Argues that education can not guarantee social or occupational mobility, or even work, for minority groups in the United Kingdom. Presents evidence that labor market disadvantage for minority groups arises from direct racist discrimination, ethnocentric notions of "acceptability," and word-of-mouth recruitment of employees. Contains 54…

Analyzes changes in the representation of Black teachers in 176 urban school districts between 1968 and 1986. Concludes that northern districts have been moving toward greater representation of Blacks over the past 20 years at a rate significantly faster than the southern districts. (FMW)

The author states that competition among college graduates for jobs will decrease, although a small surplus of graduates will remain, between 1988 and 2000. Sources of job openings and sources of labor force entrants are discussed and openings and entrants are projected. (CH)

Reviews the literature showing trends toward the increasing employment of part-time faculty at community colleges. Describes existing models for the integration of adjunct faculty into the college community. Suggests a model of systematic, ongoing, adult-to-adult communication for the integration of part-timers into a fully functioning humanities…

A report "Some Popular Assertions about School Administration: Are They Myths or Realities?" by the Educational Research Service, disproves the following assertions: that there are too many administrators; that the number is growing rapidly; and that increasing amounts of school budgets are going to administration. (MLF)

A study using data from the High School and Beyond Survey examined the effects of employment on grade point averages, dropout rate, and postcollege wages and employment rates of 4,068 college students. While working students were more likely to drop out than nonworking students, they also did better in the labor market if they do graduate. (MSE)

This study examined the occupational experiences of 703 deans of medicine during 5 decades to explore whether changes in their prior career paths could explain increasing turnover of deans. Results do not support the hypothesis that shorter tenures of deans in recent decades are related to previous professional experiences or increasing…

Insecurity haunts many working people as corporations restructure and remove the underpinnings of career-long employment that sustains workers' confidence in their future. Unless workers adapt to managing their own careers, they may see the future as a reign of terror rather than the dawn of a promising era. (Author/JOW)

Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth for 1979 through 1991 are used to demonstrate that acquisition of the General Educational Development (GED) credential is associated with an increase in the rate of wage growth for male high school dropouts. (SLD)

Qualitative and quantitative techniques, including a telephone survey of 310 Taiwanese business owners, were used to study the unique features of Taiwanese immigrant businesses in Los Angeles (California). When provided with entrepreneurial capital, Taiwanese enterprises grow rapidly in the context of Los Angeles's economic restructuring. (SLD)

Ann McLaughlin, a former secretary of labor, discusses her views on the future of the workplace. She feels that to solve the impending problem of educational deficits among the work force, employers will begin their own educational programs, improving both employee loyalty and work force mobility. Includes predictions for future growth fields.…

A British survey of 708 part-time graduate students in the social sciences found that a typical student studies about 15 hours a week, works full-time in education, health, or local government, receives some employer tuition assistance, and is given one-half to 1 day release time a week for studies. (Author/MSE)

This research examined the career paths of 2,700 former special educators hired by Michigan public schools between 1972 and 1985. An estimated 34% of the former educators reentered a Michigan classroom within five years of leaving, and an estimated 58% of these stayed for more than seven years. (Author/JDD)

Difficulties encountered by individuals employed in international trade in foreign countries are examined, particularly as they concern the authority structure of the host country. It is recommended that multinational companies teach their employees to view behavior by colleagues, superiors, and subordinates in their cultural contexts,…

The nine-year experience of the Northeast Louisiana University School of Pharmacy in developing an undergraduate toxicology program is described. A survey of 128 graduates revealed student characteristics and graduate employment and/or education patterns. Common job duties included industrial hygiene, analytical chemistry, technical writing,…