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Prescott, Julie, Ed. – IGI Global, 2016
Diversity in the workforce can be attributed to both a popular, cultural shift and legislative intervention. Despite these forces, discrimination endures in all aspects of Western society from education to employment. Unequal pay and opportunities for promotion are symptoms of a systematic discrimination of individuals based on race and gender.…
Descriptors: Diversity, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Social Change
Gallos, Joan V.; Ramsey, V. Jean – 1997
This book, which is intended for trainers responsible for teaching workplace diversity, brings together the voices of 17 individuals currently engaged in diversity education. The following topics are examined in the book's five parts: identity, preparation, and the experience of being classified as "different"; the nature of diversity…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Attitude Change, Classroom Techniques
Portland Community Coll., OR. – 1993
This guide, which was developed during the B-WEST (Building Workers Entering Skilled Trades) project, includes materials for use in training and providing on-site consultations to contractors, managers, supervisors, office/technical staff, and others in two areas: diversity in the workplace and sexual harassment in the workplace. Part 1, which…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Building Trades, Cultural Differences, Employer Employee Relationship
Powley, Sherry; Schaffert, Tim – 2000
This book contains 10 essays and a directory of financial aid, organizations, and additional information that minority students and employees can use to find sources of funding for further education and career advancement. The 10 essays cover the following topics: (1) general minority work issues; (2) introduction to financial aid; (3) minorities…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Affirmative Action, American Indians
President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, Washington, DC. – 1996
This booklet provides materials designed to advance the employment of individuals with disabilities. An introduction gives brief vignettes of activities that have been carried out around the country to foster employment, including corporate training programs, public relations efforts, special conferences, and awards. Publications, fact sheets, and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities
Goldstein, Norma; Navone, Susie; Bailey, Terryll – 2000
This document presents skill standards that aim to be portable to address the need for instructors to adapt to workplace and student diversity in their classrooms and labs and to provide learners with the best workplace skills possible. Introductory materials include background of the skill standards project and definition of terms. Section 1…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Koegel, Robert L., Ed.; Koegel, Lynn Kern, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2019
One of the most respected and widely used autism interventions, Pivotal Response Treatment uses natural learning opportunities to modify key behaviors in children--leading to widespread positive effects on communication, behavior, and social skills. Now the pioneering experts behind PRT have created a comprehensive modern guide to this…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Communication Skills
Gordon, Edward E.; Petrini, Catherine M.; Campagna, Ann P. – 1997
This volume is a resource for those who want to explore opportunities in training and development careers. Chapter 1 covers the evolution of training and the future of education at work. Chapter 2 considers trainers' roles; program design and development; needs assessment; development of program objectives; program content, training methods,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Corporate Education, Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications
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Smith, Searetha – MultiCultural Review, 1996
Addresses leadership in a diverse society, especially in schools and the workplace, and examines one school administrator's success at getting a resistant faculty and principal to incorporate multicultural education into the school environment and curriculum. A 10-day multicultural leadership training program is described. (GR)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Austin, Ann E.; And Others – 1991
This book is designed to accompany "A Good Place to Work: Sourcebook for the Academic Workplace" and represents a tool for colleges interested in supporting faculty morale and the quality of the academic workplace. The Audit, developed from a study by the Council of Independent Colleges, is organized into nine sections, each one focusing on an…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Colleges, Faculty Development
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1989
These guidelines for California's community colleges specify required elements of a staff diversity/affirmative action plan, recommend sound practices and activities that will maximize the likelihood of success, and provide information on, and required elements of, related issues such as sexual harassment, handicap discrimination, and AIDS in the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Planning
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1993
This document, which is designed to assist workplace education practitioners in business, education, and labor partnerships funded through the Massachusetts Department of Education's Workplace Literacy Program, includes materials for an 18-month workplace education program that was developed as part of a partnership between the Asian American…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Assertiveness, Basic Skills, Career Counseling
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Bureau of Career and Adult Education. – 2000
This document is a guide to workplace mentoring that is intended to assist individuals who are interested in or involved in placing students in work-based learning experiences as part of Connecticut's school-to-work initiative, Connecticut Learns. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the purposes and principles of workplace mentoring;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, Career Exploration, Definitions
American Library Association Video/Library Video Network, Towson, MD. – 1995
The staff of libraries and the populations they serve grow increasingly more diverse. Library users of different ethnic backgrounds, with different abilities and different needs, challenge libraries to be the place for everyone to get the information and materials they need. At the same time, library staffs should mirror the diverse population…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2000
This publication presents six primary tools employers can use to narrow or eliminate pay gaps in their workplaces. After each tool is a discussion of the problem and examples of "best practices" by employers that have won the Department of Labor's Opportunity 2000 and EVE (Exemplary Voluntary Efforts) awards. The report is divided into six tools:…
Descriptors: Accountability, Affirmative Action, Diversity (Institutional), Employed Women