This brief paper presents data on Puerto Rican women residing in the United States as of March of 1975. Information on population, age, marital status, household and family head, labor force participation, work experience, occupational, and income statistics is included. (Author/BS)

ERIC abstracts on vocational education programs in the public schools, announced in RIE through February 1971, are presented. The key terms used in compiling this collection are "cooperative education,""distributive education,""vocational education," and "work experience programs." The following information is presented for each document: Author,…

The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to develop a model, generally applicable to all professions, that identifies the commonly experienced developmental changes that occur in the behavior and attitudes of the male professional worker in a number of dimensions of his work-life; and (2) to modify the model so that it is specifically applicable…

The conventional response to the financial crisis facing higher education is to increase tuition or request larger legislative appropriations. Another response, however, is possible--the wider use of cooperative education or work-study plans. There are three distinct advantages to work-study plans: (1) learning takes place in less costly settings…

Author outlined her experiences as a woman, a professor, and a mother. She also urged other women, tenured professionals, to sustain collective efforts in order to help those women struggling up the ladder towards academic success and survival. (RK)

Relates an engineering educator's experience working in a nonacademic engineering project and discusses how such experience helps the educator prepare students for engineering jobs. (MLH)

Although many employers are dissatisfied with the level of basic skill performance in students generally, work experience programs such as those under the sponsorship of work-education councils created by the Work Education Consortium are praised. (IRT)

The employer evaluation should be a vital part of the assignment, teaching and motivating the student well beyond the period of the work experience, affecting that experience from the moment of joint commitment. (Author)

Measured the ability of QUEST, an occupational search questionnaire, to match work history in a largely nonprofessional adult population and explored factors related to discrepancies between work history and QUEST results. Used 100 subjects participating in an unemployment program. Results showed QUEST was reflective of past work experience…

A study was conducted to determine if a structured support group with a counseling format could prevent or reduce the burnout of professional nurses in an acute care institution. Results of the study were inconclusive, leading the author to call for more research on the subject of burnout in nurses. (CT)

Proposes and examines an engagement quotient (EQ), the percentage of clients returning to the counselor for more than one visit. Results showed that EQ was associated with training and experience, but that other factors such as enthusiasm were also important for client engagement. (BH)

The Student Conservation Association has expanded its summer park service opportunities to disabled youth over 18. Students undertake a full range of duties in interpretation and visitor services; resource, recreation, forest, range, and wildlife management; trail construction and maintenance; backcountry and river patrols; and research. (CL)

The problem of school-to-work transition in the People's Republic of China has been ameliorated by instituting a two-year work-study period between secondary and postsecondary schooling, by directing the focus of liberal arts education toward solution of practical problems, and by developing community-based technical colleges. (Author/JDS)

This study proposed a model of administrative job satisfaction and tested the model using a database of 1,178 administrators at 120 public and private universities. The robust model explained 54% of the variance in ones overall job satisfaction. Overall, the results show that state, campus, and most of the personal characteristics variables do not…

Discusses changing work values rather than the economics of employment. Contends that the new workforce, made up of the post-World War II babies, is healthier and better educated than those of the past--and also more resistant to authority. (RJ)