Australian professional women (n=414) identified their career stage concerns. Satisfaction with pay and job involvement was lowest in the exploration stage; in establishment stage, they were more satisfied with pay, less willing to relocate. In maintenance stage, professional commitment and career involvement increased. (SK)

Scales were developed to measure parental and professional attitudes toward the Individualized Family Service Plan, mandated for infants/toddlers with special needs. Analysis showed that parents and professionals were considered equals in the forms of the instrument and that it may allow long-range, repeated measures of attitude change over time.…

The field of adult literacy and English as a Second Language would benefit from open debate on the issues surrounding professionalization. Such discussion would explore what being a profession means and the potential effects of economic rationalization, market forces, policy emphasis on job training, and the traditions of the field. (SK)

Interviews with 14 professionals investigated whether and how they learned from mistakes, appropriate and inappropriate learning, and acceptance of personal responsibility. Gender differences were found: women tended to internalize blame and sought to make things right; men tended to externalize blame and sought to minimize fallout. (SK)

Revisits the Association for Continuing Higher Education's Code of Ethics adopted in 1997. Suggests future challenges to be considered in revision, including technology, distance learning, intellectual property, and accountability. (SK)

Professionals engage in complex and unpredictable tasks for which they must exercise judgment. The foundation of professional judgment--practical wisdom--is acquired largely through experience. The exercise of judgment challenges the primacy of evidence-based practice and application of protocols. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

Argues that the adult education profession has been defined in terms of applied technical expertise; points out problems in this as the basis for professional identity. Suggests alternative ways to construct the profession: forging alliances with other professions, developing reflective practice, and practicing politics. (Contains 32 references.)…

The relationship of the individual to work, learning, and continuing education is interwoven with life history and the dynamics of identity formation. A life-history approach to professional learning provides one way to examine the historical and subjective processes of the development of a profession. (SK)

This essay describes my progress bringing the core ideas of economics into conversations with noneconomists about important public policy issues within my faith community, through local politics, and through interdisciplinary conversations in academia. Thinking like an economist is essential to conducting research and performing careful analysis…

Although knowledge management (KM) has gained worldwide recognition as an important strategic imperative, its integration into academia has lagged. A review of the literature, as well as an examination of information systems (IS) curriculum models, was performed to determine how KM related courses are being integrated. The analysis revealed that…

Since the late 1990s, enrollments in Information Technology and Information Systems-related academic programs have declined sharply. This paper addresses possible causes of the enrollment decline, and some of the "myths" regarding careers in IT/IS are dispelled. A number of efforts underway at various universities and professional organizations in…

The last twenty years has seen the development of demand for a new type of computing professional, which has resulted in the emergence of the academic discipline of Information Technology (IT). Numerous colleges and universities across the country and abroad have responded by developing programs without the advantage of an existing model for…

The paper contends that introducing the notion of deprofessionalization would add a dynamic perspective to the study of professionalization (occupational groups would be seen ascending and descending the professional ladder, in different cultural contexts and at different historical periods), and that the origins of deprofessionalization are…