"Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty" presents new and surprising findings about career differences between female and male full-time, tenure-track, and tenured faculty in science, engineering, and mathematics at the nation's top research universities. Much of this…

PEPNet gets frequent requests for information about interpreter/speech-to-text position development. Determining or analyzing a salary is often part of this challenge and the people at PEPNet trust the information in this paper will be helpful to postsecondary programs. This is the sixth survey produced by PEPNet-Midwest and the University of…

Compares the proposed Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidelines on religious discrimination with the Court's ruling in the "Hardison" case. Concludes that the EEOC has equated "a reasonable accommodation" with affirmative action while the Court equated it with lack of discrimination. (Author/IRT)

Analyzes critically and integrates the legal, psychometric, and professional literature on the use and misuse of cutoff scores by managers to help make personnel decisions. Examines alternative methods in relation to legal precedents set by the courts, to psychometric principles, and to the various sets of professional guidelines. (Author/ABL)

Examines the controversy over the lack of faculty diversity at Harvard Law School and highlights the school's past practices regarding hiring and promotion of minority teaching staff. The pool problem issue is discussed, and the current status of faculty diversity is presented. (GLR)

Appropriate links between company staffing and training practices and business strategy lead to better performance. Those with a prospector strategy should use different practices than those with a defender strategy in four areas: source of skills, functional emphasis on skills, emphasis on breadth of skills, and emphasis on quality. (SK)

Data on the employment status of persons with disabilities in federal government (average grade level, promotion rates, occupational categories, and earnings) indicate the numbers and percentage are gradually increasing; their average grade level is lower than that of nondisabled workers and they have lower promotion rates. More attention to…

Approved as policy by the Board of Directors of the Association of College & Research Libraries in June, 1977. This statement is an expansion and extension of the recommendations in ACRL's "Model Statement of Criteria and Procedures for Appointment, Promotion in Academic Rank and Tenure for College and University Libraries." (Author)

After examining recruitment as a dual process in Detroit and Yokohama (Japan), the author states that discrepant findings result in part from different temporal focus in the recruitment process. He advocates study of the entire recruitment process and the need to isolate contingencies that influence employee selection. (Author/CH)

Among the most crucial decisions made on college and university campuses are those that bear on the selection of new institutional leaders: presidents, vice presidents, deans, and department heads. Effective procedures for recruiting, screening, and nominating candidates for these positions are essential to the vitality and future of academia.…

The manager of personnel selection and recruitment for a major industrial firm presents elements of a new recruitment program: (1) reduce the list of target universities; (2) make better use of existing, nonrecruitment programs with colleges; (3) enlist the voluntary aid of managers and corporate staff; and (4) work closely with key managers.…

Discusses the impact of federal regulation (primarily that of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) in the area of personnel selection. (IRT)

Survey data from 100 Singapore organizations revealed the following: they tend to recruit women more for operations than supervisory/management jobs; 44% consider gender a selection criterion; recruitment ads often specify gender; and women's opportunities for promotion and training are limited as is their access to flexible work arrangements and…

In response to labor market changes, employers are seeking workers with different skills and competencies. Selection criteria and recruitment channels have also changed. (SK)