Outlines the ideal role of future community college faculty members. This role is to include five facets: (1) teaching, (2) advising students, (3) service to the community, (4) service to the college, and (5) personal development. Suggests the value of the model in enhancing student learning and institutional goals. (JG)

Offers practices on fostering school board teamwork and effectiveness: (1) establish a code of behavior; (2) enforce the code; (3) make sure the code is up-to-date; (4) define the roles and duties of the board president, vice president, and secretary; and (5) establish some goals and a way to assess progress. (MLF)

Working with the National Council of Teachers of English, South Carolina has taken the bold step of focusing professional development in reading on teachers, rather than programs. The state created the South Carolina Reading Initiative (SCRI), a multi-year, research-based professional development model. (MLF)

Business undergraduates' (n=116) ratings of job attributes were overall less favorable for small/medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) than multinational corporations. SME employers' (n=30) perceptions of the attractiveness of these attributes were very different. Comparison of recruitment packages indicated that job security and long-term career…

Presents fourteenth annual review of professional literature on vocational behavior. Looks at several substantive areas of research: vocational choice, career development, decision making, interventions on career development and productivity, job search, industrial/organizational measurement issues, personnel issues, adjustment and development in…

Survey responses of 55 of the 70 teaching principals in Nebraska described job characteristics and responsibilities, advantages and disadvantages of the position, necessary skills and training, and the origin and future of the position. Contains 13 references. (SV)

Examines the following possible sources of measurement error in pay analysis and proposes methods to alleviate the problems: (1) choice of the number and type of job factors; (2) method of assigning values to each job factor; (3) method of selecting factor weights; and (4) political modifications made when a plan is implemented. (JS)

Reviews evidence of sex bias in job evaluation judgments and analyzes research methods used to study the issue. Explores the following types of bias: (1) direct; (2) indirect; and (3) sex of rater. Findings indicate evidence of indirect bias, showing that high paying jobs tend to be evaluated higher than those with low pay. (JS)

Describes the development of a job evaluation plan by the University of Minnesota based on employee values of job worth. Items for the point-factor plan were selected by employee committees, grouped into factors, and weighted by means of a general employee survey. Discusses the plan's use in implementing comparable worth. (JS)

Describes the third in a series of surveys that have been conducted to determine employment profiles and compensation levels of instructional technologists who are members of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Demographics, education, job descriptions, funding sources, and salaries are included. (LRW)

Reports results of a survey of American Library Association-accredited library school programs on placements and salaries of 1987 graduates. Data are presented on employment status; placements and salaries by region, school, and type of library; U.S. placements compared with Canadian placements; and effects of experience on salaries. (MES)

Empowered school staff find opportunities to work together. Outlines the superintendent's role and the conditions that must be met in order for empowerment and school improvement to succeed. (MLF)

Describes employment outlook, working conditions, and training requirements for three types of jobs: language related (teachers, interpreters, finance), working with older adults (social and health services), and working outdoors (agriculture, construction, engineering, fishing, forestry, mining, recreation). (SK)

A study describes the characteristics of the current primary dental care workforce (dentists, hygienists, assistants), its distribution, and its delivery system in private and public sectors. Graduate dental school enrollments, trends in patient visits, employment patterns, state dental activities, and workforce issues related to health care…

Career decision making is a process that continues throughout the life span. But the process can be impeded by lack of occupational exploration, vocational indecision, and lack of realism in vocational choice. Each obstacle is examined and intervention strategies to assist in decision making are proposed. (Author)