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Download full textPawasarat, John; Quinn, Lois M. – 1986
This study examined the use of the General Educational Development (GED) credential as a measure of readiness for employment. Section I provides a summary of research in this area. The literature review revealed that very little research is available on how employers treat the GED when hiring and promoting employees, that GED holders in the U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Educational Certificates
Los Angeles Community Coll. District, CA. – 1984
This report is the Los Angeles Community College District's (LACCD's) seventh annual analysis of its progress under the Affirmative Action Program established in July 1976. Introductory remarks explain the District's affirmative action policy and summarize minimum benchmarks and percentage goals for the District. Next, an overview is provided of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal)
Carlisle, Ysanne – 1985
This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in understanding various wage payment systems. Discussed in the first four sections are the following topics: the aims and determination of payment (aims of a payment system, the economy and wage levels, the government and wage levels, and method of pay and wage levels); main…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Economics Education
McKean, Robert C.; And Others – 1983
This study investigated several aspects of early retirement (prior to age 65) as reported by a selected group of Colorado educators from two large districts, one using the state system and the other its own local system of early retirement. Early retirees from these districts were surveyed by means of a three-part questionnaire: part 1 gathererd…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Early Retirement, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices
College and Univ. Personnel Association, Washington, DC. – 1984
Data on salaries and a broad range of benefits provided to college chief executive officers (CEOs) were obtained through the 1984 Compensation and Benefits Survey of College and University Chief Executive Officers. The results will allow governing boards to compare: types and levels of compensation in their institutions with those in similar…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Selection, Administrators
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This is the final report in a series issued to assist Congress in assessing the problems of worker dislocation and employer practices related to advance notice and assistance provided to workers. A national survey of 2,600 business establishments was conducted to determine: (1) the extent of business closures and permanent layoffs between January…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Dismissal (Personnel), Employment Patterns
Scarborough, Katharine T. A. – 1987
Prepared as part of the California Library School Recruitment Project funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this report summarizes the current status of professional staffing in California's libraries. Following a brief history of the project and a summary of related research, a discussion of project methodology describes the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bilingualism, Employment Opportunities, Employment Practices
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1988
The female share of the older work force has nearly doubled since 1950. In 1987, the 6.2 million women aged 55 and over in the labor force constituted 4 of every 10 older workers. Because young women today have a stronger work attachment than did their mothers and grandmothers, the female share of the older work force is likely to continue to…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
Miguel, Richard J.; Foulk, Robert C. – 1984
A study examined the high school graduates' perceptions and employers' reports of hiring and job performance standards and employment outcomes one year after high school. Longitudinal data were collected from 522 students at the beginning and end of the senior school year and 325 of these students (62 percent) one year after graduation. Employers…
Descriptors: Career Education, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment
Shreeve, William; And Others – 1984
The philosophy, operations, and applications of the Eastern Washington University Department of Education Merit Pay System are described. The system is designed to: eliminate arbitrary assessments, reward desired behaviors, award merit pay to those achieving designated goals, individualize rewards, encourage cooperation, and simplify evaluative…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Employment Practices, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – Newsletter of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining and the Professions, 1983
New decisions of the National Labor Relations Board and/or its Regional Directors concerning claims like the "NLRB v. Yeshiva" case are briefly described. The cases of the following schools that have filed Yeshiva-related claims are outlined: Florida Memorial College, College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (COMS), Stevens Institute…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Court Litigation
Abrioux, Dominique; And Others – 1984
Organizational change in the context of nontraditional education is discussed, with attention to Athabasca University (AU), which offers external degree programs in Canada. After considering the evolution of the role of academic faculty at AU, attention is directed to the role of research in the innovative, nontraditional university. Although AU's…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Distance Education, Employment Practices
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. General Government Div. – 1989
The drug-testing plans covering 11 of the 12 civilian federal cabinet-level agencies met the requirements of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services guidelines, and the guidelines themselves were found to contain the elements required by Public Law 100-71. However, the drug-testing plans differ, so employees may find different circumstances…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Legislation, Drug Use Testing, Employer Employee Relationship
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1988
An examination is provided of past and possible affirmative action efforts to improve the representation of ethnic minorities and women in faculty and administrative positions in the California community colleges. A brief introduction states that despite legislative changes and efforts made by the colleges and the Board of Governors, minorities…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
This Congressional report contains the testimony given at a hearing pertaining to passage of the Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act of 1985. (The act, which would terminate in September 1987, would authorize an employer to pay a subminimum, "youth employment opportunity wage" to a person under 20 years of age.) Included among those…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Federal Legislation
