This survey was conducted to determine what policies and practices are currently used on a national level in the selection of teachers and supervisors and what are the differences in selection procedures between New York City and other large city school systems. The population for the survey was based on the 62 largest cities in the United States…

A study examined the impact of sex composition of occupation on women's earnings and the structure of wage determination in "masculine" and "feminine" occupations. Data--a national sample of women--came from the Project Talent Data Bank. Results indicated that, overall, women in "masculine" occupations earned approximately 42% more annually than…

In 1978 a study was initiated to determine the use and importance of foreign language proficiency in Pennsylvania businesses. Two hundred eighty-four respondents represented the commercial, health, and municipal domains. Positive responses (indicating employment of personnel skilled in languages other than English) were received from 41% of…

The Oregon Network, a research and service activity of the Sex Equity in Educational Leadership Project, was created in 1977 to perform four functions: 1) to document job vacancies and the processes of administrative hiring in Oregon; 2) to help school districts find qualified female applicants; 3) to affect hiring practices that stand as barriers…

In order to examine whether the relationship between Spanish speaking Americans in five southwestern states and Spanish language commercial radio stations reveals evidence of media colonialism, a survey of 41 Primary Spanish Language Radio (PSLR) stations was conducted. The survey focused on ethnic identity of the station owner, percentage of…

This document has four major objectives: (1) to synthesize and summarize the relevant literature on the employment of paraprofessionals; (2) to present the insights and impressions gained from experiences in a limited field investigation; (3) to relate both the literature and the field investigation to a conceptual framework; and (4) to discuss…

Part I of this report presents data on the position of women at the University of Oregon. Most of the data concerns women on the faculty, with some information about female graduate students and administrators. The report describes: (1) the current position of women on the faculty: 10.5 percent of the full-time, 9-month teaching faculty; (2) time…

This report investigates the employment and status of women faculty and women graduate students at Brown University. Four different questionnaires designed to elicit factual and attitudinal information were addressed to departmental chairmen, male faculty members in general, women faculty members, and women graduate students. Statistics were also…

In a review of personnel polygraphing, the history of the polygraph technique is discussed. Since it is a controversial technique used by employers to test employees' honesty and loyalty by measuring physiological reactions, an increasing number of States and localities are taking legal action to prevent its use. The results of several arbitration…

Highlighted in this document are the statistical findings of a survey of minorities employed in federal agencies as of 1969, and a summary of program changes which have resulted since 1967. Findings from the survey include: (1) minority groups as a whole comprise 19.2 percent of the full time federal civilian work force in the United States, (2)…

The Dallas Model Office has succeeded in resolving the old Equal Employment Opportunity Commission problem of backlog of complaints about discrimination so that greater and more meaningful attention can be given to the problem of eliminating systematic job discrimination. (Author/WI)

Article points out that while new federal Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, which became effective September 25, 1978, attempt to clarify two conflicting sets of rules, they also impose new burdens on public and private employers. Available from Executive Enterprise Publications Co., Inc., 10 Columbus Circle, New York, New York…

A permanent part-time work force estimated at sixteen to seventeen million is one of the fastest-growing segments of the work population. The article discusses and presents some examples of job sharing--two persons handling one job--as a means of increasing employment, avoiding layoffs, and meeting individual needs. (MF)

The report by a subcommittee of AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure is presented regarding the practice of some higher education institutions of retaining small numbers of full-time nontenured teachers on indefinitely renewable appointments. Problems faced--uncertainty and lack of community with colleagues--are discussed and AAUP…

This AAUP-approved statement proposes that an individual's previous service as a full-time faculty member at an institution of higher education that was either accredited or an official candidate for accreditation be considered in determining his probationary period. (LBH)