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Pollington, Mary – 1992
A study compared the working conditions of part-time English teachers at Brigham Young University (BYU) and Utah Valley Community College (UVCC). At BYU more than half of the advanced writing classes are taught by part-timers, who make up 27% of the English department, and women part-timers outnumber men four to one. At UVCC there are about as…
Descriptors: College English, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Employment Level
Peer reviewedHerr, Elizabeth – Historical Methods, 1995
Utilizes 19th-century census figures to reveal a more accurate and richer picture of womens' participation in the frontier work environment. Although the occupational classifications accurately reflected the rise of an industrial economy, they ignored womens' entrepreneurial rural efforts. Presents statistical data to rectify this situation. (MJP)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Interpretation, Economic Impact, Economic Status
Mendelievich, Elias, Ed. – 1980
The aim of this book is to examine the problem of child labor in various parts of the world: to make the phenomenon known, to analyze its causes, and to propose possible solutions. In Part I (by Elias Mendelievich), an introduction first outlines the problem. Chapter 2 examines pertinent international and national legislation and the International…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Cultural Background
Stapleton, David C., Ed.; Burkhauser, Richard V., Ed. – 2003
This book includes revised presentations from an October 2001 meeting of the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the Cornell Rehabilitation Research and Training Center that considered the validity of current data for measuring trends in the employment rate of people with disabilities and investigated the causes and…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Chronic Illness, Data Interpretation
Download full textStoddard, Susan; Jans, Lita; Ripple, Joan M.; Kraus, Lewis – 1998
This document provides statistical information on the employment of people with disabilities. Data included in the book are derived from national surveys and other analyses by federal agencies. Each of the four sections in the publication address an aspect of work and disability. Section 1, "Prevalence of Disability among Working-age People,"…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Chronic Illness, Disabilities
Houseman, Susan, Ed.; Nakamura, Alice, Ed. – 2001
This is the second of two volumes of selected papers presented at the 1996 conference "Changes in Working Hours in Canada and the United States." Eleven chapters explore an expanded set of working-time issues, which may be loosely grouped under these two topics: working time over the life cycle and nonstandard work arrangements.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
