This packet contains three issues of "The Insurance Educator," a newsletter published for high school educators as a means to improve the understanding of insurance and its role in society through the education of teachers and students. Some representative articles include the following: "Protecting Your Bike from Theft"; "Tornadoes: Be Prepared";…

The field of higher education has, until very recently, seldom been invaded by the educational researcher. Efficiency tests and statistical measurements have been applied to the work of lower schools, and the literature recording the results with increasing frequency. The literature of higher education however, is still predominantly of the…

Due to the changing composition of the student body, college health services are becoming increasingly important and could play an active role in student retention. Realities which need to be faced by college health services include: (1) recession and budget cuts; (2) environmental health and safety activities; and (3) the impact of national…

Analyzes the past decade as a period of learning and experimentation in occupational alcoholism and employee assistance programming (EAPs). Suggests future EAPs will place less emphasis on supervisory confrontation than on broader types of casefinding; and early identification, prior to a decline in job performance, will take place. (Author/RC)

A solution to the rural health crisis will require not only changes in student selection, curriculum, and training location but also strengthening of the rural economy, improved reimbursement to rural hospitals and primary care physicians, and increased sensitivity among leaders of the medical profession to rural community and practitioner needs.…

Increasingly, college and university teaching assistants are unionizing to address issues of wages, health benefits, recognition for their contribution to undergraduate education, and faculty privileges. Administrators on most campuses have strongly resisted unionization efforts, insisting that teaching assistants are students first, then…

As colleges face budget reductions, they must consider the substantial hidden costs of unemployment benefits for terminated part-time faculty. Planning a sound program of benefits management that includes cost containment requires the cooperation of personnel director, chief financial officer, and chief academic officer. (MSE)

In the second of a two-part article, the following questions are addressed: How does the unemployment compensation system work? Which employers are affected by laws on unemployment compensation? Which employees fall under federal and state laws? and How much does a covered employer pay in unemployment taxes? Ways to minimize unemployment claims…

The University of Denver (Colorado) reduced workers' compensation losses 97 percent in 1990-91 by developing a master safety plan, sponsoring safety training, managing medical costs, providing modified duty for injured employees, screening applicants, orienting new employees, investigating claims thoroughly, performing life-safety audits, and…

Implications of new market realities for social work practice are examined, including changing fields, increased credentialing and third part reimbursement, and cost-containment measures. It is suggested that social work educators can prepare students better by supplementing existing course content with material that reflects shifting conditions…

A survey of pharmaceutical manufacturing executives (n=52) and pharmacy educators (n=15) found both groups expect some form of managed health care plan to cover 45 percent of outpatient prescriptions by 1994, 70 percent in 1999. They agreed pharmacists will need more business education and technicians will play an increasing role in dispensing.…

The article compares health care costs, insurance claims paid to practitioners, distribution of health care costs, numbers and ratios of practitioners, infant and neonatal mortality rates, for-profit organizations, underserved groups, technology, quality control, cure vs. care, prevention, and specific health care problems in the United States and…

Directors (N=203) of mental-health agencies responded to a survey designed to examine their level of acceptance and satisfaction with licensed professional counselors (LPC) in Ohio. Responses suggest a preference for hiring social workers over counselors; starting salaries were similar for both groups with comparable educational levels.…

Explores the rationale for college subsidies in most world economies, treating precollege achievement as an insurable risk. Contract theory considers optimum insurance contracts for this risk and views public finance of college education as providing the insurance. The theory yields conditions on optimum taxes and fees. Rationing by…

This study examined 1994 salaries for entry level positions in athletic training. Surveys mailed to hospitals/clinics, colleges, and high schools provided information on highest and lowest job position salaries for bachelor's degree and master's degree positions, overall mean salaries, contract terms, hours worked per week, pay scale, and fringe…