Presents results of a survey that ranks occupations by earnings. 1981 data is presented for the earnings of 247 occupations, each employing at least 50,000 wage and salary workers full time. The figures relate earnings from wages and salaries only; earnings from self-employment are not included. (SSH)

Presents data showing that progress for women in journalism education has been minimal, but points to a few encouraging signs of progress. (AEA)

Examines the history of comparable worth, the questions it raises (such as sex discrimination), and the solutions being proposed. These solutions include involving unions in raising pay levels of certain jobs, changing the attitudes of management towards women and "women's work," and broadening women's career outlooks. (CT)

Jobs differ widely in the ability, educational level, and other attributes they require of workers. This article provides a table that lists 16 characteristics of jobs, such as education required and salary level, and shows each characteristic's relation to more than 250 individual occupations. (Author/SSH)

Covers four areas that relate to the 1989 employment outlook for chemistry: the importance of the use of computers in undergraduate chemistry education; current demand for chemical professionals; current salaries; and availability of career planning. (MVL)

Following the setbacks of wartime, teaching is once more on the march toward a professional status that is in keeping with its great importance to the Nation and to the world. Numerous agencies have expressed the need for an authoritative statement setting forth the facts on which a young person might base a decision to enter upon teaching as a…