This paper calls attention to the need to foster an understanding of the intersection of informal learning and social justice issues during the training of academic leaders (professors and administrators) and makes the case for academic leaders to take cognizance of informal learning in their social justice practices. The author posits that the…

The availability of user-friendly technological tools is allowing instructional designers and subject matter experts to create innovative online instruction. This article describes the implementation of a multimedia case-based approach that employs narrative to create a fully online course on complex continuing and long-term care for older adults.…

Several studies have suggested that screening decisions made by principals are biased by the age of teacher candidates. This study analyzed the effects of age, position desired, quality of information, and quantity of information about the candidate on screening decisions. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

Examines why individuals elect to take the early retirement package offered by their employer, as well as factors affecting their appraisal of that decision. Results suggest that all early retirement decisions are not voluntary. Individuals who do not wish to retire and who had lower self-esteem, fewer financial resources, and plans to continue…

Determined degree to which age bias in simulated personnel decisions can be reduced by varying one situational factor, age composition of applicant pool. To some extent, as number of older applicants in applicant pool increased, older applicants received more favorable ratings, and there was shift in perception of age-type of job. (Author/KS)

The 1978 amendments to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) provide older workers with the option of extending their worklives as a means of meeting the financial requirements of their later years. As part of a larger study funded by the Administration on Aging, DHEW, the degree to which inflation and ADEA was expected to impact…

Research addressing the attraction and selection of individuals for administrator positions is encapsulated in a structural model that depicts different phases of the employee procurement process. Within the present study, attention is devoted to the prescreening stage of the selection process, and screening decisions of superintendents are…

Two studies explored employment age discrimination for public school teachers. Principals nationwide evaluated hypothetical teacher candidates with different ages and focal positions. Screening decisions had a disproportional impact for older individuals seeking positions with perceived higher physical activity levels. Age discrimination did not…

A study was conducted to examine whether age is one characteristic used by law schools in selecting applicants. Data were obtained on 76,06l registrants for the 1975-76 law school application year. Constraints of the analyses reduced the sample to 43,180. An explanatory model of decision-making in the law school admissions process was formulated…

One of the aims of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is to accord due recognition to the fact that 'the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth". However, a question mark hangs over the extent to…