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Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2010
The Research Institute for Higher Education in Hiroshima University started a program of research on the Changing Academic Profession (CAP) in 2005. The fourth and final conference was held in Hiroshima in January 2010. The following papers are presented at the conference: (1) Differentiation and Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, Higher Education, Comparative Education
Peters, James L., Ed.; And Others – 1990
These 38 presentations are the highlights of the Conference Board's Work and Family Conference. An "Introduction" (Dana Friedman) is followed by "The Future Is Not What It Was, and Why Companies Care" (William Lee, Reuben Mark), which consists of introductory remarks and responses to an interview. "The Diversity of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employment, Employment Practices
Huang, Wei-Chiao, Ed. – 1989
These papers are organized around the theme that labor unions in the United States, having suffered a precipitous decline in membership and influence, must reassess their past practices and strategies and seek new methods and solutions. Following an introduction by Wei-Chiao Huang, the document includes "Bargaining Realities: Responding to a…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Employer Employee Relationship, Labor Economics, Labor Relations
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1995
This report summarizes presentations and discussions concerning student preparation for college and for the workplace. Three educational reform initiatives were addressed: reforming college preparation standards and admissions practices, establishing school-to-work and workforce readiness, and changing undergraduate curricula and standards. Topics…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Curriculum Development
Brooks, Annie, Ed.; Watkins, Karen, Ed. – 1994
This document contains the following 26 papers presented at the first Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) Conference: "Management as a Service to Internal Customers" (Antonioni); "Developing Texas State Agency Executives for the Learning Organizations" (Bales); "How Executive Businesswomen Develop and Function in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Center for Women's Resources, Quezon City (Philippines). – 1988
In October 1986, 40 women from 12 countries gathered in the Philippines for a 10-day meeting of organizers, educators, and workers affected by and confronting the international electronics industry in microchip plants and in automated offices. Participants were from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, the Netherlands,…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – 1988
Papers on collective bargaining and the economic condition of higher education are presented in six sections: financing; the next decade; campus bargaining; economics of education/labor markets; faculty compensation; and workplace issues. Papers include: "State Tax Capacity and Funding of Public Higher Education" (Kent Halstead);…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Gittins, Naomi, Ed. – 1990
Presentations delivered at the National School Boards Association (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys 1990 school law seminar are compiled in this publication. The following papers are included: "The 1989 Revolution in Employment Discrimination Law: Procedure Alters Substance," by Charles F. Abernathy; "Special Education Litigation: The Preparation…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Bolin, Rick, Ed.; Green, Lori, Ed. – 1989
Selected titles from a conference on building a quality workforce are as follows: "Action Packed 'Practical Education Now'" (Walters); "Adjusting to Transitions" (Schall, Dluzak); "Adult Literacy" (Nichols); "Aging Workforce" (Stowell et al.); "Artificial Intelligence and Human Performance…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Artificial Intelligence, Dislocated Workers, Economics