Teachers will benefit from the Social Security amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-603, including Medicare coverage, increased cash benefits, and liberalization of the amount a retiree may earn while collecting social security benefits. (DS)

Study finds little coordination between rehabilitation efforts and employment. (Editor)

The information presented details the number of minority professional staff employed in student affairs at NASPA member institutions, their level of employment, the number employed primarily with minority programs, and the number of such persons affiliated with NASPA. (Author)

Tenure, with its blanket protection, is the price paid for the benefits of encouraging faculty to stray from the comfortable path of orthodoxy and to challenge the rationalizations used to maintain it. The psychological trauma of abolishing tenure would be enormous and disruptive. (MSE)

This study investigated the existence of race and sex discrimination in the evaluation of job applicant resumes sent to personnel directors of 200 corporations across the United States. The results show that identification of race generated more replies but fewer numbers of positive responses than when race was not identified. (Author/CT)

Presents a weekly schedule of topics and related reading assignments for a social management and technology course focusing on technology, work, and productivity. Broad topics include introduction, historical background, problems of the contemporary workplace, and alternatives. (DC)

A study conducted to identify college student perceptions of business found that the students agreed that the primary goal of business is to make a profit. Over three-fourths of the students felt that major industries are dominated by a few firms and that businesses are too powerful. (LRA)

Four contributors (1) discuss a rationale that would enable English departments to maintain a balance between publishing and perishing, (2) argue for the small colleges relinquishing their publish-or-perish policies, (3) examine the benefits of writing for alternative audiences, and (4) explore limitations on scholarly publishing. (AEA)

Explores the debate over the role of law in ensuring equal employment opportunity. The author argues that the overlapping and conflicting regulations, inconsistent results, and general confusion produced by the past encounters between the law and discriminatory employment practices should not be the model for future development of policy.…

Responses to questionnaires sent to employers in a wide variety of industries provide the basis for this study on contractors' experiences with Section 503 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. The data indicate that employers confront some common problems and recognize a number of benefits from hiring handicapped individuals. (Author/WD)

A letter sent to Franklin Roosevelt complains about the employment of married women whose husbands are also employed. The letter suggests that greedy married women cheat their single sisters and drain the job market. Teaching strategies are included. (KC)

Explores the extent of sexism among top library administrators. Career prejudice against women in libraries is revealed in terms of money, position, female and male stereotypes, influence of the women's movement, and the special problems of Black women. (SW)

The history of the exemption for bona fide seniority systems under Title VII is explored briefly. It is suggested that the courts can provide protection for incumbent workers potentially disadvantaged, which may mean substantial monetary liability for employers using "last hired, first fired" layoff systems. (Author/LBH)