships between the skills measured by basic skills assessment tools and the competencies that U.S. employers desire of their hourly employees. The basic skills desired by employers were identified through a literature review. Tools for assessing adult basic/employability skills that are currently available from a total…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Employer Attitudes
Sawyer, Thomas Harrison – 1977
A questionnaire was sent to 282 presidents of eastern seaboard public and private two-year institutions to investigate a variety of personal and professional characteristics. Study findings, based on 204 returned questionnaires, indicated that these presidents were predominately white males, married, from middle-class families with the Ed.D.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
Edwards, Linda R. – 1991
Literature concerning microcomputer usage in business education programs within secondary schools, teachers' attitudes toward microcomputer use in the classroom, and employment needs of the business community in computer and related occupations was examined. By comparing microcomputer use and employment needs, the study attempted to determine…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Business Education, Business Education Teachers
Kahn, Edward – 1977
This survey evaluated the reading programs and reading instructors of 13 New Jersey community colleges and reviewed the research literature. Results of the survey indicate that the reading instructors, for the most part, are highly qualified. The survey found a disparity, however, between the remedial needs of typical community college students,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods
Love, Elise B. – 1997
This study evaluates demand for specific competency categories in the 1996 United States academic library job market. Its purpose is to identify frequencies of requested qualifications and of job openings by United States region, to inform students and administrators of Masters of Library Science (MLS) Programs of current competency requirements…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Competence, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential
Anderson, Gregory G. – 1992
The need for teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) to have cultural sensitivity is discussed. First, it is proposed that ESL teachers must develop multicultural understanding and sensitivity to the cultural needs of students in order to help them reach their full potential. This means avoiding cultural domination, treating students as…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Classroom Environment, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Landsman, Mary Elizabeth Baggett – 1975
Reading programs in community colleges of Florida are described, based on the responses of 52 community college reading instructors (63% return) to a guestionnaire and a "Job Activities Rating Scale." Information is provided on the educational background of the instructors, with emphasis on specific training in the teaching of reading; the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulty
McCormick, Francis Michael – 1977
This master's thesis presents a survey of state standards for day care personnel using data gathered from copies of general state day care requirements. Requirements for day care teachers are organized into five categories: health, education, abilities, personality and extraneous variables. Five questions are asked in the survey concerning minimal…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Child Caregivers, Comparative Analysis, Day Care
Wichmann, Theodore F. – 1976
Environmental stress-challenge programs for delinquent youths as an alternative to the juvenile justice system in the US have shown very favorable results, though little research has been done to determine why. In order to provide information about processes involved in such programs, a checklist of 40 affective role expectations for delinquent…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Affective Objectives
Moraga, Gebre Yohannes – 1983
An evaluation is presented of summer inservice secondary school teacher education programs given at five colleges of Addis Ababa University in 1982. A survey was conducted focusing on how academic and administrative affairs were operated. The first chapter of this report provides a statement of the problem, identifying the background history of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Administration
