Descriptor
Source
Author
| Brimmer, Andrew F. | 1 |
| Houseman, Susan, Ed. | 1 |
| Jacobs, Rita D. | 1 |
| Knight, Richard Victor | 1 |
| Kogan, Maurice | 1 |
| Mendelievich, Elias, Ed. | 1 |
| Nakamura, Alice, Ed. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Books | 6 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Canada | 2 |
| Africa | 1 |
| Asia | 1 |
| Australia | 1 |
| Europe | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Brimmer, Andrew F. – 1976
Assessing the economic progress of blacks in the United States during the last decade and a half, this special report is divided into eight chapters. Chapter I provides an overview of the report noting the overall conclusion that the economic position of blacks (as well as that of other racial minority groups and of poor whites) is not likely to…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Change, Economic Progress, Employment Patterns
Knight, Richard Victor – 1973
Through empirical investigations of the 1940-50 and 1950-60 decades, the author has developed a framework for analyzing metropolitan trade and determining the employment-related consequences of changes in trade activity. One major trend of this period, especially the second decade, has been the increasing self-sufficiency of all metropolitan…
Descriptors: Business, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Economic Research
Kogan, Maurice; And Others – 1994
This volume uses recent research in the United States, Canada, Australia, and United Kingdom and other nations to articulate the issues of faculty recruitment, training, rewards and employment in higher education. Chapter 1 looks at staffing as a policy issue. Chapter 2 explores how the academic profession is changing and touches on access to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Demography, Employment, Employment Level
Mendelievich, Elias, Ed. – 1980
The aim of this book is to examine the problem of child labor in various parts of the world: to make the phenomenon known, to analyze its causes, and to propose possible solutions. In Part I (by Elias Mendelievich), an introduction first outlines the problem. Chapter 2 examines pertinent international and national legislation and the International…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Cultural Background
Download full textJacobs, Rita D. – 1977
Addressing the current employment crisis in the humanities fields, this paper examines employment opportunities for Ph.D. graduates outside the university environment. The report notes that humanities graduates have learned skills of research, problem solving, and writing, and that graduate training emphasizes the ability to penetrate underlying…
Descriptors: American Studies, Attitude Change, Bibliographies, Business
Houseman, Susan, Ed.; Nakamura, Alice, Ed. – 2001
This is the second of two volumes of selected papers presented at the 1996 conference "Changes in Working Hours in Canada and the United States." Eleven chapters explore an expanded set of working-time issues, which may be loosely grouped under these two topics: working time over the life cycle and nonstandard work arrangements.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
