Reports findings from a statewide stdy in Illinois to identify and compare a variety of occupational survival skills most appropriate to keep a job or to move to another job. Workers surveyed rated twenty-seven occupational survival skill items in order of importance to them. (MF)

Radio and TV managers were surveyed concerning what they consider essential elements for the college broadcast curriculum. The present curriculum is seen as unrealistically designed for training commercial broadcasters with a lack of adequate training in production, sales, and the business aspects of broadcasting. Suggestions from top management…

It is contended that insufficient attention has been given to the development of human resource management programs for nonfaculty personnel in academic institutions. Management schemes can be developed to enhance the strengths of the employees and to obtain optimum utilization of these strengths toward attainment of university goals. (Author/LBH)

The concept of human resource planning in personnel administration is gradually reintroducing the need for control over personnel functions as is usually demanded of other functions such as production and finance. (Author/TA)

The author examines concepts involved in the rapidly developing field of wage and salary administration and discusses means by which the field can be developed into a professional discipline. (TA)

Describes problems regarding faculty recruitment and promotion and tenure decisions faced by an English department with a major commitment to the teaching of composition. (GW)

Reports growing business interest in child care assistance for employees. Briefly describes benefits of such programs for both employers and employees, presenting cost-benefit analyses of three companies that indicate impact on productivity and value to employees. (AS)

Project for economically restructuring the working process and planning book processing in central university libraries in the Federal Republic of Germany. (Author/KP)

The Maine Adult Education Directors' Handbook offers a basic overview of the Adult and Community Education system in Maine. The information is general and intended to provide a background to the person initially becoming involved in adult education--director, teacher, school board member, advisory council member or superintendent. The Handbook is…

In training nonprofessionals for a mental health project leadership role, directors attempted to find methods which were responsive to the needs of trainees. General appraisal of training and training techniques are presented. )Author/BY(

This study assessed the continuing education needs of 830 leisure services practitioners in Wisconsin. Analyses provide information regarding similarities and differences among leisure services professionals. Demographic characteristics, continuing education needs, interests, participation, and attitudes toward continuing education are discussed.…

With the era of employer-provided security fading, increasing numbers of college graduates are moving among companies and careers in search of the perfect job. The ramifications of this coming instability of the college-educated employee for the corporate recruiter are outlined. (Author/TE)

This article reviews the literature on interdisciplinary approaches to training infant specialists and discusses the challenges of implementing such programs. The Interdisciplinary Infant Intervention Program at Temple University (Pennsylvania) is described as an example of how these challenges can be met. Challenges identified include…