The author examines the technological changes that are occurring in various job sectors. He investigates the past, looks at current conditions, and makes predictions about the effects technological growth will have on the job market in the next decade and in the twenty-first century. (CT)

Future health, physical education, recreation, and dance educators need to be aware of demographic, sector, and technological changes and their effect on career opportunities. Suggestions for examination of goals, philosophy, and opportunities are offered. (DF)

The passage of Title IX has had only minimal success in altering school structures. Sex bias in texts and curricula and sexist hiring, promotion, and tenure practices are still common in the education field. This article explores how educational institutions reinforce sexist attitudes. (DF)

Surveyed 41 graduates of a school counseling program for specialists with hearing impaired individuals. Results indicated that almost all graduates were employed in settings consistent with their training. Continuing education needs were in consultation skills, networking strategies, and administrative and management training. (JAC)

Studied the influence of job sex composition in relation to security, suitability of type of work, and company recognition in college students (N=95). Results indicated that sex composition exerted the least influence on job desirability while security and suitability of type of work exerted the greatest influence. (LLL)

Examined the persistence in student affairs work of 170 graduates between 1971 and 1981 of a master's program in student personnel. Presents an analysis of retention rates, timing of job moves, and attitudes. Results showed a significant attrition, and raised questions about the stability of the student personnel field. (JAC)

A special labor force report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates the work force will grow more slowly from 1975 to 1990 than in recent years, largely because there will be a smaller number of youths reaching working age. (Editor)

A 1975 survey on employment of beginning secondary school teachers in Colorado concludes that (1) opportunities are better in smaller schools, (2) beginning teachers should become involved in cocurricular activities, and (3) ability to teach more than one subject is an advantage. (MB)

Most of the changes that take place in an inclusionary philosophy that opens the corporation to all kinds of employees will pay for themselves many times over in tangible as well as intangible benefits to the company. (Author/IRT)

The uncertain status of two-year college teacher preparation looms large in the calls for new degrees and new patterns of preparing faculty. Specific recommendations are made for preparing doctoral graduates to work in community and junior colleges. (LBH)

"The Condition of Education" summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest data available. The 2002 edition included a special analysis that describes nontraditional undergraduates in terms of their demographic characteristics, enrollment patterns, ways of combining school and work, participation in distance education,…

In 1987 a project was undertaken to assess the status of African Americans in the United States in the topical areas to be addressed by the National Research Council's Study Committee on the Status of Black Americans: education, employment, income and occupations, political participation and the administration of justice, social and cultural…

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of the generation born between 1977 and 1994, the "baby boom echo," on the demand for higher education and workforce development in Arkansas. Although the birthrate in Arkansas for this period does not correlate with the national trend, increased school enrollment and in-migration in…

The tables contained in this document present data on the characteristics of men and women who received a bachelor's or master's degree in a science or engineering field from academic institutions in the U.S. during the 1992-93 and 1993-94 academic years. The data were collected in 1995 and 1996 and reflect the status of individuals as of April…

This paper compares the causes and consequences of employment instability among Mexican-origin women, White women, and White men. Data came from the work experience supplement in the March 1995 file of the Current Population Survey for a sample that included 1,399 Mexican-origin women, 17,092 White women, and 24,440 White men. All were experienced…