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Novotny, Janet – 1981
Mandatory retirement of college faculty, as affected by the amendments to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), is considered in relation to the changing faculty age profile, retirement strategies to cope with ADEA, and other issues under ADEA. ADEA raised the mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70, and tenured faculty were exempted…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Age Discrimination, College Faculty, College Planning
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1980
This three-part curriculum for entrepreneurship education is primarily for postsecondary level, including four-level colleges and adult education, but it can be adapted for special groups or vocational teacher education. The emphasis of the eight instructional units in Part III is operating a business. Unit F focuses on proper management of human…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration, Business Administration Education
Glenny, Lyman A.; Bowen, Frank M. – 1980
Thirty-five indicators of the need for change in a higher education institution are outlined. They are divided into two large categories: those over which the institution has little or no control, and those over which it has some or total control. Within those categories are subcategories: indicators for short-range planning, and those for…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Guides, Budgets, Change Strategies
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1972
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held two days of hearings in Phoenix to investigate the civil rights status of Arizona Indian Tribes, to ascertain the nature and extent of their problems, and to try to arrive at a means to rectify those problems. The testimony offered at the public session came from representatives of local, state, Federal and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Bilingual Education
DOHERTY, ROBERT E. – 1967
THIS VOLUME CONTAINS PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE ON EMPLOYEE RELATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HELD JULY 14-15, 1966, AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS AND THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS THREEFOLD--(1) TO PROVIDE A FORUM WHERE…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Collective Bargaining
Sheppard, Harold L.; And Others – 1978
The study reported here examines the employment-related problems of older workers and develops a research and development strategy for future federally funded projects. Following an introductory section, the content is in fifteen chapters. The first chapter covers a number of critical policy issues and the second concentrates on job-related…
Descriptors: Career Change, Educational Needs, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities
Sheppard, Harold L. – 1971
The document offers four research studies dealing with the older worker. The first study, "A Perspective on the Status of Older Americans in Today's Job Market," goes beyond the ordinary statistical analyses of the labor force participation of older adults, and deals with age discrimination by employers and Employment Service offices.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age, Age Differences, Career Change
Redkey, Henry – 1975
Sheltered work programs for the handicapped in five European countries (Denmark, Sweden, Poland, West Germany, and The Netherlands) are described in this paper. Basic features of the programs in each country are discussed, including population, financing, and aspects of the programs that can be applied in helping America improve employment…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Cooperative Programs, Design Requirements, Disabilities
Allen, W. Carolyn; And Others – 1976
Questions concerning academic and vocational questions were answered by examining how legislation affects and corrects sex role stereotyping, societal attitudes and sex bias, and employment patterns of men and women at present and in the future. Educational practices that promote sex discrimination were investigated in the following areas:…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Counselor Attitudes, Court Role, Curriculum Development
Locke, Michael – 1975
The handbook provides a basic guide to the functions of a college governing body, the legal entity for a college in Britain. The governmental ano administrative context in which a college operates, the power and duties of the governing body based on British governmental guidelines, its historical role, and issues in governance are discussed. In…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Admission (School), Bibliographies, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets)
2002
This document contains three papers from a symposium on team-based work in human resource development (HRD). "Toward Transformational Learning in Organizations: Effects of Model-II Governing Variables on Perceived Learning in Teams" (Blair K. Carruth) summarizes a study that indicated that, regardless of which Model-II variable (valid…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Case Studies, Conferences, Cooperation
Sicker, Martin – 2002
The prospective place of the aging worker in the employment environment of the 21st century is examined. The following are among the specific topics discussed: (1) the real world of work and retirement; (2) the changing employment environment; (3) the restructuring of business in the United States; (4) globalization and the economy; (5) downsizing…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aging (Individuals), Corporations, Economic Change
Yen, Irene H.; Frank, John W. – 2002
This document contains two papers on connections between work and health and policy options for improving the health of working families. "Foreword" (James A. Auerbach) places the two papers in the context of recent research on the connections between work, family, and health. Chapter 1's overview addresses the changing nature of work,…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Care, Employment Practices
Sommer, Finn M.; Olesen, Henning Salling; Andersen, Anders Siig – 1996
In Denmark, the institution of shop steward was established in 1900. Until World War II, shop stewards' main functions were to recruit new trade union members and check whether labor agreements were being observed. After World War II, Denmark's shop stewards began having to deal with increasingly complicated and "technical" questions.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational History
Buchan, James; Dal Poz, Mario R. – Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002
The reasons a skill mix among health workers is important to health care systems were examined. The analysis was based on a review of studies conducted primarily in the United States. "Skill mix" was defined as the mix of posts, grades, or occupations in an organization and the combinations of activities or skills needed for each job…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Employment Practices, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries
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