Describes a New Zealand course which provides adult disabled students with information on university structure, knowledge and practice in academic skills, exposure to different subjects taught in the Faculty of Arts, and an insight into standards expected of university students. (CT)

Examines later occupational status and earnings of men who undertake the transition to adulthood in other than the "normative" sequence of completion of formal schooling, commencement of first job, and marriage. On the basis of data from 18,370 men, concludes that those who experience a disorderly transition have lower earnings. (Author/GC)

This workshop attempts to raise the awareness of college women and men to the issues of the dual-career family. It is anticipated that by gaining more insight into their own values, participants will be able to make more informed decisions regarding their future career and life-style patterns. (Author)

Survey data on 372 teachers in seven "racially isolated" (predominantly Black or Hispanic) schools in a large urban district indicates that the district's pecuniary incentives failed to attract and maintain a stable teaching staff. Previous research is reviewed and alternative designs for both pecuniary and nonpecuniary incentives are recommended.…

Discusses labor history's new attention to the interaction between work, work organizations, and the worker's impact on American life. After 1830, changes in production styles to mass production paralleled the rise in unions and a working-class culture embodying the values of respectability, self-help, and social mobility. (AM)

Results of a national survey describe the extent to which employers employed more PhDs from prestigious doctoral programs in the 1970s than previously. Evidence of a possible shift in program quality as a result is examined. (MSE)

Analyzes the relationship between education and the capitalist society, three positions are taken: theories of social reproduction emphasize the relationship between the process of schooling and economic life; theories of resistance examine the issues of conflict and consciousness between schooling and capitalist society; and the theory of…

Reports findings, based on a national multidisciplinary sample of health care educators, that argue against cynical appraisals of motivations, job satisfactions, and job-role compatibility. A number of empirical hypotheses are derived that may serve as starting points for further inquiry. Instruments and methods for future research are described.…

The effects of faculty cutbacks might be alleviated through the use of creative methods to hire new faculty, the development of alternative career opportunities for faculty, and unique retirement schemes; but such "escape routes" probably will not be effective overall. Implications for institutional research are addressed. (Author/LB)

Tests are described as either instruments of diagnosis and accountability or as barriers to opportunity. It is predicted that there will be continued attacks on testing, sorting, classifying, and ranking--anything that identifies differences in competence that might deprive someone access to the ladder of success. (Author/MLW)

There are many opportunities for research on how self-assessment affects behavior, especially external and internal mobility. Problems often occur in choice of ability dimensions and selection context. A firm theoretical base is necessary. (JAC)

Argues that the United States system of education mirrors, creates, and legitimates inequalities of the larger society that supports it. (JT)

There are clear patterns of racial and ethnic differences in the economic success of immigrants to the United States. Economic migrants are likely to have relatively higher earnings than refugees. Earnings equality is affected as well by sex, transferable skills, and motive. (SK)

Some factors contributing to low morale in college faculty are too much status given to publication and research and too little status for teaching, uncertain job conditions, low collegiality among peers, and limited mobility. (JD)

Factor analysis of the Hare Self-Esteem Scale yielded three separate factors. As expected, home self-esteem was significantly associated with social class; peer self-esteem, with recent family moves; and school self-esteem, significantly with test anxiety and reading and mathematics achievement. (Author/CP)