The large-scale employment of part-time faculty in community colleges has serious costs for institutions (e.g., part-timers lack the time/training required to plan and review their work, plot long-term teaching strategies, and participate in departmental governance) and part-time instructors (e.g., undesirable schedules, lack of job security, and…

School salary policy, with its reliance on the single salary schedule, has not provided competitive salaries for mathematics and science specialists in the past. It continues to create a shortfall in the number of qualified mathematics and science personnel taking teacher training and offering their services to schools. (Author/LMO)

Results of a nationwide survey of 240 schools with graduate economics programs are reported. Most interesting finding was the explosive growth in the masters programs. The requirements for becoming a student for an advanced degree vary widely. Seventy-six percent of Ph.D. graduates seek jobs in higher education. (Author/RM)

Describes a career program at Georgia State University which introduces nontechnical people to the world of work in the hi-tech 1980s. The workshops include an introduction to computers, profile the local and national high tech industry, and discuss employment opportunities. (JAC)

Analyzes 1979 unemployment statistics in the Chinatowns of Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Presents a composite qualitative account, based on case studies, of their underlying labor system. Reports that Chinatown workers characteristically remain attached to the ethnic labor market, despite its low wages and employment instability. (KH)

Results of a survey of pharmacy graduates concerning their reasons for staying within or leaving the state of their training and for pursuing further training rather than taking a practice position are presented as data for colleges and universities to use in attracting or retaining pharmacy students. (MSE)

This comparison of characteristics of directors of Association of Research Libraries' member libraries in 1966 and 1981 indicates that, in both years, directors were predominantly middle-aged male graduates of liberal arts programs. Significant differences were observed in directors' regions of origin, library education, additional graduate…

Describes an exit interview procedure for employees leaving the school system designed to identify potential personnel problems, maintain good employee relations, provide statistics on reasons for turnover, and provide assessment data for inservice education programs. Reports statistical data based on interview implementation, 1981-83. (TE)

As total employment grows by 20 percent from 1974 to 1985, the number of jobs for white-collar and service workers is projected to rise 28 percent and blue-collar employment will increase 13 percent the supply of college graduates will outstrip demand, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics projections. (Editor)

It is proposed that the career development theory of Super (The psychology of careers. New York: Harper & Row, 1957.) should be revised to include an additional developmental stage which occurs at midlife. To justify this proposal, a definition of a developmental stage is offered and findings from recent studies of male middlescence are…

Questionnaires were sent to 13,549 graduates of four types of proprietary and nonproprietary vocational training programs. Substantial differences favoring nonproprietary programs were found between proprietary and nonproprietary graduates in terms of economic gains following graduation and expressed satisfaction. Nevertheless, both types of…

The Career Development Inventory was administered to 107 ethnically mixed, inner city school dropouts to examine its suitability for such a population. Also investigated were the interrelationships among sex, age, ethnicity, intelligence, reading achievement, arithmetic achievement, and two of the inventory's scales. Results are discussed. (Author)

Evidence of the effectiveness of secondary vocational education programs was provided by analysis of short-run follow-up data on the employment and earnings of graduates in Indiana. Comparative information was provided for each major vocational education program area. The relationship between earnings and job relatedness was investigated.…

Outcomes of post-secondary vocational-technical and transfer education programs were assessed by examining students' status five years after enrollment. Outcome indicators included education and employment status, job relatedness, perceptions of effect on level of employment, and satisfaction with present job and past educational program. A…

This digest uses recent statistics, including Census 2000 data, to synthesize information on Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) children and families. The APIA population is diverse, and APIA groups vary widely in language, religion, beliefs, and health practices. The percentage of foreign born differs widely among APIA groups. The U.S.…