The Employability Factors Study is a 3-year research effort that focuses on youth's perceptions of the skills and attitudinal attributes needed to get and keep jobs. A preliminary study was made of 1,135 youth enrolled in employability development programs and comparison groups of employed and nonemployed youth not enrolled in such programs. Data…

The research evidence for selecting students in higher education with and without regard to race and sex is examined to assist admissions officers in light of the 1978 Bakke decision, which seems to give schools the option to use race in admissions decisions. Three clusters of studies supporting the consideration of race-sex subgroups in…

Because of the declining number of transfer students from California's community colleges to its four-year institutions, the University of California (UC) initiated a study to gather current information on community college transfer students at UC. The study focused on trends in community college transfers between 1965 and 1983; origins of…

One factor identified as vital to managerial success is that of being a part of a mentor relationship. That this is primarily a male relationship is due to subtle communication patterns within organizations that have grown out of male experiences with team sports and therefore exclude women. Among the various barriers women in organizations must…

Second in a series of seven volumes containing the proceedings of the 1983 Australian Family Research Conference, this publication deals with family law. Papers and authors included are: "Attitudes of Divorced Men and Women to the Family" (Margaret Harrison), "Dispute Resolution in Australian Family Law" (Henry Finlay),…

Information on the 27,063 degrees conferred in Connecticut colleges and universities in 1983-1984 is presented, with attention to discipline and level of the degree and the recipients' gender and minority status. Trends include the following: the total number of degrees conferred showed little change from the previous year in either the public or…

In the last edition of "Teaching History", Maria Osowiecki described in detail the fourth lesson in a five-lesson enquiry entitled: What was remarkable about the Renaissance? She also shared her resources for two lively, interactive activities--the Renaissance Party and a balloon debate. Here she complements that piece with a full…

The overwhelming response to the issue of school violence schools has been an increasing presence of zero tolerance policies. Research has consistently found that students of color, specifically African American students and in particular males, tend to be disproportionately affected in a negative way when school systems implement zero tolerance…

The subtle or overt ways in which women and men students are often treated differently are discussed, and actions that can be taken to create a learning climate that fosters the intellectual growth of all students are identified. Information was obtained from several kinds of sources, including empirical studies of postsecondary and other…

Results of the Oklahoma State Department of Education's School Racial Survey for Fiscal Year 1980-1981 were tabulated by school districts within each county, according to races represented, by male and female students, and by total numbers of each race represented. The 586,893 students on the survey included 52,513 Blacks, 63,664 American Indians,…

The professional and personal characteristics of the men and women in Phi Delta Kappa who hold the top elected positions in local chapters were compared, and the perceptions of these leaders of the impact of allowing women to be members of Phi Delta Kappa were assessed. A 43-item questionnaire was developed and mailed to 1,340 chapter presidents…

A survey of members of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) was conducted to create a profile of members working at educational institutions in fundraising and institutional advancement, and to compare the profile of female practitioners with that of male practitioners. Of the 928 respondents, 61% were male and 39% were…

Followup materials from the 1982 conference "Higher Education for Women in the 1980s," held at San Jose State University, California, are presented. The contents include observer's comments (Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi); progress reports (Renee Kogel, Judith Stanley, Ruth Hafter, Pearl Oliner, Jane Gurko, and Lowell Walter); summaries of…

The study contributed to further understanding of the educational and occupational aspirations of Louisiana rural seniors during 1968 and 1972 and of rural seniors from throughout the United States and the South in 1972. Of the variables used, i.e., time, location, sex, and race, two variables were significant on levels of aspiration time and…

A study was conducted in Spokane, Washington, to determine motivational factors and preferred conditions that would encourage adults to participate in learning activities. Interviews were conducted with 600 randomly selected households (89 percent success rate) distributed across the age, educational attainment, occupational, and socioeconomic…