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McLaughlin, Gerald W.; Spinney, D. L. – 1978
Changes in the composition of faculty with regard to age, tenure status, number of new members, average salary, turnover rate, and percentage of nontenured faculty receiving tenure are of concern to university policy makers. As a result of developments, such as changes in the mandatory retirement age and the limited growth of universities,…
Descriptors: Age, Career Ladders, College Administration, College Faculty
Bennett, C. A.; Griffitt, W. B. – 1976
A survey of all 1,000 Kansas State University faculty was conducted in August 1975 by the KSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Results from the 459 usable returns are detailed in statistical and narrative form. Ninety percent of the faculty indicated high degrees of liking their positions. Although a number of areas…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Evaluation, Fringe Benefits
Rusalem, Herbert – 1967
Recent selected literature on problems encountered by the disabled worker aged 55 years and over is reviewed. Aspects considered include the background to and nature of the problem; displacement, unemployment, and retirement; pension problems; legislation; capacities of the older disabled worker; expanding vocational opportunities for the older…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Community Programs, Employment Problems
American Home Economics Association, Washington, DC. – 1974
The booklet prints the following papers delivered at a national conference: Actualizing Concepts in Home Management: Decision Making, Dorothy Z. Price; Innovations in Teaching: Ergonomics, Fern E. Hunt; Relevant Concepts of Home Management: Innovations in Teaching, Kay P. Edwards; Standards in a Managerial Context, Florence S. Walker; Organizing:…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Community Resources, Conceptual Schemes
Levin, Betsy – 1976
This chapter summarizes recent state supreme court and federal court decisions involving school employees. The cases discussed are generally limited to those decided during 1975 and reported in the General Digest as of March 1976. In her discussion, the author attempts to integrate related cases and to illuminate any unifying legal principles that…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Due Process
Grabowski, Stanley M., Ed.; Mason, W. Dean, Ed. – 1974
Directed toward the practitioner, the book is a compilation by 18 knowledgeable, experienced authors of some of the recent literature and current practices in the field relating to aging. The book consists of seven parts: (1) The Older Adult as Learner, (2) The Role of Education in an Aging Society, (3) The Aging Individual and the Changing Nature…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Learning, Attitude Change, Community Health Services
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Nelson, Richard R. – Monthly Labor Review, 1985
Summaries are presented, by state, of labor standards legislation passed during 1984. Significant actions included laws concerning wages, child labor, school attendance, occupational safety and health, working hours, equal employment opportunity, worker privacy, labor relations, private employment agencies, employment and training, plant closings,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Child Labor, Economic Development, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Imel, Susan – 2003
A number of factors and trends contribute to an increase in older adults in the workforce including demographics, financial concerns, changing concepts of retirement, longer and healthier life spans, and demand for the knowledge and skills possessed by the current generation of older workers. Careers are now considered to be more fluid, nonlinear…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Career Change, Career Counseling, Career Development
McKnab, Paul – 2002
This report contains data on three facets of special education attrition in Kansas. First, the report documents attrition information for special education personnel who were employed during the 2000-2001 school year (SY) but who did not return to a special education position in Kansas for the 2001-02 SY. Second, attrition rates for special…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Trends, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
van Leeuwen, Fred, Ed. – Education International, 2000
This issue of the quarterly Education International focuses on vocational education and training (VET). The editorial, "Education and the Wealth of Nations" (Fred van Leeuwen), focuses on provision of quality education for all. "Education International's (EI's) First Joint Worldwide Action on Education Issues" (Elie Jouen) describes the Global…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Developed Nations
Lahey, Helen C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1954
During the academic year 1955-1956 Dr. Helen C. Lahey, Professor of Education at City College of the City of New York, New York, served as Fulbright guest professor at the Pedagogical Seminar in the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Vienna, Austria. While in Vienna Dr. Lahey was granted permission for research in the archives and library…
Descriptors: Tenure, Elementary Secondary Education, Vocational Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Hewitt Associates LLC, Lincolnshire, IL. – 1994
In order to assess the impact of proposed health care reform legislation on higher education institutions, a survey was conducted of colleges, universities, and community colleges concerning medical plan design, medical coverage for part-time employees, medical plan costs, retiree medical coverage, and the potential use of purchasing pools. The…
Descriptors: Colleges, Economic Impact, Educational Finance, Federal Legislation
Giguere, Lauren; And Others – 1994
This document consists of a final report and curriculum materials from a project that designed a set of curriculum packages to meet the needs and interests of senior citizens. The curriculum presented topics that were critical to the daily lives of older adults while integrating basic skills. Classes met for each topic approximately six to eight…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Computer Literacy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 1998
This volume presents the report of the Committee on Education and the Workforce regarding the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, including additional and dissenting views. The report, which features both the text of the amendments and the Committee's review of them, covers the following sections of the proposed legislation (H.R. 6), set to go…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Facility Improvement
Bard Coll., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. – 1988
The agreement between Bard College, New York, and the Bard College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period 1988 to 1989 is presented. The agreement covers the following items: recognition, tenure, cause for dismissal, hearings in the event of dismissal, termination for financial exigency, other…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Contracts, Employment Practices
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