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Leslie Seawright; Rhonda Stanton – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2024
In the discipline of technical/professional writing and communication, one of the strongest recruiting tools we use is the potential earning power students will have once they obtain a degree and secure a job in the industry. This article is the result of two professors learning that one of their most advanced and dedicated students accepted, in…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Technical Writing, Salary Wage Differentials, Salaries
Grissom, Jason A.; Timmer, Jennifer D.; Nelson, Jennifer L.; Blissett, Richard S. L. – Grantee Submission, 2021
We investigate the male-female gap in principal compensation in state and national data: detailed longitudinal personnel records from Missouri and repeated cross-sections from the nationally representative Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). In both data sets, we estimate substantively important compensation gaps for school leaders. In Missouri,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Principals, Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration)
Jewell, Robert W. – 1993
Lawsuits challenging inequality in education spending have already overturned many state public-education-funding systems, and many more could be overturned. The equal-spending argument is based on unwarranted assumptions that lead to a series of foregone conclusions. A comprehensive analysis of Missouri public schools was used to study the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Quality
McDaniel, Sue P., Comp.; Krauss, Robert, Comp. – 1991
This report provides statistical analysis of women in education and the work force in Missouri along with a list of the high growth occupations in Missouri. A chart shows that the percentage of high school graduates that are women has remained at about 50% for 10 years. Although there are noted decreases in the number of computer science,…
Descriptors: Comparable Worth, Demand Occupations, Employed Women, Employment Practices
McDaniel, Sue; Riley, Dee Ann – 1992
Management information system (MIS) data about women's participation in Missouri's job training system funded under Title II-A of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in program year 1992 were analyzed. Analysis of data from Missouri's 15 service delivery areas (SDAs) established the following: 75% of the state's 4,598 female JTPA participants…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Legislation, Educational Trends, Employment Level
Stevens, David W. – 1994
The school-to-work transition of high school and community college vocational program completers in 1990-1992 was examined by analyzing administrative records and employment and earnings data of vocational program completers from state education agencies in Colorado, Florida, Missouri, and Washington. A consistently high percentage of vocational…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educational Research