This paper explores the stakeholder values, desired student outcomes, organizational purposes, and operating model of the Community-based Education Alliance (CBEA), a transition program operated by a partnership between the Center for Disabilities Studies of the University of Delaware, and two school districts in New Castle County, Delaware. The…

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) placed a lifetime capitation of five years on welfare benefits. This Bill consolidated welfare and employment programs into the block grant known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The benefit package allows operation of programs in accordance with…

We study how the employment effects of enterprise zones vary with their location, implementation, and administration, based on evidence from California. We use new establishment-level data and geographic mapping methods, coupled with a survey of enterprise zone administrators. Overall, the evidence indicates that enterprise zones do not increase…

One of the challenges facing Australia is the ageing of the population. Of major concern, especially to government, is that the dependency ratio--a measure of the burden that economically active persons carry by supporting dependent persons--will increase significantly unless older people keep working or immigration is used to change the…

Economic changes have made the topics of recruitment and retention key issues for career development and human resource professionals. In this article, a model of workplace attraction is presented as 1 way of better understanding the match between workers and workplaces. Many contextual variables such as age, culture, and gender influence the…

The research reported in this paper compares who designs the new jobs when more than one method of job redesign was used for the same job. Available from: JABS Order Dept., NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, P.O. Box 9155, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, Virginia 22209. (Author/MLF)

Job restructuring can play an important part in preparing the unskilled for today's society and in easing the United States into the postindustrial era. (BC)

As libraries become increasingly dedicated to computer support for processing and public service activities, networks will continue to grow, and so will long-range career opportunities for network librarians.(Author)

Suggests changes in the role of the principal to attract and retain the best candidates for job. Also discusses several "pipeline" factors limiting the pool of quality candidates for the principalship. (PKP)

People who leave welfare commonly return, and this phenomenon has become more pressing in the time-limited TANF program. Fostering stable TANF exits may be particularly difficult in poor inner-city areas because of job shortages and neighborhood deterioration. Perspectives of TANF leavers from five focus groups in Chicago about problems leading to…

The development of technical programs since 1970 and the guidelines for future consideration proposed at a national workshop in 1976 are described. The adequacy of present courses and the need for standardization are discussed, tasks are outlined for which the technician should be responsible. (JAB)

Discusses perspectives involved in the process of exploring new careers and guidelines for designing new jobs. Following this presentation, Workshop participants met in 10 groups to discuss the application of these guidelines in the development of new careers in home economics. Dr. Fine is a specialist in job analysis, occupational classification,…

Focuses on various public sector job creation programs in eight industrialized countries. Each is examined from the following perspectives: objectives and target groups; sponsors and projects; participants; organization; time limits, training and wages; effects of these programs; and policy implications. (CT)

After reviewing trends in industrial production, exports, and employment in the Third World since 1960, the author discusses industrialization strategies based on the local processing of raw materials for export. Such processing has proved to be a major factor in job creation. (Author/SK)