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Duffy, Mary Lou; Forgan, James W. – Corwin Press, 2004
Surveys show that 98% of school districts are reporting shortages of special education teachers, and that nearly a quarter of a million new special education teachers will be needed over the next few years. Special education teachers are leaving the field at twice the rate of general education teachers. Why? Special education teachers can quickly…
Descriptors: Workshops, Assistive Technology, Special Education Teachers, Labor Turnover
American Political Science Association (NJ1), 2005
In March 2004, the National Science Foundation funded a two-day workshop by the American Political Science Association (APSA) on the advancement of women in academic political science in the United States. The workshop was prompted by an alarming stall in the number of women entering the discipline and persisting through early years of faculty…
Descriptors: Workshops, Females, Tenure, Social Scientists
2002
The American Hospital Association's Commission on Workforce for Hospitals and Health Systems identified the workforce development related challenges facing health care institutions and issued a series of recommendations regarding how hospital leaders can build a thriving workforce. The change strategies identified by the commission were as…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Blacks, Change Strategies, Demand Occupations
Miido, Helis – 1996
Traditional library tasks, for example database searching, are increasingly performed by library users, forcing both the librarian and the user to assume at times dichotomous roles of teacher and student. Modern librarians install new software and guide organizations in multimedia applications. Librarians need to be cognizant of the human factor,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Automation, Computer Software, Foreign Countries
Welsh, Sue – 1996
The growth in the size of the Internet has resulted in much effort being spent on indexing its contents. The most popular solutions are created by automatic methods, and although offering impressive coverage, they are disappointing where precision of meaning is required. Alternative services created by human beings arrange and index resources…
Descriptors: Classification, Content Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Altieri, G.; Birindelli, L.; Bracaglia, P.; Tartaglione, C.; Albarracin, D.; Vaquero, J.; Fissamber, V. – 2003
Part of the EMERGENCE project to measure and map employment relocation in a global economy in the new communications environment, this report on eWork in southern Europe (SE) combines results of a European employer survey, case studies, and data from other sources. Chapter 1 analyzes national and sector dimensions. Chapter 2 studies eWork practice…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
National Inst. of Adult Continuing Education, Leicester (England). – 2002
This briefing sheet provides a summary of statistics (primarily from United Kingdom and Dutch surveys) that relate to the participation of older people in learning. It provides evidence of current participation, recent trends, types of learning in which older people are involved, future intentions, and correlation between learning in later life…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Westwood, Andy – 2002
Some new work is good work. Quality is ultimately defined by the individual. However, these perceptions are inevitably colored by the circumstances in which people find themselves, by the time, place, and wide range of motivations for having to do a particular job in the first place. One person's quality may be another's purgatory and vice versa.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Compensation (Remuneration), Demand Occupations, Economic Impact
Evans, Mary E.; Boothroyd, Roger A.; Kuppinger, Anne D. – 1996
This paper describes the Home-Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) program in New York and the characteristics and outcomes of the families involved in a study that investigated the effectiveness of the program. The HBCI program provides short-term intensive in-home services to families with children who are at-risk of out-of-home placements. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Blacks, Children
Hayward, Becky J.; Tashjian, Michael D. – 1996
This report contains selected preliminary findings from the Longitudinal Study of the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Service Program. The study, initiated in fall 1992, will produce a series of interim reports that address key policy questions. This second interim report presents data collected from VR consumers and their VR case files in 37 local…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Evaluation, Disabilities
Tashjian, Michael D.; Schmidt-Davis, Holly – 2000
This report contains findings from a descriptive study of the characteristics, services, and outcomes of consumers who achieved a supported employment (SE) outcome after exiting Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services. Data were obtained through case file abstraction, consumer interviews, and an extended service provider interview of 259 SE…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Evaluation, Disabilities
Belcheir, Marcia J. – 1999
This study assessed student satisfaction with college in seven areas: academic programs; student services; campus atmosphere; social activities; career services; academic support; and general satisfaction. A total of 720 randomly selected students at Boise State University (BSU) (Idaho) were surveyed in fall 1996; data from the American College…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Career Counseling, Classroom Environment, College Credits
Kerka, Sandra – 2001
Life is more complex than ever for adults in the 21st century as a result of technological advances; the changing nature of work, workplaces, and working relationships; international economic competition; the changing demographics of workers, families, and communities; and longer life spans. Learning to cope with all these changing…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Learning
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2002
A study assessed effectiveness of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 performance measures. Data were from a survey of WIA program administrators in 50 states; visits to 5 states; interviews with labor officials and national associations representing state and local workforce development officials; and a document review. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Collection, Dislocated Workers, Employment Services
Davis, Kyle R. – 2000
The factors influencing recruitment and retention of volunteers in community organizations were identified through a literature review. The following were among the key findings: (1) helping others is the main reason people volunteer; (2) personal invitation is the most effective means of recruiting volunteers; (3) individuals who are satisfied…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Blacks