With declining enrollments and the tightening economy outdistancing the process of normal staff attrition, more and more administrators are faced with the painful process of informing professional employees that their services are no longer required. Higher education officials are taking steps to make student-teacher programs more competitive and…

A history is given of the Ohio BOOKS/JOBS Project (funded by the Library Services and Construction Act, Title I through the State Library of Ohio) as represented by Akron Public Library's participation in this project from July 1, 1968 to June 30, 1972. Included are background, description, and statistical data on the five distinct work projects…

The Institute of Professional Librarians of Ontario suggests that these guidelines be the minimum requirements for the employment of a registered professional librarian. Under conditions of employment, the guidelines provide for an employment contract, a probation period, job security, and promotion opportunities. Methods are suggested for making…

Literature on the role of women and minorities in school administration indicates that they both suffer from role stereotypes, although the stereotypes are somewhat different. Current literature on minority groups is limited almost entirely to discussion of blacks; the status of other racial minorities has been largely ignored. The role of blacks…

The New Haven public schools affirmative action report contains statements of purpose, policy, and responsibility in conjunction with a plan of action to ensure that job applicants and employees receive fair consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The goals and timetables established will rectify…

This 4-part report is one of a series prepared to provide background material for United States businessmen and others employing local workers abroad, trade union and labor specialists, consulting economists, and students. The data used were obtained from personnel in London's Departments of Employment, Health and Social Security, the Commission…

To provide an opportunity for state and local government officials to exchange information on the problem of providing public employment for the disadvantaged, a 2-day workshop was held at the University of North Carolina in November 1969. This report includes a resume of the workshop sessions and nine papers presented by participants. All aspects…

To determine the extent to which the perceived English language performance of employed bilingual Mexican-Americans influenced or handicapped them in performing job duties as proficiently as their monolingual counterparts, personal interviews were conducted with equal numbers of Mexican-Americans, their non-Mexican-American occupational peers, and…

The nature of citizenship of faculty members at Ontario Universities is considered in a speech to the legislature. The concern is that qualified Canadians and established landed immigrants are not being displaced by newly entering non-Canadians. The monitoring of faculty appointments suggests that most institutions are showing improvement in…

This document contains the results of California court decisions in litigation involving the status, or status and pay of part-time faculty in California community colleges. The information in the report was obtained by asking each California community college president and district superintendent to report whether their college or district was,…

The role of an affirmative action officer is seen to be an effective link between sociological theory/research and practice. The author describes her experience as the affirmative action officer at Lehigh University by citing origins, functions, strains, and conflicts surrounding the position. She was able to test theories about power, conflict,…

The current status or viability of the various state action arguments are reviewed, judicial responses to them are discussed in the context of employee discharge cases, and the reformulation of those responses is presented. (LBH)

Discusses a group of 1976-77 Supreme Court decisions concerning statutory bans against employment discrimination (title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act), a new National Labor Relations Board policy narrowing the "work preservation" doctrine, and public-sector agency shops. "Traditional" labor law, government benefits, and…

Court cases are cited to indicate that twentieth century federal legislation does not prohibit private discrimination based on sex as rigorously as it does that based on race. Enforcement measures afforded by the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments are noted. For journal availability see HE 509 251. (LBH)