This volume contains 19 papers that were presented at a conference addressing critical issues related to employment options for older persons. They are arranged in four sections that cover early retirement policies and their implications; older workers of Asia and the Pacific; the impact of technological change on the employment prospects of older…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Kern Community College District Board of Trustees and the Kern Community College Teachers Association/California Teachers Association/National Education Association is presented. This contract, covering the period from July 1, 1987 through June 30, 1990, deals with the following topics: bargaining…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Redwoods Community College District Board of Trustees and the College of the Redwoods Faculty Organization, for the period from September, 1988 through August, 1991, is presented. First, a three-page administrative recommendation concerning the compensable teaching load for faculty members conducting…

Collective bargaining agreements between the boards of trustees and faculty associations of eight selected community colleges in Kansas are presented, representing contracts in effect between 1989 and 1993. Contracts for the following colleges are provided: (1) Butler County Community College in El Dorado (1990-91); (2) Cowley County Community…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Trustees of Community College District Number 19 (state of Washington) and the Columbia Basin College Association for Higher Education is presented. This contract, covering the period from September 19, 1989 through June 30, 1990, deals with the following topics: bargaining agent…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Trustees of Community College District number 11 in the state of Washington and the Pierce College Faculty Association is presented. This contract, covering the period from March 1, 1989 to February 29, 1992, deals with the following topics: the scope of the agreement; grievance and…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Community College District No. 524, County of Cook and State of Illinois, and the Moraine Valley Faculty Association is presented. This contract, covering the period from July 1, 1989 to June 30, 1992, deals with the following topics: definitions; bargaining agent recognition;…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Moraine Park Vocational, Technical and Adult Educational District Board and the Moraine Park Federation of Teachers is presented. This contract, covering full-time faculty, guidance counselors, and school health nurses at Moraine Park Technical College, applies to the period from July 1, 1989 through…

Instructional materials are provided for a course that deals with improving assertiveness and attitude at work. Designed for use in a workplace literacy project, the course, developed by Mercer County Community College (New Jersey) and its partners, is also intended to teach students techniques of dealing with difficult people and effective…

This loose-leaf compendium includes three types of brief research summaries: "topical synthesis,""close-ups," and "snapshots." The single topical synthesis is entitled "School-Community Collaboration to Improve the Quality of Life for Urban Youth and Their Families" (Kathleen Cotton). Close-ups consist of…

The Central Texas College Europe Campus (CTCEC), in Hanau, Germany, provides associate degrees for American Armed Services personnel stationed in Europe. Between 1980 and 1990, part-time faculty at CTCEC increased from 60% to 80%. In order to meet the training needs of this growing number of adjunct faculty, a Committee for Professional…

This volume contains five reports of practitioner research projects within adult education programs in Virginia. "Learning in Everyday Life" (Susan Erno, Diane Foucar-Szocki) explores use of a monthly calendar as a time management and goal-setting tool for adult learners in a workplace setting. "Factors Related to Student Retention…

This paper on the feasibility of using teaching practices as indicators of student learning was developed as part of an ongoing project to develop a process for the assessment of college student learning in the context of National Education Goal 5, Objective 5, which aims to increase the proportion of college graduates with "advanced ability…

Papers presented at the 1990 Symposium of the Nordic Research Group for Theoretical and Applied Text Linguistics include the following: "Success Concepts" (Enkvist); "Reconciling the Psychological with the Linguistic in Accounts of Text Comprehension" (Garrod); "Particles as Fundaments of Discourse Structuring"…

This curriculum guide is designed for use by teachers of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. The first section of the guide describes the aim of the curriculum, the mission of the Cincinnati Public Schools, the adult basic education program's philosophy with regard to the teaching of LEP students, typical characteristics of this student…