This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in a database distributor/service organization. The activities of professionals working in database distributor/service organizations are listed by function: Database Processing; Customer Support; System Administration; and Planning. The competencies are…

An update of a previous study produced information on the status of special education professional personnel in Michigan. Computer tape copies of the state's Professional Personnel Register and Certification Master File were analyzed. Detailed data are reported for eight basic tasks, including employment of beginning professional personnel in…

The metropolitan Miami area is a thriving bilingual community that uniquely exemplifies the utility of Spanish for business careers. Miami is unique in its large Latin population, the success of this population, and the proximity of Miami to the Caribbean and Latin American markets. The impact of the Latin population of Miami on education and…

A decline in government funding for recreational services has stimulated the growth of private and commercial recreation. In this two-page information review, areas in which job opportunities in the recreational field are to be found are discussed, and trends in commercial recreation are listed. A list of 22 resource organizations and 6…

This report examines the major trends in women's employment and unemployment over the past two decades in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries. Employment and unemployment trends in the labor force by sex are first considered. The report next examines the growth of the female labor supply and the trends in the…

Since American colleges and universities will need to hire about 500,000 faculty members in the next 25 years, it is important that speech communication graduate schools and current graduate students who will be in that labor pool think about the professional needs of small schools as potential employers of speech faculty. The academic background…

The principal results of the 1980 United States Census regarding Cuban Americans are summarized and analyzed in this report. The presentation is divided into the following sections: (1) residence and geographic distribution; (2) age and sex composition; (3) fertility; (4) family structure and marital status; (5) educational characteristics; (6)…

Written in response to T. G. McGee's recent discussion of the "peasants in cities" paradox (see EJ080361), this article argues that a modified version of Eric Wolf's definition of "peasants" is the most useful one currently available. (Author/KM)

T. G. McGee responds to Barry Isaac's article (RC501590), which discusses McGee's earlier article (see EJ080361) defining "peasants in cities". (KM)

Assessments of the 1972-85 occupational outlook reveal a rather sharp slowdown in employment growth during the latter half of the period. Jobs for salesworkers, managers and administrators, and operatives will be affected most. (Author)

An examination of the redistribution of the black population associated with changes in the population of labor force age and participation in the South as compared with the non-White or the nation as a whole. The sources of growth and change in the labor force between 1940 and 1970 are explored with respect to changes at the total level, by sex,…

Women in the social work profession, as in other fields, receive lower salaries than their male counterparts. A study comparing career characteristics of male and female graduates of a school of social work verified this conclusion and pointed to some ways in which the trend could be reversed. (Author)

Deals with the displacement of black educators in Louisiana as a result of desegregation, and the mechanisms by which they are being displaced; displacement is defined here as the dismissal of black educators from the school system, or their demotion to less satisfying positions. (Author/JM)

Discusses the gap which exists between women trained and women hired by major universities, and the general condition of sex discrimination which exists in most universities. (Author/SB)

Presents data concerning postgraduate enrollment and the percentages of unemployed graduates in science and research in India. (PG)