Changing career opportunities for staff has led the Central Connecticut State College to add undergraduate courses in more specialized fields to the traditional physical education program. (LH)

While the job market for park and recreation professionals is currently tight, it should be expanded by the need for such personnel in the areas of public services. (JD)

The care provided and types of jobs available in the nation's nursing homes are reviewed including advantages and disadvantages of nursing home employment and discussion of past and future growth and development of the industry. (JT)

Investigated interactive effects of gender-typed profile (masculine, feminine), stimulus sex, and gender-typed occupation on employment desirability. Subjects (45 women and 35 men) rated the employment desirability of people described in scenarios. There was a significant main effect for gender-typed profile, but male and female raters did not…

Examines economic trends of digitization, downsizing, globalization, and privatization and their relationship to virtual education. Urges educators to consider social and cultural values and the contrast between the social-bonding model of communication underlying the public culture of education and the transmission model underlying the culture of…

Earnings inequality increased sharply in the early 1980s, tapered off in the later 1980s, and reaccelerated in the 1990s. Although inequality increased overall and for men and women separately, a combined analysis overlooks differences in the labor market dynamics of men and women. (Author)

Workplace trends such as downsizing and information technology and the paradigm shift resulting from these trends have implications for the keyboarding/office technology curriculum. An integrated approach helps students learn basic computer skills as they master keyboarding and formatting. (JOW)

Japanese firms are reducing work force size and costs without layoffs. However, these restructurings appear to be symbolic rather than substantial. They seem intended to signal the need for corporate culture change and diminished expectations. (SK)

Responses from 396 women and 316 men with caregiving responsibilities showed that eldercare significantly interfered with women's jobs, but not with men's. Family responsibilities were related to women's job dissatisfaction and absenteeism. Work's interference with family was associated with job costs for both genders and with job…

In the United Kingdom, only 22% of all information technology (IT) workers and only 4% of all IT managers are women. Initiatives to attract females to IT careers include exposure to computer-based activities at an early age through the National Curriculum. (SK)

Australian census data were analyzed to determine how the transition to a knowledge economy has altered the character of jobs. Of 340 occupations, 84 declined and 64 doubled in overall employment. Occupations dominated by women and part-time workers grew fastest. The knowledge economy has had ambiguous effects; many workers are underemployed.…

Canadian panel data 1988-90 were used to compare estimates of minimum-wage effects based on a low-wage/high-worker sample and a low-wage-only sample. Minimum-wage effect for the latter is nearly zero. Different results for low-wage subgroups suggest a significant effect for those with longer low-wage histories. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)

This article compares the economic status of adults with visual impairments with those with non-visual impairments using data from the National Health Interview Survey. Employment rates and mean household incomes were lower and receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance higher among those blind in both eyes than those with less severe visual…

Examines the incorporation of second generation immigrants in New York City, asserting that their experiences are shaped by the history of immigration among Whites, predominance of minorities in the city's population and institutions today, and interactions among immigrants and native minority groups. Discusses school and work, intergroup contact…

Discusses trends that will shape the last years of the twentieth century: (1) the U.S. economy should grow at a steady pace; (2) service industries will dominate the economy; (3) the work force will grow slowly, becoming older, more female, and more disadvantaged; and (4) new jobs will require higher skills levels. (JOW)