A response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia looks at the situation in Singapore, in which the government created policy supporting development of selected languages, and examines the positive economic consequences of the policy. Effects on educational and manpower policy are also considered. (MSE)

Describes how education and training providers can use organizational assessments to pinpoint a company's performance problems and deliver training services to help solve them. Assessments also help instructors understand the business context in which their company customers are operating, and to learn and use that business' particular "language."…

The author argues that in a knowledge-based economy, the associate degree does not provide significant professional and economic opportunities for students. A new practitioner-oriented applied baccalaureate degree that emphasizes the competencies demanded in today's business environment should be developed by the community colleges, with the input…

Skills needed for decent employment are rising. Most jobs require continuous learning. Increasingly fluid labor markets require individuals to keep learning so they can change jobs. School-to-work programs are of inconsistent quality because they are not part of the mainstream program. Ten principals of sensible school-to-work systems are…

Despite politicians' claims to the contrary, public schools are not holding back the economy, and most future jobs will require only modest skill growth. Economists attribute today's economic growth not to improved schools, but to greater efficiency, downward price pressure, and experimentation with lower interest rates. (MLH)

Reviews existing policies in higher education institutions that affect faculty and their families and identifies areas for advocacy research. Dual-career problems and parental concerns are reviewed. Implications of higher education policies for recruitment and retention of faculty and for the tenure and promotion process are considered. (Author)

This review of the Supreme Court's 1994-95 Term is divided into eight sections: (1) student rights; (2) desegregation and school finance; (3) affirmative action and race-conscious decision making; (4) employment and labor; (5) elections and voting rights; (6) First Amendment--religion and public schools; (7) special education; and (8) cases to be…

A national survey of speech-language pathologists working in school-based settings examined such topic areas as caseload characteristics, service delivery models, bilingual/bicultural services, support personnel, shortages of speech-language pathologists, and demographic information. (DB)

Data from General Social Surveys and Census Bureau sources, 1964-94, indicate that nonmetropolitan and metropolitan areas are similar in married women's labor force participation and gender differences in earnings. Nonmetro areas have higher occupational sex segregation and slightly less egalitarian gender attitudes. Gender stratification has…

Examines the evolution of maternal employment and child care provision policies in the United States, Sweden, and the Netherlands. The analysis shows that child care policy is best viewed as one element among many. Tax codes, labor laws, parental leave policies, and cash assistance programs combine with child care policies to shape women's choices…

Praises and summarizes James Bernard Murphy's "The Moral Economy of Labor: Aristotelian Themes in Economic Theory." Linking economic theories from Adam Smith to Karl Marx, Murphy criticizes traditional economic and social thinking regarding the division of labor. He proposes an integration of conceptualization and execution to humanize…

Attempted to analyze what young people with entry difficulties had to say about educational institutions, the job market, career planning, and their vocational environment in relation to career entry. Sought to draw up an operational and descriptive portrait of the vocational locus of control of young people from 16- to 25-years old. Discusses…

Examines various services available to migrant farmworkers and their families in northwest Ohio, including labor recruiting, welfare services, health services, day care and Head Start, and legal services. Argues that although such services were established ostensibly to help farmworkers, they assist farmers in crucial ways and help perpetuate the…

Since the late 1980s, MBA education in China has been developing rapidly alongside reforms and an expanding economy. Lack of qualified teaching staff and appropriate teaching materials has hindered MBA education's further development. Intensive international academic exchanges with Western universities and an authoritative accreditation system are…

The 1996 welfare reforms narrowed rural-urban differences in employment for both less-educated and more-educated single mothers, and raised the employment rate of single mothers, overall and for all racial/ethnic groups except nonmetro Hispanics. These findings suggest that the aggregate effects of obstacles to employment are no greater in…