Tenure appointments, it is suggested, are more difficult to achieve in the 1970s than in the 1960s, and performance expectations for the 1970s are more stringent than in the previous decade. The two populations examined were reviewed and received a tenure appointment during 1967-68 and 1977-78. (MLW)

Securing a "repository organization" to preserve records, transcripts, memorabilia, and otherwise serve the alumni of a closed institution is seen as crucial. The problem of library holdings, preserving the traditions, linking the constituencies, helping the faculty relocate, and the importance of advance planning are discussed. (MLW)

Multinomial logic and multiple discriminant analyses are used to predict probabilities that individuals will attain several occupational categories based on individual characteristics and qualifications. The authors found that their results vary substantially from women's actual occupational distribution. They conclude that a significant portion…

Details development of a career counseling program for insurance company employees. Highlights five program concepts: lifelong process, personal responsibility for growth, interdependent roles, nurturing, and honesty. Presents a career-launching checklist given to employees before counseling; introduces a career-counseling model which suggests…

Sixty severely or profoundly handicapped young children in a residential treatment center were Ss in a modified time sampled observation study of social behavior, state, and physical context. Although system level changes in the institution's ecology did not appear to affect social interaction indices, the children's developmental ages were…

Employment shortfall is enumerated differently by the proportionality technique, the exogenous base technique, and the complete shift-share and simple shift-share technique, three methods of analyzing occupational convergence (when labor force group distributions become more similar over time). The methods are applied to 1950-70 teacher employment…

A telephone survey of 93 Florida teachers who did not return to their special education teaching position after the 1992-93 year, found the largest portion of teachers who left did so because they were dissatisfied with conditions of work. In addition, the majority of leavers remained in education. (Author/CR)

Examines some historical perspectives related to the preparation and development of community college faculty. Suggests that current methods of faculty training must develop in accordance with changing student populations, advancing technology, and changing educational ideologies. Contains 34 references. (JDI)

Several issues in college student mobility between Japan and other member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are examined, including the role of organized regional mobility in various areas of the world, curriculum development to meet the needs of international students, and the need for more analysis of…

Examines life styles of the inhabitants of Sele, a village in the Slovene-speaking minority area of Austria, over two decades and presents statistics demonstrating enormous changes in work and marriage patterns, which, with educational changes, reflect the surge in mobility and communication of the 20th century. Also examined are four aspects of…

School transfers were traced through the first five years of elementary school for 767 Baltimore (Maryland) children. Data on transfers, grade level progression, special education placements, achievement, family circumstances, and race indicated that school transfers were frequent, and patterned along racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines.…

The development of an experimental measure for assessing growth in movement in children (ages birth-3) is described. Results from the use of the Movement General Outcome Measurement with 29 infants and toddlers demonstrated the feasibility of the measure. The 6-minute assessment was found reliable in terms of inter-observer agreement. (Contains…

Helping poor families increase their residential stability can have direct bearing on school stability and student academic achievement. Discusses the role of housing in child and family wellbeing; residential mobility and school performance; residential mobility and housing problems; housing affordability; (federal housing policy); homeownership;…

Presents the results of a collaborative research project conducted by a community college and a university, which obtained information and students' perceptions about academic preparation, the transfer process, and experiences from a cohort of students who earned 12 or more units at the college and then transferred to the university. (Contains 15…

A study of Duke University's administrators examined men's and women's career experiences, behaviors, and attitudes as a means of understanding the disproportionate representation of men and women at different administrative ranks. Some encouraging and some discouraging trends were found. (MSE)