According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 50 percent of undergraduates work in part-time jobs while enrolled as full-time students. Student employment, says the author, has the potential to be a significant developmental experience, providing an extracurricular setting in which to promote learning after class ends, enabling…

Discusses part-time employment relative to opportunities for adults to learn throughout their lifetime. (JOW)

Discusses the part-time worker in Australia who enjoys permanent status--working fewer than standard hours but with the full range of benefits associated with full-time employment. Implications for libraries are presented. (RAO)

Higher education is in flux as governments around the world seek to use it as an instrument to enhance national economies, and the half-life of knowledge steadily decreases. Lifelong learning is presented as critically important to the development of human capital, but its implications for first-cycle higher education have yet to be fully…

Describes a German experiment whereby fulltime employees can work fewer hours without losing status and parttime employees have more options on allocations of working hours. The process ensures that management can count on enough staff for peak periods and more easily plan ahead. (JOW)

Cosmetology presents a complicated labor market, consisting of many people entering and leaving the field. Employment opportunities seem to be plentiful, but cosmetology is characterized by low earnings and an unusually high proportion of part-time jobs. (JOW)

Describes the contingent workforce as people who work part time or for temporary-help agencies or are self-employed. Lists occupations that employ the most temporary workers and looks at the pluses and minuses for both employers and workers. (JOW)

Concerns about the equitable treatment and payment of substitute teachers are expressed based on the author's experiences as a substitute teacher. (JL)

Part-time employment is becoming increasingly commonplace, necessitating new attitudes and better treatment from employers, unions, and in legislation. Three new types of part-time work are emerging: job sharing, phased retirement (gradual reduction of working hours), and paid leave. (SK)

A student health doctor describes his experiences working in a clinic on an Indian reservation during summer vacation. (JD)

Job sharing is an employment alternative in which two qualified individuals manage the responsibilities of a single position. Discusses the barriers to and the potential, advantages, disadvantages, pitfalls, and challenges of job sharing. Focuses on job sharing in the geography profession. (Author/JN)

Describes five proposals for coping with the immediate problems of declining need for teachers. Notes the difficulties of applying management principles more appropriate to periods of expansion. Proposes four scenarios for negotiating cutbacks in teacher education that reflect initiative by the profession and a professional response to current…

"Generation Next" are the 68 million people born between 1977 and 1994. They are the first generation that has grown up with such technologies as computers, the Internet, compact disks, and microwaves and they have more education than previous generations. They will have an effect on trainers and training methods in the workplace. (JOW)

Discusses the rise of unemployment in Britain, the changes in the character of the labor force, the increases in part-time employment, and the implications for those involved in employee relations. Includes information about working conditions, labor legislation, and trade union involvement. (JOW)

Considers the scope of the problem of the trend toward part-time faculty. Identifies the characteristics of part-time instructors. Assesses the effects of part-time appointments on the profession. Notes that women are most often found in the lower ranks of part-time faculty. (PA)