Between 2000 and 2003, the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project identified and implemented a diverse set of innovative models designed to promote employment stability and wage or earnings progression among low-income individuals, mostly current or former welfare recipients. The project's goal was to determine which strategies could…

This study used phenomenological methodology to explore how 4 Deaf employees described quality of camaraderie of participation in work-related tasks and relationships. Three invariant themes echoed through the data. The first theme was hitting the ceiling quickly and choosing to stay; employees remained in the secondary job market for years…

Offers suggestions and hints to help new engineering faculty in their quest for tenure. Areas addressed include: (1) teaching; (2) research (considering publishing and obtaining funding); (3) service; and (4) letters of recommendation. (JN)

Recommends giving women "proactive" training, which means training to prepare them for more responsibility rather than to correct inadequacies. (Author/JM)

This monograph focuses on the subtle behavioral and organizational barriers that hinder the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women and minority faculty and administrators in higher education today. Specifically the monograph explores the obstacles that face women and minorities who serve as full-time, tenure-track faculty and…

Discusses recent sex discrimination cases by women seeking administrative positions. Points out that women plaintiffs alleging sex bias in such cases have a difficult time proving discrimination. (MD)

Women aspiring to the superintendency are advised to advance their own careers by working as volunteers with talented leaders, getting involved in professional meetings and associations, looking for opportunities in other school districts, and joining a network of women administrators. (MLF)

Describes a study of the National Association of School Principals Assessment Centers and their impact on career opportunities for women. The study found that the centers have had a major influence on the women interviewed. (MD)

Offers several suggestions to help women seeking administrative posts, including to volunteer for committees and after-school jobs, join a few good professional and community organizations, apply for a special job such as director or evaluator, and publish something. (JM)

Concludes most organizations have administrator promotion and selection problems. Suggests good selection procedures produce valid, reliable, job-related information; exhibit fairness/are perceived as "fair"; and fit "political" realities. Examines Hamilton and Dufferin-Peel selection procedure models, which also incorporate…

This article explores problems blind and visually impaired workers have in achieving upward mobility in work environment. It presents findings of American Foundation for the Blind's Task Force on Upward Mobility which present recommendations for rehabilitation and educational professionals, employers, and consumers. Rehabilitation counselors are…

Attempts to understand the administrative careers of 16 women principals of Victoria, Australia, through questionnaires and interviews. Data were used to construct five "ideal types" of principals and analyze problems faced in their school careers. Also presents evidence showing women principals as more effective than men principals. (71…

This guide, quite specific to one institution, was developed as a companion document to the University of Alabama Libraries Tenure Document. It interprets and supplements the University of Alabama "Faculty Handbook" requirements for promotion. Some of the differences in performance and effectiveness between regular teaching faculty and…

This guide was developed by a Wisconsin Policy Advisory Board for school boards and school administrators to provide a practical and understandable method of hiring, paying, and evaluating school administrators. The manual begins with the premise that clearly stated job descriptions must be developed as the basis for evaluating performance and…

Interviews with married women superintendents and some of their husbands indicate the importance of developing a relationship of mutual support. (MLF)