The purpose of this study was to develop an in-depth understanding of career development for women in executive level positions in information technology. The study examined the barriers that hindered and the factors that assisted the women in achieving executive level positions. Furthermore, this study obtained an in-depth understanding of the…

Since the early nineties the Civil Engineering Faculty of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland has been involved in three Tempus projects, aimed at modernizing the Faculty educational system and its adjustment to European Union standards. The first and second projects were directed at creating new specialties: City Regeneration…

An undergraduate capstone engineering design project now provides hydroelectric power to a remote wilderness location. Students investigated the feasibility of designing, building, and installing a 4kW hydroelectric system to satisfy the need for electric power to support the research and teaching functions of Taylor Ranch, a university facility…

This paper is concerned with the challenges of qualitative research on workplace learning that occurs within co-operative (co-op) education. Co-op education is extensive in Canada, with an estimated 10% of the student population enrolled in co-op secondary education each year. The context for this study was a veterinary clinic in which four co-op…

To better understand the perceptions of new faculty regarding the professional socialization process, a qualitative study of faculty socialization was conducted at a comprehensive state-supported university. Fourteen faculty members hired within the last 3 years, whether inexperienced, experienced, or returning (those who had worked in another…

Discusses the author's own experience with learning, teaching, and research study in chemistry. Indicates that one should take his working experience as a learning process to alleviate the reactive character of his earlier strongly held views. (CC)

The Urban Corps involves thousands of students each year in city government. All of them earn salaries, many earn academic credit, and a few are rewarded with municipal jobs after their training is ended. (Author)

This dialogue highlights differences in orientation of clinical as opposed to behavioral sciences. (Editor)

The high school social studies alternatives in New York City are found in a variety of programs, including alternative high schools, work study programs, basic education programs, college prepatory, and a city-based program. (KM)

High school students were hired to work on a door-to-door selling task, so designed that delaying a sale produced a larger sales commission. Subjects who recognized and selected a delayed strategy in the task shifted toward a preference for delaying reward. (Authors)

Reports work experiences of women in nontraditional jobs and what these experiences may mean for other women. (MF)

This description of practical vocational orientation in the Swedish comprehensive schools has been excerpted from Pryo i Samverkan (1971), a publication of the Arbetsmarknadens Yrkesrad (Vocational Council of the Labor Market). (Editor)

Acquainting public school elementary and high school students with the world of work is the goal of the Guided Occupational Orientation Program in Syracuse, New York. (Author)