The collective bargaining agreement between the board of trustees and the Delaware State College chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period 1986 to 1990 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: definitions; recognition of unit; non-discrimination; rights and privileges (professional dues…

The collective bargaining agreement between the University System of New Hampshire and Keene State College Education Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA), covering the period July 1, 1985 to June 30, 1987, is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: a memorandum of agreement dated October 26, 1985;…

The collective bargaining agreement between Vermont State Colleges (VSC) and Vermont State Colleges Faculty Federation, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), is presented that covers the period from September 1, 1986 through August 31, 1988. The following 48 articles are included: definitions, recognition, management rights,…

The collective bargaining agreement between the board of regents of the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and the university chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) for the period July 1, 1986 through June 30, 1987 is presented. The agreement's five articles include the following: (1) definition of terms; (2)…

The Younger Adult Worker (YAW) study examined the long-range impact of participation in vocational education through a national cross-sectional survey of 1,539 persons aged 20 to 24 who were in the civilian labor force. After supplementing study data with data from two other national data bases, researchers drew conclusions pertaining to the…

The advances women have made in the past decade have created the myth that women have achieved equal opportunity in the job market. In reality, the opposite is true. The current economic status of women demonstrates the need for strict enforcement of equal opportunity laws. Department of Labor data indicate that the wage gap between men and women…

An historical and descriptive account of the Islamic school system is presented. Traditional Islamic schools began with the founding of Islam in the seventh century A.D.; the madrasas or Islamic universities were considered to be among the world's finest higher education institutes. Although Islamic scholarship began to wane in the 14th century,…

Teacher attrition is a concern in all educational sectors but is of special importance to Catholic schools because of the salary disparity between public and Catholic schools. This review examines the research on teacher retention in general with a view to understanding how this knowledge might inform teacher recruitment and retention strategies…

While 1977 was hardly a banner year for southern higher education in terms of legislative appropriations, it was an improvement over the most recent years. Financial stringency in recent years has given way to modest revenue gains in most southern states, with many reporting small but larger than expected surpluses. Budget increases ranged from 6…

Work in the lives of most Third World nation women is not a matter of equity and/or self-actualization. Rather, the changing economic roles and responsibilities of women make working a matter of economic survival. Despite the limitations of existing definitional and measurement problems related to data collection, regional data do exist which…

This three-part report presents a series of 46 tables providing data about enrollments, student characteristics, and personnel in the Washington community college system for Fall Quarter 1980. After a summary of the statistical highlights of the study, Chapter I offers historical data on Fall Quarter, full-time equivalent (FTE) and student…

The responses of over 700 members of the American Association of School Administrators to a survey investigating the status of collective bargaining in today's elementary and secondary school systems served as the basis for this report. Questions were asked concerning all aspects of collective bargaining (from the administrative perspective),…

This six-chapter report presents a profile of the Washington community college system on a series of tables and graphs. After introductory material presenting statistical highlights and general information on the system and student costs and financial aid, Chapter I presents student enrollment data for the system and each of its 27 colleges.…

Twenty-five publicly-controlled and seven privately-controlled black graduate schools in 14 states were studied to analyze the resources and potential of the institutions in order to use them more effectively. Among the topics within the report are: history, purpose, mission, and goals of the institution; enrollments (both general and in specific…

Part of a series devoted to identifying and evaluating strategies which vocational education administrators and instructors can use at the secondary student, teacher, or administrator level to eliminate sex stereotyping and sex bias in vocational education programs, this simulation activity involves students in real-life situations requiring…