Mandatory drug testing of workers will create problems due to the low predictive ability of urinalysis. The predictive value of drug testing in populations of low drug incidence is illustrated using Bayes' Theorem. (MT)

This paper evaluates the competitiveness of Ashland University (Ohio) faculty salaries and the degree of compression present in those salaries.. Based on the results of an academic year 1992-1993 evaluation of competitiveness and compression, a program was designed and implemented to increase salary levels of Ashland University faculty and at the…

Assesses the effect of prior teaching experience on later counselor performance. (RP)

Report of the investigatory committee of the American Association of University Professors on the dismissal of sixteen faculty members from the Indiana Institute of Technology in March 1969. (PD)

Studies the problems women experience when their qualifications cause them to come into conflict with men in fields of employment previously dominated by the latter sex. (EK)

Phrenology provided a means of screening job applicants during the wave of urban immigration of the 1850s. (RA)

A conversation relating the problems of advertising for a librarian who is a member of a minority group without offending members of other groups is described. (AB)

Urges consideration of the local labor market's impact on staff supply and demand when revising salary schedules. Explains how to select job classifications for comparison, identify relevant labor markets, analyze job content, collect data on current practices in the market, analyze the data, and develop and prioritize recommendations for…

Reviews different interpretations of the Supreme Court's recent ruling concerning Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. For related articles, see pages 21 and 23 in the same issue. (WD)

Briefly reviews a number of Federal court cases that have dealt with Title IX, considering the issue of whether the 1974 regulations prohibiting sex discrimination in employment practices accurately reflect the intent of the 1972 law. (GC)

Examines the dynamics of the aging process, the employment situation facing older Japanese workers, and changes in age-related employment and wage practices. (SK)

The United States is on the verge of a labor shortage that is partly the result of declining birth rates. An increase in work force participation by older adults, encouraged by reversals of early retirement and other policy changes, would be advantageous to employers, workers, and the economy. (Author/SK)

The author studies measures adopted in some European market economy countries with a view to improving maternity protection and enabling women workers to reconcile the dual function of maternity and economic activity without undermining equality. (Editor)

Explores the advantages and disadvantages of being a female community college teacher. Gives reasons for making women equal in numbers and status to male faculty members. Lists nine factors contributing to women's unequal status and suggests actions that women teachers should take to improve their position. (DD)