The article describes Project M.E.A.L.(Model for Employment and Adult Living) in Phoenix, Arizona, designed to move unemployed young learning disabled adults recently out of school to employment and community living. Training and support services link clients with available community training or education programs and sustained employment in…

Ethnographic methods and conversation analysis were used to examine five teacher-supervisor conferences and their contexts. Passive, collaborative, and adversarial teacher conference roles were constructed in the conference process. Implications for supervision, educational leadership and reform, and teacher recruitment and placement are…

JobWeb, an Internet site, will enable employers, career services, and human resource professionals to utilize Internet resources. While JobWeb is not fully developed, it is operational, attracting 10,000 visitors a day. Goals include provision of timely access to career professionals, students, and alumni and leading edge benchmarking information.…

Discusses community-based assessment and how it was linked with the job-matching process to assist students with severe disabilities in the job development and placement process. (JOW)

The author describes his journey from poor African-American youth in the rural South to successful businessman. He discusses the Inroads program, an internship for African-American and Hispanic youth and advises giving up victimhood and adapting to the mainstream of capitalism. (SK)

The nine-year experience of the Northeast Louisiana University School of Pharmacy in developing an undergraduate toxicology program is described. A survey of 128 graduates revealed student characteristics and graduate employment and/or education patterns. Common job duties included industrial hygiene, analytical chemistry, technical writing,…

Suggests that the patron-client relationship between the Chinese Communist Party and intellectuals parallels the relationship between the state and scholars in imperial China. Describes privileges, prestige, and political and social control of university faculty and students; university admittance examinations; and national unified job placement…

This article proposes that university department prestige can be measured by ability to place its doctoral recipients, as illustrated by analysis of accounting student placements. Resulting rankings of departments were evaluated for stability over time and against other program characteristics to illustrate the validity and uniqueness of the…

Examines legal requirements of employment and public accommodation provisions of Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) as they apply to career services and recruitment operations. Defines Title I, employment provisions, and Title III, provisions related to public accommodations and commercial facilities, of ADA. Discusses how recruiters…

Considers the current state of graduate study in composition in American universities. Questions the aims of composition programs and their concomitant exploitation of graduate assistant. Describes the pressures and frustrations of those like the author who are OTM ("on the market") and looking for a tenure-track position. (HB)

Discusses the impact of globalization on the jobs and trade of Canada. Emphasizes new relationships with countries in Latin America and Africa. Notes the types of trade that Canada enjoys with these two areas and encourages expansion of business into them. (DSK)

Discusses recruiting and placement statistics for engineering program graduates for the 1998-1999 academic year. (WRM)

A placement coordinator and career advisor combined industrial and career counseling expertise in preparing industry placements for British college students, who learned creative job searching, application, and interviewing techniques. Student feedback indicated the program enhanced employability and job search skills. (SK)

Introduces the process of developing an outcomes-assessment plan. Includes citations to functioning assessment plans. Explores testing, portfolios, capstone experiences, questionnaires, interviews, job placement, and classroom assessment. (DDR)

Investigates the value orientations of Russian young people in school as well as problems relating to job placement through a survey of 157 experts and 1,796 people between the ages of 14 and 22. Finds that young students' attitudes toward secondary employment are determined by the possibilities the labor market may offer them. (CMK)