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Gordon, Ruth – 1985
A survey of employers showed that high school grade point average had the strongest positive influence in the hiring of young people for entry-level jobs. Eight hundred and fifty employers in three fields (clerical, retailing, and machine trades) were asked to rate application forms of fictitious job seekers for specific positions. Other factors…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
Gold, Gerard G. – 1985
This guide is intended to assist employers, educators, and union officials in understanding the rationale behind developing and implementing tuition assistance plans. Examined in the introductory section are the importance of tuition assistance programs in light of contemporary economic and labor market conditions. The first chapter outlines the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Decision Making, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices
Hart, Ann Weaver – 1986
This paper compares work patterns emerging from the first year of implementation of a job enlargement career ladder for teachers at two junior high schools. Field research and interview data are used to analyze implementation process variables, work structures, and career concepts. The study investigated problems educators consider important in…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Case Studies, Educational Change, Employment Practices
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Sandler, Bernice R. – 1986
The Project on the Status and Education of Women (PSEW) of the Association of American Colleges describes ways in which women faculty, administrators, and graduate students in higher education are often treated differently from men. Under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), PSEW investigated negative…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Civil Rights, College Environment, Employed Women
Kaplowitz, Richard A. – 1988
A discussion of the faculty and administrator selection process looks at the function of search committees, the issue of confidentiality in records, and societal issues that need to be addressed. A number of factors in the effective use of search committees are outlined, including breadth of committee membership, quality of communication within…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Affirmative Action, College Administration, Confidentiality
Sealander, Judith – 1984
The history of Dayton Women Working (DWW) illustrates both the achievements and failures of contemporary feminist organization. Established in 1975 to address the problems of low wages, sex discrimination, and unfair working conditions facing women in Dayton (Ohio), DWW focused on a broad range of activities including publishing a quarterly…
Descriptors: Activism, Community Organizations, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship
Miller, Sharon; Kimball, Olive M. – 1983
Criteria related to merit evaluations of medical technology faculty were evaluated, based on a survey of members of the American Society for Medical Technology's scientific section on education. Questionnaire responses were obtained from 27 academic institutions. Criteria included publications, institutional committee activity, research, clinical…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Decision Making, Employment Practices, Evaluation Criteria
On Campus with Women, 1983
Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in this newsletter issue. Topics include the following: the scope of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which bars sex bias in educational programs or activities receiving direct federal funds; sex discrimination suits brought by women…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Faculty, College Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1982
This information paper explores the need for age-neutral functional criteria in the human resources management system and the need for managers to review currently accepted employment policies. Population patterns, labor force profiles, and labor force projections are reviewed. The paper examines the effect of retirement policies and considers…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Case Studies, Employment Patterns
On Campus with Women, 1983
Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in this newsletter issue. Topics include the following: a 1972-1980 study which found that women faculty may not be advancing at the same pace as male faculty members; approval of actions to enhance affirmative action by the Board of Regents of the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Faculty, College Students
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1979
A selection of papers presented at a consultation sponsored by the Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming Advisory Committees to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights address the inequities of benefits received by women and minorities from resource development activities in the Intermountain West. The introduction discusses…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Blacks, Economic Factors
Szafran, Robert F. – 1982
Recruitment and reward patterns of college faculty in 1969 were analyzed, and implications of the findings for segmented labor market research and for the analysis of stratification systems in science are discussed. Data from a 1969 Faculty Survey of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education provided a sample of 77 universities for the…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Employment Patterns
Davis, Gary – 1983
The American conception of academic freedom, which is derived from 18th century Germany, is traced, and the issue of the right of academic freedom for religion professors at church-related colleges is explored. A committee of 15 American professors in 1915 proposed a "Declaration of Principles" that endorsed academic freedom but…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Church Related Colleges, Church Role
On Campus with Women, 1985
Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in these newsletter issues. An article entitled "High Court Slows Women's Progress" by Bernice R. Sandler presents arguments that the U.S. Supreme Court undermined legal protection against sex discrimination in educational institutions. News…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Faculty, College Students
Gustafson, Richard A.; Groves, Patricia McLlarky – 1977
Objectives of a research project were to determine current employer practices in personnel performance evaluation in New Hampshire, and to inform vocational teachers and guidance counselors of these employer practices so that they might make program or counseling service modifications to better acquaint vocational students with these practices.…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Interviews
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