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Bowen, Howard R.; Schuster, Jack H. – 1986
The impact of upheavals in U.S. higher education on the professoriate was examined, focusing on such factors as declines in enrollment and governmental support, and shifts in enrollment among fields of study. Characteristics of faculty were identified, including their tasks and capabilities, personal background, attitudes and values, emergent…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Contracts, Doctoral Degrees, Economic Climate
Larsen, R. Ann – 1984
This curriculum guide is intended to help high school and adult refugees master the preemployment and on-the-job English as a Second Language (ESL) communication skills that are essential to survival in the workplace. The following topics are covered in the individual lessons: job application, occupations and duties, help wanted ads, job…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Behrens, Ruth; Weiss, Joanne – 1988
This report is the 15th in a series of updates on worksite health promotion activities in the United States. The first section summarizes the results of three recent surveys: a study of the extent of worksite wellness activities in the United States (funded by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion); a 1986 Harris poll of Americans…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Corporate Education
Licata, Betty Jo – 1984
Automated office technologies, such as office automation systems, management information systems, teleconferencing, message systems, and robotics, are providing momentum for the trend towards the "paperless office" by allowing new means of carrying out office tasks and aiding in the management of time, data, and messages. The success of these…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Attitude Change, Automation, Change Strategies
Paul, Carolyn E. – 1983
This study examined work alternatives for middle-aged and older persons from two perspectives. The first perspective focused on personnel policies of the employer that relate to the development and administration of employment options. The second perspective concentrated on public policy variables that influence or could influence the availability…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential
Lombana, Judy H.; Pratt, Phillip A. – 1978
This programmed text for self-study provides information on assertive communication in business. Part of a series of such texts, the book presents examples of familiar work situations involving interpersonal problems. The text then discusses each of the answers and explains why one or the other is appropriate for communicating assertively. Some of…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Business Education, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution
Roger Williams Coll., Bristol, RI. – 1986
The collective bargaining agreement between the Roger Williams College Faculty Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA), with the board of trustees of the college for the 1986-1989 period is presented. The following 14 articles are included: recognition; negotiations clause; rights and responsibilities; rights of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty
American Association of Univ. Professors, Washington, DC. – 1987
The collective bargaining agreement between the board of regents of the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and the university chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) for the period July 1, 1986 through June 30, 1987 is presented. The agreement's five articles include the following: (1) definition of terms; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Access to Information, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining
Burt, Ruth Fredine; Douglas, Marcia – 1977
The booklet is a guide for community resource people who have agreed to share their job experiences with high school students involved in experience-based learning programs. The programs allow students to observe and participate in the daily routines required in careers they may wish to pursue. Resource people can use this booklet to determine how…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Community Role
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1977
Students participating in community-based job exploration programs will complete forms in this booklet at various times throughout the experience. The programs allow students to observe and participate in the daily routine of selected jobs with selected community resource persons. These forms serve as a diary of experiences. Preliminary sections…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Community Resources, Extracurricular Activities, Field Experience Programs
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National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1976
Youth employment is the focus of this compilation of 11 working papers (by selected specialists) developed to aid the National Commission for Manpower Policy (NCMP) in its ongoing efforts to develop a national manpower policy. An introductory section comments on the overall needs/conclusions revealed by the policy papers. Policy paper titles and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Business Responsibility, Career Development, Community Involvement
Biggs, Thomas S., Jr. – 1980
In 1979 judicial activity continued to add to the body of law available relative to relationships between universities and colleges and their employees. Cases touched on the nature of the contract when an offer of employment has been made and accepted, benefits and working conditions, and termination and the procedural safeguards involved.…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Civil Rights, Contracts, Court Litigation
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1980
This Project Basic instructional guide contains a series of learning activities designed to help students develop realistic expectations of the world of work and begin to identify and demonstrate those competencies which lead to salable skills and to employment upon graduation. The materials are organized according to competency. Each individual…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Planning
Sloan, Frank A.; And Others – 1978
As the second phase of a four-year research project on the geographic distribution of professional nurses, a study investigated what incentive or incentives motivate nurses in their choice of employment location. Data was analyzed from four sources: a survey of hospital directors of nursing, a survey of registered nurses, 1960 and 1970 U.S. Census…
Descriptors: Age, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Family (Sociological Unit)
Carter, Michael A. – 1975
The world of work is composed of contradictory conditions which schooling tries to mediate through a reproductive process. The present organization of production based on wage-labor is inherently self-contradictory in that the interests of management and labor are directly opposed. School prepares individuals to deal with the types of peer…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Educational Change, Educational Theories, Employee Attitudes
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