This booklet is intended to acquaint faculty and staff members with general information about the University of Kentucky community College System, and to explain some of its policies affecting them. The booklet is organized into five sections. Section I contains general information about the system, gives its history, purpose, and a map of the…

This publication presents and explains Part 86 of the regulations of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Part 86 was added to the regulations in order to effectuate title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX is similar to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, except that title IX applies only to sex discrimination, is…

An investigation of the hiring policies of Iowa businesses and industries with respect to the employment of blind persons was one purpose of this study. A second purpose was to determine the opinions of blind clients of the Iowa Commission for the Blind concerning the industrial arts program at the Commission. Some findings are: (1) Over 97…

To investigate the basic goal of the junior college as the preparation of students for future employment, especially for minority experiences, this study was conducted at three San Diego community-junior colleges. Data for the investigation were provided by graduates who answered two questionnaires: the first, after their graduation with an AA,…

There is widespread belief that those in charge of selecting and promoting college teachers of English discriminate against women, either deliberately or unwittingly. An investigation of professed policies and actual practices of departments across the country revealed however, that the woman's lot is no longer simply that of a persecuted…

This document was an attempt to distill in a readable form some of the highlights of seminars and institutes sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews in Los Angeles for the purpose of studying the effect of social labelling of persons with an arrest record on their chances of being employed and earning an honest living. Some of…

The purpose of this report was to determine if sex discrimination exists at the University of Washington, to identify the problems in this area and to facilitate change. This report examines: (1) the numbers and location in the academic ranks and departments of faculty women; (2) their availability for hiring, meaning the presence of trained women…

In this study survey data from a national sample representative of the United States work force were used to compare 1,092 members (one who works for someone else who employs ten or more other persons) and 183 nonmembers (self-employed workers who employ no more than nine others). The study aimed at ascertaining whether or not membership in work…

Prepared by the State Department of Vocational Education, this handbook is for school administrators, coordinators and teachers to use in planning, establishing and conducting cooperative vocational education programs. The basic purpose of the cooperative program is to provide occupational training through the use of business and industrial…

This revised guide to the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act contains general information useful to employers and coordinators of cooperative and work experience programs involving employment of youth under 18 years of age. Included in the document are provisions relating to: (1) age standards, (2) coverage of the act, (3)…

Allegany Opportunities is a television series which is designed to assist people who may be unemployed, underemployed, or contemplating entering an occupational field by informing them of opportunities available for work, training, and education and procedures for securing work in rural Allegany County. Emphasis is on those occupations requiring…

Author discussed industry's need to fulfill its supply of competent managers. She suggested what companies can do to stimulate the utilization of women's talents as managers. A program was described starting with an appraisal of a company and how women can fit into the program. (RK)

Implications for teacher hiring practices are drawn from a study comparing male and female elementary school teachers on two dimensions: tendency to establish control in a classroom and need for personal power. (CW)

This analysis of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) traces the issues that have emerged in litigation and summarizes the developing law, showing the implications in the university context and suggesting rules of thumb for accommodating the Act with the valid educational demands of the affected institutions. (JT)

Notes that an affirmative action plan for women in educational research should be a policy document, not simply a passive statement of principle including more than a statement for commitment, goals and timetables. (Author/AM)