There are reports of current nurse shortages in all but a few OECD countries. With further increases in demand for nurses expected and nurse workforce ageing predicted to reduce the supply of nurses, shortages are likely to persist or even increase in the future, unless action is taken to increase flows into and reduce flows out of the workforce…

This report presents the results of a study of higher education in California, focusing on the impending fiscal crisis of increasing demand, tuition, and costs. The study found that at a time when the educational needs for productive employment are increasing, college costs and demand are rising faster than funding. Until now, institutions have…

To benefit from new millennium opportunities, women should take advantage of the burgeoning information technology revolution and growth in other mathematics- and science-based occupations. Among occupations, professional jobs will increase the fastest and add the most employment. Among industries, the computer and data processing services…

This overview on potential funding sources describes three major federal programs that can provide a financing base for public job creation initiatives serving hard-to-employ welfare recipients and non-custodial parents. Section I is an introduction. Section II focuses on the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant. Section III…

A study estimated the aggregate effects of antipoverty policies on wages and unemployment of different groups. The context was one in which emphasis was on labor supply policies, such as welfare reform or job training, and not on policies to increase labor demand for the poor, such as public employment or subsidizing private employers to hire the…

Workplace and educational changes related to gender in Louisiana in 1996-97 suggest some progress but a continued need to reduce wide gender gaps in some occupational areas. Workplace data show a closing gender gap, but changes are occurring at different rates for different areas. Women's share of the total labor force continues to rise; wage…

After a major governing board decision regarding faculty pay policy caused serious faculty dissatisfaction, the Association of Governing Boards assisted the administration in providing a workshop to help faculty understand the policymaking process of the board and administration. (MSE)

Describes four major tax acts which significantly impact businesses and individual taxpayers. Includes important issues affecting businesses, such as changes in minimum wage, depreciable personal property, pensions, and tax credits. Also describes important issues affecting individuals, including changes in spousal IRAs, adoption expense credits,…

Two studies illustrate how omitting faculty rank as a predictor variable from gender equity studies of faculty salaries can lead to incorrect conclusions about gender discrimination. One uses hypothetical data constructed so there is no gender difference in salary, but omission of academic rank skews the results. The second uses data from a…

After three years of minimal raises, college administrators fared better in 1994-95, with median salaries rising 4.4%. Median salaries for executive, academic, administrative, external affairs, and student services administrators are presented for five institutional categories: (1) all institutions; (2) doctoral institutions; (3) comprehensive…

Examination of college faculty salaries across disciplines suggests that the traditional academic wage scale is increasingly stressed by academic labor market forces. This trend has implications for faculty morale and commitment, turnover, faculty encouragement of students to pursue academic careers, and the relationship of the reward system to…

Data from the American Association of University Professors' national survey on college faculty salaries are analyzed for trends and changes and are tabulated by institution and state. Summary data are also displayed by institution type, academic rank, sector, and gender. (MSE)

Discussion of student assistants in academic libraries focuses on a study of 40 academic libraries in Texas with church affiliations that investigated ways to motivate student assistants to shelve more productively. Student attitudes are discussed, and it is concluded that a small across-the-board pay incentive is an effective motivator. (17…

Salary and turnover data from the College and University Personnel Association's administrator-compensation survey are presented for ten information-technology positions at doctoral, comprehensive, four-year, and two-year institutions. Four-year trends in turnover reflect changes in technology and its growing cost and importance to schools;…

An investigation of the short-term benefits of obtaining a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) degree found that graduates of both full- and part-time programs fared significantly better than nongraduates in earnings, management responsibility, and satisfaction with opportunities for promotion. Graduates of the most competitive programs…