Additional training needs desired by the electrical skilled personnel of the metal casting industry were the focus of a study. A questionnaire was distributed to electricians and electrical engineers employed in 39 foundries in over 20 states. Of the 150 surveys, 63 responded for a 42 percent return. The questionnaire was divided into three…

This report presents data from the 1992 ARL (Association of Research Libraries) annual salary survey. Forty-two tables report data on professional salaries and years of experience, including a breakdown for minority librarians; distribution of professional staff by salary and position and by sex and position; the type of institution; and size of…

This study was designed to discover what the sources of stress are for a reference librarian working in a public library; other objectives included finding out how reference librarians manage stress and identifying their sources of job satisfaction. The study looked at many possible stress factors indicated in the literature review, such as the…

This report to the Kansas State Department of Education supports Independence Community College's (ICC's) request for approval of a new vocational education program in Property Appraisal/Assessment. The report begins with two letters of support and the application for new program approval. Next, a project narrative provides background information…

Each year the Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP) conducts surveys to determine the opinions of employers about the preparation of graduates of vocational programs. The 1992 survey focused on eight specific occupational training areas (i.e., child care services, computer programming and analysis, dental assisting,…

This report presents data from the 1990 ARL (Association of Research Libraries) annual salary survey. Forty-two tables report data on professional salaries; years of experience, including a breakdown for minority librarians; distribution of professional staff by salary and position, and by sex and position; the type of institution; size of…

A national cross section of 2,502 adult Americans and owners or managers of 800 companies in the precision metalworking industry were surveyed to study public attitudes toward working in this industry and to explore recent recruiting and training practices in the precision metalworking field. The survey results indicated that Americans as a whole…

The fifth and final article in a series on the role of the chief business official presents the officials' rating of the relative importance of eight major issues over the next three years. (MLF)

As teacher associations and unions have increased in number and strength, superintendents and education boards have had to devote more time to the process of negotiations. In the winter and spring of 1989, 400 questionnaires were mailed to a random national sample of school superintendents to examine the following areas dealing with negotiations…

Using a critical-career events framework to describe the socialization process in academe, a model was developed which relates how the experiencing of critical-career events affects individuals' judgments of their research self-efficacy which, in turn, affects their scholarly productivity. A sample of 206 full-time associate professors from 7…

Women professors in educational administration have moved from near obscurity to relative visibility in the last 15 years. The process by which they obtained their positions and their perceptions of the process are the subjects of this descriptive survey research. Specifically, the study attempted to identify factors perceived by women professors…

A two-part study examined the employment status, distribution, job satisfaction, and promotion opportunities of women working for livestock industry magazines. Livestock publications were chosen for this research because they are typical of industry-related magazines and are traditionally dominated by males. The mastheads of 59 magazines were…

Because few people ever view teaching from the front of a classroom, many fail to understand or appreciate this profession. This report is part of the Tucson (Arizona) Education Association's three-year effort to describe teaching in the words and survey responses of teachers themselves, drawing appropriate parallels and contrasts with other…

Of the total population of 29 black female superintendents in the United States, 22 participated in this study. Interviews included highly structured and semistructured questions concerning the career and success patterns, circumstances that affected their present status, and the future role of black women as chief administrators of public school…

Results are presented of a study of nursing and nursing education that focused on the need for continued federal support of nursing education, ways to attract nurses to medically underserved areas, and approaches to encourage nurses to stay in the profession. Findings are presented on whether the aggregate supply of generalist nurses will be…