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Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2010
The Adult Education--Basic Grants to States program authorized under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of 1998 (AEFLA), enacted as Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (P.L. 105-220), is the major source of federal support for adult basic education and literacy education programs. When AEFLA was authorized in 1998,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Family Literacy, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2008
The "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 19981" (commonly referred to as "Perkins," "Perkins III," or "the Act" and referred to hereafter as "Perkins III") requires, in Sec. 113(c)(3)(C), that the secretary provide the appropriate committees of Congress copies of annual…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Technical Education, Federal Legislation, Vocational Education
Hawaii State Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations, Honolulu. Research and Statistics Office. – 1977
Information is presented to assist Hawaii employers in developing affirmative action plans as required for federal contract compliance. In the first section, information is provided on the ramifications of geographical area coverage, the sources for the attached statistical data, the definition of manpower resources, and the availability of this…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Census Figures, Definitions, Demography
Douglas, Joel M. – 1991
The directory presents data obtained from a 1989 survey resulting in responses from 2190 college campuses concerning unionization among their approximately 250,000 non-faculty personnel. An introductory essay describes the background of the study and notes such findings as the existence of non-faculty bargaining agreements at 775 campuses, with…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Colleges, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1994
This handbook offers a comprehensive view of the labor force activity of women in the United States and describes a range of legal and socioeconomic developments that have had an effect upon women's participation and progress in the work force. Through numerous statistical charts and tables, the book depicts change and reactions to change in the…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment
Garfin, Molly, Comp. – 1980
A directory on unionization among college faculty for 1979 is presented. It is noted that faculty unionization continues to grow at a stabilized annual rate of approximately 20 new bargaining agents per year. By the end of 1979, 406 faculty unions were recognized as having bargaining agents for faculty and staff and more than 330 collective…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Contracts
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1998
As the elderly population continues to grow, more elderly persons are requiring assistance with activities of daily living. Women are the traditional caregivers to the elderly, and the many women who also participate in the paid labor force must face the challenges of meeting both work and family obligations. Types of elder care assistance not…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Caregivers, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship
Douglas, Joel M.; Kramer, Steven – 1982
Statistical data on U.S. and Canadian college faculty contracts and bargaining agents are presented. Within each state, information is presented for selected colleges on: the bargaining agent, unit size, the year current agent was elected, year the initial contract was signed, 2-year or 4-year college status, number of campuses, contract…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Contracts, Foreign Countries
Lovell, Ned B.; And Others – 1984
An analysis is provided of the status of collective bargaining in Illinois community colleges in 1983-84. Chapter 1 provides introductory material on: the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act (H.B. 1530), a comprehensive collective bargaining law; the value of an examination of collective bargaining prior to the implementation of the law; and…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges, Contracts, Educational Legislation
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2000
To benefit from new millennium opportunities, women should take advantage of the burgeoning information technology revolution and growth in other mathematics- and science-based occupations. Among occupations, professional jobs will increase the fastest and add the most employment. Among industries, the computer and data processing services…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Demand Occupations, Employed Women
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1997
This report details the status of the world's children, focusing on the issue of child labor and its impact on the well being of the world's children. Section 1 of the report discusses the Convention on the Rights of the Child and international recognition that children require special attention and that they should have the same spectrum of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Child Labor
Douglas, Joel M.; Havey, L. William – 1991
This directory provides the 1990 collective bargaining results and union activity for higher education in the United States and Canada. Sections include lists of: (1) U.S. faculty contracts and bargaining agents; (2) U.S. adjunct faculty contracts and bargaining agents; (3) U.S. graduate and teaching assistant contracts and bargaining agents in…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Contracts, Directories
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
This labor market report contains data on the status of working women in Montana. It has eight sections with numerous graphs and statistical tables, most of which give state and national figures. Section 1 presents female labor force characteristics and compares the status of working women with that of men. Section 2 gives an overview of female…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Comparative Analysis, Discriminatory Legislation, Educational Status Comparison
Negotiation Research Digest, 1975
The Negotiation Research Digest (NRD) was compiled by the Research Division of the National Education Association (NEA). It began publication in April 1967 and, after 81 issues, ceased publication in June 1975. A normal publication year involved 10 issues published from September through June, skipping July and August. Each issue contained…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Board of Education Policy, Case Studies, Collective Bargaining
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1983
This handbook on women workers, revised from the 1975 edition, provides current data related to worklife experiences of women and their economic and legal status, especially during the last half of the 1970s. In addition, historical data provide a perspective on trends in the labor force, experiences of women, and the effects of legislation on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Blacks, Civil Rights Legislation
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