The 21st-century superintendent faces several challenges: changing demographics (growing diversity), the divide between haves and have-nots, devaluation of children (reliance on remediation over prevention), de-emphasis on education for citizenship, deregulation, devolution of power, "demassification" (fewer common information sources),…

Surveyed graduate students in international business at a top-ranked program in the United States on their attitudes and preferences relative to different aspects of potential future job assignments. Noted differences based on respondents' country of origin that indicate a place for tailored educational responses. (EV)

According to many psychologists, the connections between motivation and rewards and recognition are crucial to employee satisfaction. A plan for developing a multi-layered recognition program within a division of student affairs is described. These recognitions programs are designed taking into account the differences in perceptions of awards by…

Schools with high concentrations of poor children often get the poorest prepared teachers. Those schools also typically have the highest levels of turnover. We must deal with the working conditions in those schools. We need to ensure that our strongest leaders work there and then make it worth their while to stay there financially by giving them…

Focus-group interviews with 52 camp counselors examined their experiences as camp staff. Positive outcomes included important relationships with campers and other staff; appreciation of diversity; teamwork; group cohesion; leadership and responsibilities; and technical, interpersonal, and administrative skills development. Problems included…

Managers look at online training as an activity that should be done "off time" whereas employees still think of it as something to be done during working hours. No valid study has shown that online delivery reduces learning time. A better understanding of learning needs must be considered before requiring online training. (JOW)

Investigates the career development experiences of Latinas employed in counseling and faculty positions in higher education. Research reveals strong images of an inhospitable and nonsupportive place to work and suggests that Latina women are inhibited from achieving the same levels of success as men or other women in higher education. Implications…

A study evaluated a program for reducing job coach assistance provided for three individuals with multiple severe disabilities. Workers were taught additional skills or the environment was modified to allow assistance reduction. Work activity and quality continued at a high level for each worker, although productivity decreased. (Author/CR)

An instrument to measure self-directed workplace learning was field tested with two samples of high school business teachers (n=240 and 540). The revised instrument had strong reliability and content and construct validity. It incorporates social, instrumental, and personal variables of self-directed learning in natural, noninstitutional settings.…

Discusses the literature related to women and mentoring. Reports that review of literature reveals a lack of research specifically dedicated to female mentors who have male proteges. Proposes roles and responsibilities of mentors and specific strategies for fostering effective mentoring for and by women. (Author/JDM)

Discusses working as a language professional in a small liberal arts college. Suggests that although demanding and rewarding, work in a liberal arts college presents many challenges.(Author/VWL)

Compares and contrasts data from around 1909, when F. Parsons's "Choosing a Vocation" was published, with contemporary data on the workplace and the American worker. Suggests that having information about occupations is still an essential component of career counseling and presents ideas for updating knowledge about the increasingly complex world…

In Britain, teaching is being reconstructed through a technicist and managerial perspective that bleaches out teachers'"authentic" voice. This paper focuses on a group of urban teachers' professional commitment and explores how teachers' viewpoints are infused with their class histories, class consciousness, and teaching experiences.…

Social support is an important variable in occupational stress research and theory, yet little is know about the factors that influence the amount of social support one gives, and receives at work. We examined personality (extraversion, neuroticism, and agreeableness) and reciprocity as potential antecedents to giving and receiving support from…

The shortage of teachers in America's classrooms is reaching epidemic proportions. The National Education Association (2003) predicted that nearly one million veteran teachers will retire within the next decade, and reported that the number of classrooms without qualified teachers increases each year. In this article, the authors contend that a…