Objective: It is useful to examine workplace factors influencing employment outcomes of individuals with disabilities and the interplay of disability, employment-related, and employer characteristics to inform rehabilitation practice. Design: A number of large national survey and administrative data sets provide information on employers and can…

THE CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION OF WOMEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ITS SECOND CONFERENCE EXPLORED PROMISING FIELDS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR COLLEGE TRAINED WOMEN, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO COULD WORK ONLY PART TIME. SPEAKERS PRESENTED A NATIONWIDE VIEW OF WOMEN IN THE LABOR MARKET, DESCRIBED THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION'S PROGRAM IN HIRING WOMEN,…

In order to assess the felt needs and interests of the local population and business community relative to education and training, a survey was designed and implemented in the four-county area surrounding Waco, Texas. This volume, part two of a three part series, documents the work done in developing and conducting the business and industry…

A total of 202 companies responded to a survey of policy and practice in the employment of university and college graduates in business and industry. Among results of the survey were that 54 percent of the respondents indicated that business outlook was better than 1977 and that they planned to contact the same number of colleges as last year. The…

This report contains the results of a pilot survey of employer satisfaction with Connecticut's public college graduates from the class of 2003 conducted by the Department of Higher Education (DHE) in the spring of 2005. The project was part of a four-state project entitled, "Defining Best Practices for Responsible Accountability Models in…