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Schmitt, Lisa; Hutchins, Shaun – Online Submission, 2015
This report includes two studies that describe the local context for teacher employment decisions. The first examines the local labor market, and the second examines employment for teachers who left Austin Independent School District (AISD). A separate executive summary and a technical report also were published. [For the executive summary, see…
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Kindergarten
Wilkinson, Leah; Vander Putten, Jim – Online Submission, 2010
The economic downturn that began in the United States in 2008 has influenced higher education in similar ways to retrenchment in the early 1970s. Institutional budget constraints have expedited long-term declines in the number of full-time, tenure track faculty positions available in many academic disciplines, especially the humanities. This…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Market, Faculty Recruitment, College Faculty
Ren, Junqing; Gao, Xuesong; Su, Zhigang – Online Submission, 2006
In this paper, we attempt to give an insider's perspective on mainland China's tertiary vocational education/training (VET) through reflecting upon its recent history, the social and economic conditions for its current growth and survival, and the challenges facing its future. We will take stock of four major problems that have been hindering the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recruitment, Low Income Groups, Labor Market