Using High School and Beyond (HSB) data, the authors address such issues as (1) vocational curriculum impact on labor market success, (2) fields offering the best work preparation, (3) academic course impact on noncollege-bound youth, and (4) student achievement's impact on labor market success. (CH)

The concept of comparable worth is criticized for possible problems it could cause in the assessment of comparable values of different occupational categories, the cost to taxpayers, and the chaos it could cause in the economic system. (MD)

Recent court decisions and state studies indicate that none of the states measure up on even rough measures of adequacy and equity in school funding. Because of tax and spending limits, some states have school funding systems that are equitable, but hardly adequate. One way to address this problem is for states to get on a path toward achieving…

This Statistics in Brief describes the differences in the distributions of nonschool factors related to student achievement among 15-year-old students and their families in the United States and other countries at similar levels of economic development. The first objective was to describe how the United States differs from the other countries…

This report is the 11th in a series of biennial reports on the status of women and minorities in science and engineering. The reports are mandated by the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (Public Law 96-5 16) which was amended in 1998 to include persons with disabilities. The primary purpose of this report is to serve as an…

This brief analyzes the employment patterns and socioeconomic characteristics of Latinos. Nationally, Hispanics constitute 11.1 percent of the U.S. workforce. The number of Latino workers is expected to grow by 36.3 percent this decade. Working Latinos have persistently had high poverty and unemployment rates due to such factors as insufficient…

The Maryland Higher Education Commission conducts a biennial follow-up survey of community college graduates in cooperation with the State's two-year campuses. This study, which has been conducted since 1976, has provided a wealth of information about the postgraduation employment and educational activities of community college students, their…

Numerous concerns about the supply of qualified teachers have been voiced by public and private administrators during recent years. Whether the supply of qualified teachers is adequate can be determined only by examining both the supply of teachers and the demand for teachers. This report provides information about one source of teachers, namely…

Regression results are presented for white and nonwhite racial groups. The results indicate that the participation rates of both white and nonwhite male youths respond similarly to intercity differences in nominal wage rates and extent of job training. However, nonwhite groups are more sensitive to the age-race specific unemployment rate.…

Explores the assimilation and acculturation of immigrants into American society. Suggests that while adaptation is a product of various factors, it is less dependent on individual traits than on whether immigrants are incorporated into the primary, secondary, and enclave sectors of the economy. (Author/MJL)

Hypothesized effects of school which determine parent behavior dispositions were found to have important consequences for a child's cognitive skills, learning strategies, and personality. A conceptual and empirical investigation was conducted in the context of ethnic diversity, individual variability, and educational and occupational equity. A…

Because of attitudes and policies, women academics are clustered in service rather than career areas of their professions. The social and academic results of this underrepresentation include the loss of valuable contributions from women. Policy areas needing change are employment conditions, inclusion in decision making, and child care. (MSE)

Examined encouragement patterns, parental opportunity awareness, and family affect in order to assess the impact of parent-child interaction on child's attainment values. Found that the variables examined accounted for more of the variation in sons' attainment than daughters' attainment. (Author/GC)

Outlines elements of the mass society perspective, relative deprivation, and a differential socialization theory as explanations for individual activism. Integrates these into a structural equation model and applies the model to samples of White and Black adults, finding strong race-specific differences in the formation of political orientations.…

In order to examine the factors that contribute to the relatively greater employment problems of females as opposed to males, examines longitudinal data on the labor market participation of young (17- to 20-year-old) women. (Author/GC)