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Direct linkHerbert, Marion – District Administration, 2011
On June 8, News Corp., a media company owned by Rupert Murdoch, snatched two leading school district administrators to head its new education division. Peter Gorman, former superintendent of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) Schools, is the unit's new senior vice president, and Kristen Kane, the former chief operating officer of the New York City…
Descriptors: Corporations, School Districts, Local Government, Private Sector
Lichtenstein, Nelson – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2011
When he was still President Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, now mayor-elect of Chicago, famously quipped: "Never allow a crisis to go to waste." Republican governors in Wisconsin, New Jersey, Ohio, and other states have certainly taken that advice to heart. By emphasizing, and in some cases manipulating, the red ink flowing through…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Social Class, Private Sector, Collective Bargaining
Download full textTaylor, Steven J. – Center on Human Policy, 2008
Problems faced by the developmental disability service system in recruiting and retaining direct support staff are exacerbated by demands from competing service industries, including long term supports for the increasing aging population in the United States. Many factors account for high turnover and vacancy rates in the community service system,…
Descriptors: Wages, Employment, Private Sector, Developmental Disabilities
Anderson, Debra; Dunn, Eddie; Hillman, Mike; Morth, Tom; Schepp, Julie; Padilla, Gina – North Dakota University System, 2007
Some of the questions most frequently asked of the North Dakota University System relate to the status of graduates and program completers of state educational institutions. Follow-up Information on North Dakota Education and Training (FINDET) is a consortium of several state agencies formed to provide answers to those questions. This report,…
Descriptors: Wages, High Schools, Private Sector, Employment Level
Peer reviewedLambropoulos, Haris S. – Economics of Education Review, 1992
Uses Greek data for 1981 and 1985 to test screening hypothesis by replicating method proposed by Psacharopoulos. Credentialism, or sheepskin effect of education, directly challenges human capital theory, which views education as a productivity augmenting process. Results do not support the strong version of the screening hypothesis and suggest…
Descriptors: Credentials, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Nathanson, Jeanne H., Ed. – OSERS News in Print, 1990
This newsletter issue offers six articles on employment of people with disabilities. "Employment and People with Disabilities: Challenges for the Nineties" (Frank Bowe) discusses the Americans with Disabilities Act, issues in unemployment and under-education, earnings, and implications for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Disabilities, Employment, Employment Level
Pennington, Hilary; Seltzer, Marlene – Women's Policy Journal of Harvard, 2001
Jobs for the Future (JFF) has identified the following best practice programs that support what is known to work best in moving women into family-supporting employment: (1) Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas, trains welfare recipients to work as sheet metal assemblers while providing a support services counselor and support for child care…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. – 1999
Surging demand for workers, growing income inequality, and passage of welfare reforms have made work force development one of the United States' key national concerns. Public/Private Ventures has been working with various states to design work force development strategies that seek to address the concerns of many work force development specialists…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Colleges, Community Colleges
