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Robertson, Winston O., Jr. – 1977
One of six volumes summarizing through narrative and statistical tables data collected by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its 1974 survey, this sixth volume details the employment status of minorities and women in special district governments (excluding school districts), by examining the general governmental activities they…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Community Services
Roos, Patricia A. – 1977
Employing data from the 1970 Census, this study investigates whether all non-Anglo ethnics experience monetary discrimination in employment. Two minority groups at opposing positions on the socioeconomic spectrum, Japanese Americans and Mexican Americans, are compared to the Anglo population. Overrepresentation in low prestige jobs,…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Asian Americans, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Ahren, Nancy C.; Scott, Elizabeth L. – 1981
A study analyzed the career outcomes of men and women Ph.D.s Based on a sample survey of approximately 50,000 Ph.D scientists, engineers, and humanists, conducted in 1979 by the National Research Council, the study examined 5164 triads consisting of one woman and two men who were matched as nearly as possible according to selected background…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Behavioral Sciences, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis
Maine State Dept. of Human Services, Augusta. – 1981
A committee examined the number, type, and quality of work and training opportunities available for heads of households under Maine's Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program and suggested ways to improve them. Comprised of such representatives of the private and public sectors as employers, AFDC recipients, welfare advocates,…
Descriptors: Coordination, Economic Development, Educational Cooperation, Educational Finance
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1981
News concerning women students and staff at colleges and universities, equity in education, and nontraditional careers for women is presented. Specific topics include: sexual harassment litigation; surveys concerning sexual harassment within the university and in the federal workplace; a reverse discrimination case in which a white female…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Classroom Environment, College Students, Court Litigation
Download full textBouchard, Ronald A. – 1980
Personnel administration in higher education is the focus of this "hands-on, how-to-do-it" guide that provides fundamental materials for developing and maintaining a sound personnel program. Part One (Employment) examines government regulations, employee recruitment and selection, pre-employment inquiries and screening, post-employment process,…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Administration, Compensation (Remuneration), Contracts
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 2003
The benefits of offering high school students career and technical education (CTE) in addition to training in basic academic skills and the cost-effectiveness of CTE were examined by reviewing available data on demand, supply, and results for CTE. The analysis confirmed that the market and demand for workers with only a high school education still…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship
Reardon, Robert C.; Vernick, Stacie H.; Reed, Corey A. – 2001
Civilian employment data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau in 1960-1990 were analyzed with respect to the following factors: (1) the six kinds of work considered in the Holland occupational classification system (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional); (2) occupation; (3) employment; (4) gender; (5)…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Comparative Analysis
de Wolff, Alice – 2000
A survey of 205 people, 4 group interviews with approximately 30 people, and 6 design and analysis meetings involving approximately 40 people were conducted in a 1999 participatory study of contingent workers in Toronto. (Contingent work was defined to be lower-waged forms of non-permanent work arrangements that include contracting, employment…
Descriptors: Adults, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Friedman, Pamela – Reauthorization Notes, 2001
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 led to an increase in the percentage of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients seeking more immediate employment and a decline in the percentage pursuing postsecondary education or degree programs. Since TANF's enactment, several legislative bills have…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Attitudes
Bartik, Timothy J. – 2002
The labor market spillover effects of welfare reform were estimated by using models that pool time-series and cross-section data from the Current Population Survey on the state-year cell means of wages, employment, and other labor market outcomes for various demographic groups. The labor market outcomes in question are dependent variables that are…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Dropouts, Educational Status Comparison, Employed Women
Gibson, Cynthia M. – 2000
The Jobs Initiative, an eight-year demonstration, helps low-income residents find jobs that pay family-supporting wages in Denver, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Seattle. "Entrepreneurial intermediaries," ranging from a private foundation to a city agency, manage six sites that take a dramatically different,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2000
The 2000 Student Outcomes Survey was a national survey of students who undertook vocational education and training (VET) during 1999 at a technical and further education (TAFE) institute in Australia. Questionnaires mailed to stratified, randomly selected samples of graduates and module completers yielded national response levels of 55.8% and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Programs, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
McMullen, Kathryn; Schellenberg, Grant – 2003
The quality of jobs in nonprofit organizations in Canada was examined through a review of data from Canada's Workplace and Employer Survey, which collected data from a nationally representative sample of Canadian workplaces and paid employees in those workplaces. Key findings of the analysis were as follows: (1) overall, compared to the for-profit…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration)
Jobs for the Future, Boston, MA. – 1998
ProTech is the Boston Public Schools' longest-standing and most developed school-to-career (STC) initiative. It is a collaboration of the Boston Public Schools, 75 employers, and the Boston Private Industry Council. ProTech combines rigorous academic instruction, a sequence of worksite learning experiences in seven major industrial clusters for…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Blacks, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
