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Direct linkLaura W. Perna Ed. – Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 2024
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Scholarship, Writing (Composition)
Goller, Michael, Ed.; Paloniemi, Susanna, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2017
The present book collects, integrates, and discusses the range of perspectives and discourses on agency at work. In addition, the book compiles the empirical research that has been generated by various perspectives. The chapters deal with the relationship between (a) agency at work, and (b) professional learning and development. They encompass a…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Professional Autonomy, Workplace Learning, Persistence
Wright, Joyce C., Comp.; Clark, Barton M., Comp. – 1990
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit begins with a summary by Kriza A. Jennings of the results of a survey which focused on identifying the practices of the 119 member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in the areas of cultural diversity, recruitment, and affirmative action practices. It is noted that of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affirmative Action, Cultural Differences, Employment Practices
Download full textDurham, Robert; And Others – 1989
This document presents discussions of four problems that may be found in the workplace. "AIDS in the Workplace: Employee Safety and Rights" (Robert Durham and Burton White) explores issues of employee/employer relationship and the issue of Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the workplace. It concludes that the management of the AIDS…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Drug Legislation, Drug Use Testing, Employer Employee Relationship
Shaver, Marilyn – 1990
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit examines the practices of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in the area of cultural diversity programming. These libraries were surveyed to determine if they offered a program which supported ethnic/cultural sensitivity training in the workplace. Survey responses…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cultural Differences, Employment Practices, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Services. – 1990
This SPEC KIT presents survey results and documents from 53 U.S. academic members of the Association of Research Libraries in 1990 who provided current information on student employment policies and practices. The survey results identify the following employment policies and practices: (1) funding sources and wages; (2) duties and rewards; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Higher Education
2001
The first of three papers from this symposium, "If We Can't Define HRD in One Country, How Can We Define It in an International Context?" (Gary N. Mc Lean, Laird D. McLean), questions the possibility of defining human resource development (HRD) in a worldwide context. Several factors were found that influence a country's and an individual's…
Descriptors: Definitions, Discourse Analysis, Employment Practices, Global Approach
Ruderman, Marian N., Ed.; And Others – 1996
This book contains seven exploratory research papers from a conference on diversity and workplace teams. The authors examine diversity in terms of a variety of attributes, including race and sex. The book is divided into three sections. The first contains three papers that deal with the management of diverse teams. The following papers are…
Descriptors: Adults, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Institutional)
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1974
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit on affirmative action programs contains planning documents and policy statements on affirmative action and equal employment opportunity from universities and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries. The kit comprises: (1) "Affirmative Action Plan for the University Library"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affirmative Action, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1980
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit on affirmative action programs, which replaces an earlier SPEC kit on affirmative action, contains planning documents from Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions and policy statements on affirmative action and equal employment opportunity from several universities. The kit…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affirmative Action, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1982
As a result of declining enrollment and newly instituted limitations on property taxes resulting from passage of Proposition 2 1/2, school districts in Massachusetts have been forced to reduce the size of their teaching staffs. The Massachusetts Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights sought to determine what steps were being…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Employment Practices, Government Role
Anderson, Erin, Ed. – 1993
Twenty-five profiles of college and university programs using teaching portfolios to evaluate faculty are presented to illustrate how portfolio use relates to institutional context and purposes of evaluation. An introductory section makes observations about the profiles in general and highlights some issues emerging during preparation of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Employment Practices, Evaluation Criteria
Gallagher, James J., Ed; Reis, Sally M., Ed. – Corwin Press, 2004
Raising some of the most challenging questions in the field, this call-to-arms focuses on the important services gifted programs provide, the potential crisis gifted educators face, and what must be done to keep the gifted child movement alive and well. Key features include: (1) James J. Gallagher's unflinching account of the issues that continue…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Teaching Methods, Public Policy, Employment Practices
Schell, Eileen E., Ed.; Stock, Patricia Lambert, Ed. – 2001
This book addresses the counterproductive conditions in which part-time and non-tenure-track composition faculty must teach, using case studies, local narratives, and models for ethical employment practices. It presents and evaluates a range of proactive strategies for change, both for local conditions and broader considerations. Section 1,…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Adjunct Faculty, Collective Bargaining, College English
Cobble, Dorothy Sue, Ed. – 1993
This book contains the views of 40 contributors on women and unions, organized into 15 chapters on six topics: Closing the Wage Gap; Meeting Family Needs; Temporary and Part-Time Work: Opportunity or Danger?; Homework; Developing a Realistic Approach; New Directions in Organizing and Representing Women; and Female Leadership and Union Cultures:…
Descriptors: Adults, Collective Bargaining, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship
