The necessity for physical education and parks administration professionals to hold doctoral degrees is reexamined. (LH)

Contends that departments of speech communication must maintain a sense of disciplinary integrity and traditional commitment to scholarship in designing graduate programs that are adapted to the realities of altered enrollment and employment patterns. (JMF)

Hired farmworkers make up 1% of all U.S. workers but one-third of production agricultural workers. In 1996, compared to all workers, hired farmworkers earned significantly less and were more likely to be younger, never married, Hispanic, and noncitizens. Over half had not graduated from high school, and three-quarters of noncitizens had only an…

A study of individuals with disabilities who had exited rural (n=25) or urban (n=43) school systems, found the employment rate was 81.4% for urban subjects and 72% for rural subjects. Rural subjects were employed primarily in trade/industry, whereas urban subjects were employed in service occupations and trade/industry. (Author/CR)

Investigated the employment outcomes of 103,417 rehabilitants, representing 13 disability categories. For each disabling condition, the top five occupations were reported. Results indicate that there was great similarity across the disability categories in types of employment, emphasizing the greater influence of functional abilities as opposed to…

Discusses the job outlook over the next 10 years in the following fields: technology jobs, health care jobs, human services jobs, and other jobs. Includes a table of the fastest growing occupations requiring postsecondary education. (SNR)

Contingent workers generally earn less income and are less likely to receive health insurance and pension benefits through their employers than are noncontingent workers. However, many earn higher wages than those in traditional arrangements and have access to health insurance from other sources. (Author)

Explores the impact on workers of being in a nonstandard employment arrangement. Examines the distribution of workers among various arrangements and looks at aspects of work behavior and life events that may have influenced their working in a nonstandard arrangement. (Author/JOW)

Self-employment rates differ substantially across 60 ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Groups from countries with the highest self-employment rates do not have high rates in the United States More advantaged groups in terms of wage earnings, self-employment earnings, and unearned income have the highest self-employment rates. (SK)

Examines trends in voluntary and involuntary part-time employment, the disappearing "job," competitive international pressures, and new job skill requirements. (SK)

The average retirement age for men shifted from 70 in 1950 to 65 in 1970 to 62 in 1985. Whether the trend toward early retirement has ended depends on interpretation of changes in the last 2 decades, including elimination of mandatory retirement, modifications in social security and pension plans, and increased longevity. (Contains 18 references.)…

Data from the 1993 National Survey of College Graduates show that women are increasingly attracted to the field of law, possibly because of its favorable economic factors, such as relatively high earnings early in the career and ease of reentry after periods of nonparticipation in the labor force. (Contains 30 references.) (JOW)

A slow and gradual nationwide trend by which more men than women are being hired to teach physical education full time at the high school level has been accompanied by a decrease in numbers of full-time physical education teaching positions. (JD)

Bureau of Labor Statistics' data show that the incidence rate of 15 workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time nursing home workers is well above that for private industry as a whole. Back injuries are most frequently reported. Short tenure and high turnover are correlated with health and safety problems. (SK)

After tracing the changing forms of work, family life, and child care in America, this article explores the benefits to family, home life, work place, parents, children, and child care workers afforded by a variety of current employer practices in child care services and support. (Author/IAH)