Harvard University (Massachusetts) scholar Richard P. Chait has become a leading and controversial voice on tenure reform. Chait claims he is not opposed to faculty tenure, but challenges deeply-rooted beliefs when he suggests tenure is not the only way to protect academic freedom and may not be essential in any circumstances. (MSE)

In a sample of 263 business college alumni and students, all categories were attracted to organizations with flexible career paths and policies. However, salient identity (primarily family, primarily career, or balanced) determined attraction to dual or traditional career paths and policies. (SK)

Identifies the top 100 U.S. companies in terms of the amount spent on training and development, the number of hours of training per employee, percentage of payroll spent on training, and tuition allotment per employee. Describes best practices in succession planning and leadership development, mentoring, and job shadowing and provides a detailed…

Examined attitudes toward alcohol and drug testing in workplace in relation to practice characteristics, religious and political ideology, personal use experiences, views of drug problems, and other characteristics of 303 physicians. Found that drug testing was most favored by those who more strongly believed in efficacy of treatment for abusers,…

Great Britain's teachers with disabilities face discrimination in obtaining and retaining employment. To achieve disability equality and integration, a campaign is needed to change regulations for medical fitness to teach, develop an equality perspective across the whole curriculum, and force the government to allocate money to include disabled…

In 1981 the Australian government introduced a system of wage subsidies designed to induce employers to increase job offers to persons with disabilities. This article reports on the effectiveness of the wage subsidy policy and examines some supply characteristics for labor market success by the disabled. (Author/JOW)

Reviews the legal framework of age discrimination cases, examines current attitudes and practices regarding retirement, and outlines the major arguments in the mandatory retirement debate. The contrasting principles of individual versus comparative justice are emphasized. (SK)

Examined experience of employees (N=102) who have accepted early retirement. Found many of the early retirees did not feel they were being pushed into premature disengagement from work force; they felt they were making a decision to leave a place of work. Found 24 percent continued to work full-time and 40 percent part-time. (ABL)

Argues that occupational tests can exclude racial minorities and that many industrial psychologists have overlooked evidence that many tests are biased and that some claims for validity generalization are based on faulty science. Outlines what plaintiff's counsel looks for in deciding to try a testing case, and provides primer on how to challenge…

Colleges and universities will be reshaped somewhat as they change their approach to the increasingly complex and critical issue of faculty resource management in the next 10-15 years. The challenge for institutional researchers in this context is less to predict the future than to help shape it. (Author/MSE)

This is a detailed guide to developing an acquired deficiency syndrome (AIDS) policy. It contains seven essential elements of the nation's most successful AIDS policy. (Author)

Of five approaches to studying older workers (chronological/legal, functional, psychosocial, organizational, and life span), the life-span approach accommodates individual differences in career patterns. Middle-age and older adult workers need to be considered as individuals in terms of career choices and employment policies. (SK)

A study of employment practices in unionized workplaces received 1,579 responses indicating that organizations tend to cut employees without considering the long-term costs and implications. Smaller workplaces were less likely to have had reductions in the workforce. (JOW)

The rapid postwar rise of temporary employment is outlined, including legitimate and less legitimate manifestations, views of unions and employers, advantages and disadvantages. The legal status of such work in various countries and the problems arising from the triangular relationship between worker, temporary agency, and employer are addressed.…

Among 25 rural school-district administrators surveyed in Nevada and North Dakota, 21 and 10 reported difficulty hiring special education teachers and secondary school teachers, respectively. Respondents listed successful recruitment and retention practices, and suggested ways that university colleges of education could help rural school districts…