Outlines the package of special incentives the teacher recruitment program in Prince George County (MD) Schools was able to develop with the assistance of the Advisory Council for Business and Industry in the county. (MD)

Questions the validity of Braddock and McPartland's generalization from a youthful sample of workers to all workers. Also questions Pettigrew and Martin's conclusion from research on women's reluctance to compete for high-status jobs and that Black ambivalence may be partly responsible for smaller pools of black candidates. (PS)

Since 1982, the federal government has relied on a decentralized, noncompetitive hiring method and on specialized examinations for entry-level professional hiring. Most agencies are satisfied, and minority hiring has increased. Both methods reflect a focus on selection based on specific job skills rather than on long-term career potential. (JOW)

Discusses the transition from teaching in a college to working in business. Points out similarities and differences between the work of academe and the business world. (EL)

Education which enables students to integrate theory and practice can be viewed as the primary task of the professional school, but a task that is rarely performed. A set of conditions that facilitate this are given. (Author/AM)

According to a recent study of how women manage maternity in the workplace, more than 70% of pregnant employees were still employed at the same job 6 months after childbirth (compared to 80% of young women who had not been pregnant). A study of 324 randomly selected employed women in the Midwest yielded similar results. Six months after giving…

Cautions administrators to improve their substitute teacher programs, because more substitutes are going to be needed as teachers receive more time off from school for participation in professional meetings and other activities. (Author)

The author uses a fictitious, but ever-so-real, situation to demonstrate the complexity of administration today in what was once a simple Extension setting. (Editor)

The NAWDC Professional Development and Standards Committee was charged by a positive 1971 convention response to a working paper on Professional Ethics" to create a professional code of ethics to which all levels of NAWDC membership could subscribe. The Professional Development and Standards Committee documents were adopted by the NAWDC…

Discusses the election of officers and some of the resolutions adopted at the 1973 Association for Education in Journalism convention. (RB)

This article is intended to familiarize library administrators with the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. (4 references) (SJ)

Unemployment among engineers, considered a short-term problem, affects most severely the youngest, oldest, and those with least experience and education. (Editor)

Indicates that arrest records as well as convictions disqualify people for state and local government jobs. (BH)

Preview of nationwide survey presents preliminary findings on workers' attitudes toward labor standards problems and job satisfaction. (Editor)

Future developments in the areas of employer policies and retirement age choice of employees are uncertain because of the inability to predict public policy regarding retirement benefit programs. (JOW)