This paper explores and explains the validity and value of the experiential learning portfolio as an effective tool for workplace learning and development. Qualitative and survey methods of inquiry were used to produce data on the portfolio in workplace learning. Eight workers who developed experiential learning portfolios as a component of their…

Between the later 1960s and early 1990s, young workers experienced declining average real wages and increasing labor market inequality. High-skilled youths--those with a college degree--fare better in this new economy relative to youths with few skills and little formal education. This paper studies two separate, but related, indirect effects of…

The primary areas considered by State legislatures in 1973 included higher minimum wage rates and broader coverage of minimum wage laws, improved occupational safety, collective bargaining procedures for public employees, elimination of discrimination in employment, and updating of child labor standards. (Author)

More than one-third of the Nation's new jobs in recent years were generated by State and local government spending. (Editor)

Presents the practical and legal effects of the public employee strike. (JF)

Reprinted from A Handbook for Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese'', p203-221, published by D.C. Heath and Co., 1969. (DS)

Excerpt of testimony before Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Subcommittee on Labor, 1969, in hearings on Equal Employment Opportunities Enforcement Act. Statistical data presented showing heavy concentration of minority and women government employees in the lower civil service grades. Proposed court actions for enlarging employment…

A State superintendent of schools offers practical and realistic answers in responding to reporters' inquiries. (Author/MF)

Compared self-esteem among 87 unemployed metal refinery workers and 81 who were still employed. Results confirmed that unemployed workers scored lower in self-esteem and those who were reemployed at other jobs scored between the unemployed and employed workers. Implications for counseling practices are discussed. (JAC)

Male and female managerial, professional, and technical employees (N=84) responded to a questionnaire examining sex differences in attitudes toward the risks and sacrifices associated with career advancement and salary increments required to accept a promotion opportunity. Results showed no differences in male and female attitudes. (Author/RC)

Discusses the applicability to school officials and school attorneys of the Supreme Court decision in Harlow v. Fitzgerald that an official's right to qualified immunity may be decided before trial and that an objective test is: Could the official reasonably have known that his conduct would violate someone's federal rights? (MLF)

A regression analysis of 1966 National Longitudinal Survey data compared the human capital returns of employees with those of self-employed owners of nonfarm businesses, using information on income, grade completed, race, vocational training, and other variables. Results indicate the human capital returns were basically similar for both groups.…