Employer involvement is a crucial element in the success of school-to-work initiatives. To reach out to employers, states can do the following: target key employers and industries; foster employer ownership; give employers opportunities to recruit their peers; create or collaborate with intermediary organizations; establish partnerships with labor…

Outlines the author's attempt to investigate the notion that the Youth Training Scheme curriculum is best understood as an expression of ideology. It is a report of an ongoing piece of research and the focus is on the Supporting Studies element of the YTS as the place in the curriculum where ideology is most obviously manifest. (Author/CT)

Nursing education must change its focus from generalization to specialization. The employers of baccalaureate graduates will require specialists--in acute and tertiary areas, in the community, and in patients' homes. Job expectations will be defined further through functional role preparation. Basic core content must provide a strong foundation in…

Work experience for youth with disabilities is one of the most critical factors that sets the stage for their postsecondary employment success. Research and practice show that youth benefit from frequent and continuous exposure to real work environments throughout the secondary school years and beyond. These experiences, however, occur only when…

Discusses the association between expressions of anger in small groups and the high rate of turnover in nursing staff that plagues many hospitals. Suggests that physicians' tantrums and supervisors' outbursts are unaffordable luxuries. (JOW)

A major problem faced in program evaluation of vocational education is the lack of a national manpower policy. This concern involves workers' acquiring and developing occupational skills which are needed by society and demanded by employers. Federal legislation specifications spell out program requirements which educators must keep in mind. (CT)

A research review indicates that British employers are neither highly involved in nor satisfied with National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) despite claims for their role in providing needed skills. The review suggests that public funding of training should not be determined by the NVQ agenda or the objectives of the professional training lobby.…

Two articles present industry and higher education viewpoints of education's role. The industrial author states that education must (1) change faculty and student attitudes, (2) teach about actual industrial practice, (3) teach business concepts, and (4) improve the quality of its product. The higher education author argues that education must…

The authority of the First Amendment may transcend the strictures of its original wording, which limits it to proscriptions of federal government suppression of speech. Attempts by some courts to extend First Amendment authority to the workplace is clearly related to the growing criticism of unrestrained managerial dismissal power. The first major…

Almost from the introduction of the new technology into newsrooms, the video display terminal (VDT) has raised health concerns. Ironically, the newspaper industry--which ordinarily would be at the forefront, acting as a watchdog over worker health and safety concerns--has initiated little news coverage of the VDT radiation issue. The Newspaper…

Taking the view that job sharing is a positive alternative for workers and employers, this article defines job sharing in broad terms and describes its evolution from the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to the present. The advantages, such as increased productivity, are felt to be impressive, but disadvantages also exist, including significant…

Job sharing is discussed as alternative approach to traditional professional librarian work arrangements and viable solution for: working mothers wanting part-time, career-oriented jobs; end-of-career librarians near retirement; those who desire increased leisure. Employers' reluctance is outlined noting increased expense, salary problems,…

The author discusses why business has difficulty in motivating its employees and proposes a new approach to developing human resources. Discusses mistaken premises, personnel and supervision, setting a long-term goal, changing management's philosophy, and selling human resource development as a company priority. (CT)

Suggests that negative employer attitudes are no longer restricting employment of the disabled. Instead, inadequate job preparation has resulted in a lack of marketable job skills in many disabled job seekers. (Disabled USA, President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC 20210.) (JOW)

This article presents observations from contacts and consultations with representatives of 25 major companies in the Richmond, Virginia, area concerning their strategies for complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The article concludes that a dynamic tension exists between employers and people with disabilities, and the law's…