Outlines the history of higher education in Vietnam since 1975, identifies key historical and current issues that prevent Vietnamese higher education from serving the country's need for social and economic development, and provides suggestions to help other countries' institutions develop links with Vietnam. (MSE)

Challenges research and prevailing attitudes that maintain that computers improve teaching and academic achievement. Criticizes and questions research methodology, computer literacy education, the need for computer skills to make a competitive workforce, support from the business community resulting from technology programs, and Internet use. (LRW)

Argues that workforce and economic development in urban areas are linked and that community colleges must develop new strategies to meet these challenges. Reviews urban trends and advocates focusing on the demand side of the labor market, or getting employers to become driving forces in shaping job preparation. (AJL)

Analyzes econometrically the relationship between individual school characteristics and earnings of students entering the labor force directly from high school, using High School and Beyond data. One category of characteristics, school-to-work interventions, is a predictor. Access to labor-market information and substantial work-for-pay experience…

Describes characteristics of the "ideal" rural teacher and highlights the significant issues associated with recruiting and retaining such teachers in rural schools. Claims that new ideas and approaches will be necessary if small rural schools, often located in very isolated and poor areas, are to attract qualified teachers. (Contains 34…

A survey of dental hygiene program directors (n=107) revealed that in associate degree/certificate and bachelor's programs, applicants, class size, and student achievement have declined since 1957 but student age and experience have increased. In addition, students tend to be female Caucasians. Recruitment and labor market implications are…

Examines linkages between adult continuing education and rural economic development strategies. Categorizes educational program responses to human capital investment needs of adults, and indicates the economic impact in rural areas of such responses. Discusses social roles as a motivator for educational participation. Contains 29 references. (SV)

Industrial change and the restructuring of employment opportunity in the nation's largest cities have created a mismatch between available jobs and the skills of resident workers. The "upskilling" of jobs must be met by the "upschooling" of the labor force through new partnerships among public schools and higher education…

Examines the condition of human resources in the rural South, particularly educational attainment, outmigration, illiteracy, and quality of rural schools. Discusses strategies for the development of human resources in the 1990s involving local, state, and federal governments and the role of rural sociologists. Contains 40 references. (Author/SV)

Examines education, work and employment in developed nations, and identifies present economic trends that affect changes in the job market. Concentrates on the relationship between labor force changes and education, which cause the problems of undereducation and overeducation. Outlines competencies needed by workers in a changing work environment.…

Discusses why health issues should be addressed, and why industrial/organizational psychologists should address these issues in the workplace. Presents five models for addressing health at work. Explores health-related criteria as sources for studying and developing programs concerning health. Discusses responses to health at work on an individual…

Twelve things that colleges and universities can do to prepare themselves and the country for competitiveness in the global economy are outlined. They include business-school partnerships, program coordination and development, improved exchange efforts, and inclusion of global economics in the regular and continuing education curricula. (MSE)

This feature discusses the diminishing number of female administrators, coaches, and officials involved in girls' and women's sports, the reasons for this decline, and strategies to increase the number of women in athletic leadership positions. (IAH)

Reviews economists' views about how the economy works, from which conclusions opposing comparable worth are drawn. Discusses factors that have been omitted from economists' views--social and psychological factors that affect behavior in the workplace, permit and encourage discrimination, and have an effect on the distribution of jobs and wages.…

Argues that the dismantling of Mexican American segregation in Texas resulted not only from social protest, but also from fundamental shifts in economic and political conditions, 1940-1970: structural changes in the farm labor market, urbanization, expansion of the Chicano middle class, and political mobilization. Contains 58 references. (SV)