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…

A career satisfaction survey of 3,018 lawyers received 77% response giving no evidence of overt discrimination against female lawyers (likely to be knowledgeable about legal recourse). Evidence was found of intangible discrimination (such as unchallenging assignments, exclusion from social events) that contributes to women's overall lower job…

Attributes Austin Community College's (Texas) success in minority recruitment, hiring and retention to a 10-step plan involving trustee support; an affirmative action plan; faculty support; recruitment, screening, interviewing, and selection strategies designed to enhance minority participation; orientation and support; staff development; and…

Ideally, those working for the United Nations would be politically neutral, recruited on merit, and subject to uniform employment standards. In reality, the international civil service, like its national counterparts, is subject to the political conditions of its environment. (Author/SK)

Organizations that downsize in a rational and orderly manner can increase productivity. School districts can initiate a cost-reduction and restructuring program with an analysis of the responsibilities of each employee followed by communicating with, and renewing the commitment of, remaining employees. (MLF)

Review of case law in educational administration, hospitals, correctional institutions, and the military shows that, when risk of AIDS transmission is high, courts will support public sector administrators' decisions. Low risk means such decisions as mandatory blood testing will usually be struck down. (SK)

Responses from 112 human resource managers in Chicago indicated that 42% offer diversity programs because it is an ethical approach to management; they offer only a few of the programs available and identified in the literature. Organizations whose major purpose is recruiting and developing a diverse work force offered more programs and a wider…

"Authorized" genetic testing may be obtained from employees with coercion or threat. Unless protections are put in place, employers and health insurers will use genetic screening to hire and fire. (JOW)

Study 1 (278 employed undergraduates) identified subscales for Perceptions of Career Management Practices Scale. Results of study 2 (305 working students, 95 nonstudents) were used to revise the scale, which proved to be a useful measure of employee perceptions of training and development, job assignments, and career counseling/mentoring. (SK)