Addresses the value and support of older employees in child care programs. (HOD)

Current employment patterns of and policies concerning part-time college faculty are outlined, and the advantages and disadvantages of using a high percentage of part-time faculty are discussed. (MSE)

Maximum flexibility in meeting campus staffing needs is the most successful attribute in reduction in force. A shift in the employment function from recruiting new staff to providing services to dismissed employees is required, with focus on meeting work force needs, enhancing employee morale and institutional image, and gaining campuswide…

The issue of maintaining institutional vitality through the development of faculty confronts higher education with a new set of problems. Higher education should reexamine its basic premises on employee expectations and look at career paths of other professionals in other kinds of organizations. What is needed is a healthy flow of people through…

Two part-time faculty members and two full-time faculty members express their personal and professional concerns and attitudes about the trend toward increased and prolonged use of temporary and part-time faculty employment by institutions. (MSE)

A growing bulge in the age distribution of California State University faculty and its potential effects on the status and distribution of full-time, part-time, tenured, and probationary appointments in the institution are examined. (MSE)

Women continue to hold relatively few positions as school administrators; old boy networks, resistance to the idea of female authority figures, and the absence of affirmative action policies make it increasingly necessary to seek redress through lawsuits. The inaction of schools on Long Island, New York, exemplifies a national problem. (JBM)

Although Canadian women undoubtedly enjoy much greater political, social, and economic equality today than ever before, the author believes that they still have a long way to go. After describing the environment within which women work, she discusses various handicaps from which they still suffer and reviews some practical measures taken to combat…

Raising some of the most challenging questions in the field, this call-to-arms focuses on the important services gifted programs provide, the potential crisis gifted educators face, and what must be done to keep the gifted child movement alive and well. Key features include: (1) James J. Gallagher's unflinching account of the issues that continue…

This book, which is intended to assist human resource professionals and line managers in the United Kingdom, is a practical guide to retaining key employees. Discussed in the introduction are the relationship between downsizing and retention, problems that retention difficulties pose for human resource management, and the effects of retention…

This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in an adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) course, focuses on the Unemployment Insurance (UI) system. The following items are included: module overview; list of basic, thinking, interpersonal, information utilization, and other skills…

Myriad issues face those who manage school personnel. Explicating the wide range of activities covered by the term "personnel management" is the object of this text. It is geared for prospective and current school administrators whose responsibilities include any aspect of personnel management. The text is organized around the premise that student…

This book addresses the counterproductive conditions in which part-time and non-tenure-track composition faculty must teach, using case studies, local narratives, and models for ethical employment practices. It presents and evaluates a range of proactive strategies for change, both for local conditions and broader considerations. Section 1,…

This guide is intended to encourage employers to hire people with disabilities. It notes the value of internship and other work-based learning programs that allow the employer and student to "try each other out." The paper points out that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers are required to make reasonable accommodations for…

This publication highlights the role of the tutor (a person providing on-the-job training to new hires and persons moving into new jobs while still functioning in the same or a similar job, rather than being a full-time trainer) in industry through a comparative study of these four European countries: Austria, France, Germany, and Spain. Following…