Discusses productivity trends in manufacturing in 12 countries. Includes statistics on labor productivity, unit labor costs, output, employment and hours, and hourly compensation for 1982. (JOW)

Special Labor Force Report shows that job losers, mostly men, make up less than half of the unemployed; jobless women and teenagers are mostly entrants into the job market. (Editor)

Identifies and describes occupational career patterns (OCPs) for a single cohort of high school graduates. Stable OCP is experienced by persons engaged in the same type of occupation over their entire working career. Results indicate that more than one third of the respondents experienced stable OCPs, and that OCP stability is linked to lower…

This study examined the status of African American males in academic leadership positions at American colleges and universities in comparison with other males (e.g., Asian). Guided by disparate impact theory, descriptive trend analyses and impact ratios were computed using the 1993 and 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF). These…

The Special Labor Force Report examines: recent trends in overtime work, the impact of overtime work on earnings, and current and past composition of the overtime work force. It shows that persons who usually work overtime are less likely to collect premium pay than those whose overtime is only occasional. (Author/MW)

The trend toward staffing ongoing programs with part-time faculty should be reversed, and some proportion of the part-time positions introduced since the 1970s should be converted to tenure-track assistant professorships. Part-time faculty should not be consigned to a permanent marginal labor pool through superficial improvement of part-time…

This report presents data on non-instructional employees in higher education institutions and looks specifically at the characteristics of those newly hired. Data are from the National Center for Education Statistics reports: "Fall Staff in Postsecondary Institutions, 1995" and the "Digest of Education Statistics, 1997."…

Presented are possible reasons for the reduced number of college students in the fields of science and engineering. Surveys reveal that jobs available outside these fields provide relatively more economic opportunities. (Author/PS)

Studied age trends in the match between vocational aspirations and actual jobs. Men 16-28 years old were interviewed yearly. Higher agreement between jobs and aspirations occurred with age. Additionally, distributions of both aspirations and actual jobs differed with age. Discussed implications for changing strategies of vocational counseling.…

Despite child labor and school attendance laws, approximately 1.6 million young teens held jobs in 1979. The labor force participation rate of girls is fast approaching that of boys, although the latter are employed in more varied occupations. (LRA)

Examined information on projected growth occupations and its effect on prestige ratings by college juniors and seniors (N=227). Found growth data did not effect ratings. (Author/ABL)

Reviews the trends of the last four decades in terms of the labor force, economics, employment by industry, and employment by occupation. Considers uncertainties surrounding projections to 2005: end of the cold war, European unification, and the North American Free Trade Agreement. (SK)

This study examined the earnings and hours worked of high school graduates with learning disabilities (LD) and their nondisabled (ND) peers 1 through 10 years after graduation. LD graduates had higher annualized earnings in the early postgraduate years and lower earnings later, a result largely explained by the greater attendance at postsecondary…

Discusses two trends that are occurring in the workplace: (1) the need for workers to take greater responsibility for their own employability and career development and (2) the death of the job as traditionally defined. Identifies employee career-development programs including those facilitating the movement of workers into a "dejobbed" workplace.…

Trends in data from the past to the present are described for demographic variables (gender, race and ethnicity, preparation levels, credentialing, age and experience) and ratio of students to school psychologists. School psychology in the United States will continue to be characterized as primarily Caucasian, specialist-level and female through…