Successful foreign-language departments are multifaceted departments in which technology figures as a prominent facet. Computer-assisted language-learning (CALL) development projects take place in a multidisciplinary context in which a large number of disciplines can be conceivably represented. CALL research and development should be valued and…

A survey of 192 managers and professionals in the Quebec public sector indicated that the absence or inadequacy of practices linked to career planning, development, and support, as well as lack of opportunity to play new roles and participate in work groups, accentuates the perception of career plateauing. (JOW)

Data from the General Social Survey 1973-94 (n=5,320) on men's and women's preferences for job attributes (short hours, high income, meaningful work, promotion opportunities, job security) show that gender differences have been both stable and limited. There is some evidence that a gender gap in preferences has widened recently among younger…

In response to labor market changes, employers are seeking workers with different skills and competencies. Selection criteria and recruitment channels have also changed. (SK)

In 1995, Oregon State University defined scholarship as creative intellectual work that is validated by peers and communicated. Promotion and tenure guidelines were revised to reflect this broad view and to recognize scholarly achievements across all university missions including teaching and outreach. Tenure homes for all Extension faculty moved…

Extends the work of two previous studies on organizational and membership boundaries to the two-year college administrator labor market. Examines these boundaries related to the chief academic officer position. Finds that membership in the labor market becomes increasingly closed to those employed by two-year institutions as an individual moves…

In an effort to establish benchmarks for comparison to national trends, a web-based survey explored the research, publication, and service activities of Florida academic librarians. Participants ranked the importance of professional activities to the tenure/promotion process. Findings suggest that perceived tenure and promotion demands do…

In response to the ever-declining status of the teaching profession, and its adverse effects on the country's educational system, the Federal Ministry of Education in Ethiopia introduced a policy of the teachers' career ladder in 1994. While reformers believe that the introduction of the policy has improved the condition of the teaching…

This report presents an assessment of the implementation and the two-year impacts of a program in Texas that aimed to promote job placement, employment retention, and advancement among applicants and recipients to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The program in Texas is part of the Employment Retention and Advancement…

The need for more and better-prepared educational leaders has led to greater program effort to adhere to national leadership standards and form university-district partnerships for improved preparation, particularly in creating better-quality internships and more supportive structures. This article compares 3 leadership preparation programs--2…

A study analyzed the likelihood and the meaning of a promotion among working women aged 37-48 in 1991. The study used data from the Young Women's cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys (a sample of women who were aged 14-25 in 1968 and who have been interviewed regularly since that year). In 1991, the survey asked working women whether a…

The stated purposes of the Kentucky Career Ladder Project were to: (1) test the feasibility of operating the proposed statewide system to recognize and reward high quality teachers; and (2) provide reliable Kentucky-based information for making sound decisions concerning the future operations of a teacher career incentive progam. This summary…

It was predicted that the inclusion of token females into executive job classifications would exacerbate feelings of relative deprivation among female secretaries and would therefore create alienated behavior on the part of the secretaries. An opposite pattern was found. Secretarial subjects (N=68) were randomly assigned to an all-male or…

This volume presents results and implications of two studies focusing on methods of selecting foremen and reasons for selection to supervisory posts. The studies were designed to determine what obstacles prevent the upgrading of disadvantaged personnel and whether the disadvantaged could achieve supervisory positions if objective upgrading systems…

During 1976-77, the Berkeley Division of the Librarians Association of the University of California sponsored four seminars on career development for academic librarians. The speakers and their topics were: Archie Kleingartner (Vice President for Academic and Staff Personnel Relations, University of California), "The professional in the…