Results of study suggested that single female workers are evaluated favorably so long as they pursue sex-typical jobs, while female and single male workers are viewed much less favorably when they are in sex-atypical fields. (CMG)

Offers practical suggestions as to how the academic dean in a college or university can provide opportunities to women and minority faculty, even given current fiscal conditions. Discusses: (1) the screening and search process; (2) strategies for recruiting faculty; (3) strategies for coping with retrenchment; and (4) other strategies which…

Reducing the tenure system inevitably involves costs to both employer and employee and especially affects the attraction of employment in the institution, including faculty mobility, institutional academic standing, and faculty goodwill. Long-term implications of such reform should be carefully weighed before changes are undertaken. (MSE)

Discusses results of a survey to determine whether school psychologists have experienced prejudice or discrimination with respect to ethnicity, gender, age and sexual orientation in salary, tenure, publication and grant productivity; or have engaged in legal or legislative activity around existing prejudice. Results find no bias. Suggests further…

Existing regulations, case law, and limited legislative history indicate that an institution can continue to employ faculty without tenure after age 65. However, once tenure is removed, the faculty member is entitled to all the protection of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. (MSE)

Uses regression substitution procedure to show skill differences between male and female occupations explain virtually none of the earning gap between the sexes. Female occupations systematically pay less than is predicted by their skill demands. Doing manual work, in which men predominate, has a negative effect on female earnings. (NEC)

Investigated male and female officers' attitudes toward women employed as correctional officers in a male penitentiary. Confirmed the hypothesis, that men enact the social responsibility norm in the presence of women, and that women find the social responsibility norm groundless. Suggests expansion of women's limited correctional role. (Author)

Nontenured faculty's claims to tenure as a property right, by virtue of common law principles, are examined from historical and litigation perspectives. The common law analysis proposed is applied to employment relationships in private and public institutions. (MSE)

Clarifies major issues of women's employment by means of a self-administered, true-false questionnaire. Issues considered are sex differences in employment and earnings, occupational segregation, women's participation in the work force, unemployment and women, social change, and myths and misconceptions surrounding women and employment. Answers…

Undergraduates evaluated the qualifications of an attractive, average, or unattractive male or female applicant. Ratings of specific qualifications preceded or followed an overall and hiring decision rating. The order variable influenced ratings of specific qualifications but not the overall or hiring decision. Male and attractive applicants were…

Quotes the antidiscrimination provisions of Title VII, describes some relevant court decisions, and discusses the relevance of the courts' actions to school officials facing a decision when a qualified teacher who is three or four months pregnant applies for a position or comes up for reappointment in April. (Author/MLF)

Proper evidence of age discrimination requires an understanding of the causal relationships among age, productivity, and employment practices. The proper modeling of causation can provide proof of discrimination. Human capital theory can be used to indicate when differential treatment results from discrimination as opposed to age-related factors.…

Reviews the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's new guidelines on national origin discrimination and offers advice on steps an employer can take to eliminate such discrimination and harassment in personnel practices. (Author/WD)

Discussed are the statutory development of the reasonable accommodation rule, the Supreme Court's treatment of the rule, and the constitutionality of the rule under the establishment clause. Available from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, 77 South Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606. (Author/MLF)

Abstracts a number of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publications. For example, reviews seven current employment analysis documents, one employment structure and trends document, and one wages and industrial relations document. Provides other reference sources. Describes five types of BLS surveys on straight-time earnings and establishment…