(1998). Improving and Aligning K-16 Standards, Admissions, and Freshman Placement Policies. This document examines various efforts to reform education by institutions of higher education, by states and local school systems, and by the federal government. It charges that many K-12 reform policies are moving secondary and postsecondary education in disparate directions. Problems identified include a lack of authentic measures for student assessment in relation to college preparation; misalignment between secondary student preparation and college admissions and placement standards; placement of many students in remedial classes; and low retention and completion rates of students at many public institutions. Among the recommendations made for rethinking higher education admissions and freshman placement policies are the following: (1) permit students to substitute subject matter-based external examinations in lieu of standardized placement tests; (2) link admissions standards to external discipline-based state standards; (3) align freshman placement exams with other state… [PDF]
(1979). Final Report to the Secretary for the Commissioner of Education. Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education (OE). Among topics covered are the education budget; OE reorganization; educational priorities, including basic skills, binding school to work, higher education, education of the handicapped; legislation, including the 1978 amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Middle Income Student Assistance Act, and tuition tax-credit proposals; OE finance and management; grants and procurement; waste, fraud and abuse reduction, including in federal student loans and with institutional-accountability programs; regulation-writing and comment-reconciliation simplification; paperwork-burden reduction, including streamlining, consolidating, or reducing reports and forms; improving personnel practices, including increasing representation of women and minorities, and improving supervisory performance; training activities at the OE Horace Mann Center,… [PDF]
(1991). Business Management Course Guide. This course guide is designed for teaching about the U.S. business system. Students are introduced to management functions and the background knowledge/skills necessary to be a successful manager. The guide contains 10 competency goals: (1) nature of U.S. business; (2) environment of business; (3) types of business ownership; (4) management function; (5) employability skills and leadership development; (6) labor relations and legislation; (7) communications; (8) financial management; (9) production and marketing; and (10) critical issues. For each competency goal, objectives, learning activities, key terms, and suggested resources are listed. A bibliography of 56 printed resource materials, 12 visual materials, and 3 computer software packages is included. (NLA)… [PDF]
(1990). Responding to Student Diversity: A Community College Perspective. Minority Achievement Counting on You. More than half of entering community college students lack the basic skills required to do college-level academic work. Blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians disproportionately rely on community colleges as their point of initial access to higher education, making the issue of preparation inherently tied to factors of race and ethnicity. In some areas, community colleges enroll 40% of all high school graduates, but 80% of the minority graduates. The prevailing community college approach to student preparation issues involves a deficiency model in which remediation is emphasized as the dominant strategy for bringing everyone to minimum standards. Also needed is an achievement model that challenges faculty to design an environment where diversity is valued and individuals are inspired to build on their strengths to attain maximum potential. The task of implementing achievement models in institutions historically committed to access is, above all, a task of managing culture. While… [PDF]
(1990). Equity and Choice: Issues and Answers in the Dallas Schools. As desegregation alternatives to busing are explored in the Dallas school district, educational equity remains a priority. Components and goals of the Dallas educational equity plan are presented in this address. The two most consistent challenges are recruiting minority staff and getting white students to attend schools in predominantly minority areas. A major feature of the school district plan is a controlled choice policy, of which special K-6 learning centers are a part. The ways in which the Pearl C. Anderson learning center (Dallas, Texas) recruited students and created special programs are discussed. The learning center's success is attributed to shared organizational purpose, an emphasis on positive individual experience, enhancement of student achievement in traditional and nontraditional subjects, and parent education and participation. Conclusions are that the gap between minority and white achievement opportunities has narrowed, but has not closed, and that educational…
(1983). The Woman in Mangement. Career and Family Issues. In chapter 1 of this volume of conference proceedings, economist Juanita M. Kreps traces the effects of demographic and social changes on the role of women in the economy. Chapter 2 presents management consultant Betty Lehan Harragan's \gamesmanship\ thesis. In chapter 3, sociologist Rosabeth Moss Kanter analyzes the role of high technology in work. In chapter 4, the panelists' talks are presented, together with the discussion they elicited. Publisher Pam McAllister Johnson tells how she dealt with coworkers who felt that she was disadvantaged by being black and female; attorney Linda Bartlett focuses on the law; personnel executive Carol Kiryluk reflects on the advantages and disadvantages of being a single woman; and banker Eleanor Byrnes describes ways corporations are meeting the needs of dual-career employees. Personal solutions to the problems inherent in working and being a parent of small children are recounted by attorney Patricia M. Oesterle, personnel manager Deborah K….
(1984). A Working Woman's Guide to Her Job Rights. Leaflet 55. [Revised]. This guide presents general information about Federal legislation that affects women's rights when they are seeking a job, while on the job, and when they retire. The guide is organized in four parts. The first part offers suggestions on how women can assert their job rights, while the second section provides information on getting a job, including ways in which employment services, training programs, and education institutions may not discriminate. Federal protection for jobseekers and information about laws against discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, and national origin are included in this section. In the third section, prohibition of discrimination on the job is discussed. Some of the topics covered are minimum wages; overtime pay; equal pay; pay equity; promotions, training, and working conditions; maternity leave/pregnancy discrimination; sexual harassment; garnishment; unemployment insurance; compensation for injuries; occupational safety and health;… [PDF]
(1987). Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions. Bibliography No. 15. The 15th volume of the \Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions\ bibliography is intended to continue as a major research tool for those involved in either the study of or the practice of collective bargaining in higher education. It, along with the other volumes, documents the historical development and growth of collective bargaining in higher education. This particular volume, unlike the others, does not contain a listing of court cases and administrative orders (because the volume of reported cases has grown to a proportion that referencing them is best left to the courts and legal reporting services). Five sections include the following: (1) faculty bibliography (e.g. academic freedom, collective bargaining, comparable worth, due process, financial exigency, fringe benefits, merit pay, non-faculty, retirement, retrenchment, salaries, strikes, tenure, and women faculty); (2) professions and professionals bibliography (health care administration and…
(1981). Expanding Options. A Model to Attract Secondary Students into Nontraditional Vocational Programs. For Emphasis in: Building Trades, Electronics, Health Services, Machine Shop, Welding. This model has been designed for use by Missouri secondary schools in attracting females and males into nontraditional occupational programs. The research-based strategies are intended for implementation in the following areas: attracting females into building trades, electronics, machine shop, and welding; and males into secondary health services. The model is organized in nine sections. The introductory section contains reasons for recruiting nontraditional workers, a summary of legislation pertinent to equal opportunity, and instructions for using the materials. In section 2, background information and research findings relating to influencing enrollment of nontraditional students are provided, setting the stage for the strategies for increasing nontraditional enrollments, evolved from research, which follow in section 3. Sections 4-7 contain transparency masters; activities for action/discussion use in classrooms; student activities, inservice training, and parent meetings;…
(1982). Assessing Access and Equity. Local Leader Guide VII. Locally-Directed Evaluation Handbook. Second Edition. This document, one of 12 guides that have been developed to facilitate evaluation by and for local education agency (LEA) personnel in Illinois, is designed to help local education agencies better serve special populations. This activity will help identify existing and potential problems hindering quality educational opportunities for "protected" populations. Further, this evaluation is designed to prepare the agency for an on-site visit by the Civil Rights Compliance review team of the Department of Adult Vocational and Technical Education (DAVTE). The guide has been designed to aid the person who has responsibility for leading this particular activity. It includes three sections. The first section on preliminary considerations contains a brief explanation of this evaluation activity and the necessary steps to prepare for the evaluation undertaking. Suggestions are included for holding a staff meeting to discuss the activity. The second section of the guide is a… [PDF]
(1976). Report on State Services to the Hispanic Population of Wisconsin. The scope and quality of services provided to Hispanic persons in Wisconsin were investigated in 1976 by the Governor's Council for Spanish Speaking People and comparisons were made to findings of 1971 and 1974 reviews. Detailed questionnaires were developed for each state agency, and five hearings were held in different locations within the state. For each of the following agencies, information is provided on their functions, questionnaire responses, and council recommendations: Educational Communications Board; Higher Educational Aids Board; Department of Public Instruction; State Historical Society; University of Wisconsin System; Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education System; Department of Administration; Department of Agriculture; Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations; Department of Regulation and Licensing; State Manpower Council; Department of Health and Social Services; Department of Justice; Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice; Department of Business… [PDF]
(1981). Enhancing Placement. Sex Equity Training Package. Unlocking Nontraditional Careers. Research and Development Series No. 215B. This training package provides materials to build collaborative relationships and commitment between vocational educators and employers in order to enhance placement of women and men in occupations nontraditional to their sex. The three units of the training package are intended for use beyond the initial stage of raising awareness of the need for sex equity. Unit 1 is designed to update the participants' awareness of the current status and motivation of nontraditional students and workers. Unit 2 focuses on breaking down myths and stereotypes by sharing success stories about nontraditional workers and students. The final unit provides training to achieve skills for positive interactions with nontraditionals, to solve potential problems encountered by nontraditionals, and to develop mutual action plans for collaborative placement strategies. Each unit contains objectives, a daily outline, and learning activities. Materials are designed to provide 4 1/2 to 6 1/2 hours of instruction…. [PDF]
(1981). Building Your Own Scenario: Health Occupations, Sex Equity, and Alternative Futures. This training manual, one of eight in a series, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in health occupations to conduct a workshop for vocational education teachers and administrators in the health occupations service area. The workshop's intent is to help these professionals to infuse the concepts and practices of sex equity throughout health occupations education programs. Following an introduction which gives background on the issue of sex equity and outlines the manual, the guide contains five exercises for group participation. First, with the chance to examine "what is" in a program, participants complete descriptions focusing on their communities and educational agencies. Then, through a "what if" exercise, three alternative scenarios for the future are provided with discussion questions for relating these possible futures to sex equity and health occupations. Once the participants have considered "what is"… [PDF]
(1981). Building Your Own Scenario: Marketing and Distributive Education, Sex Equity, and Alternative Futures. This training manual, one in a seris of eight, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in marketing and distributive education to conduct a workshop on sex equity, as it relates to their future programs, for vocational education teachers and administrators in the marketing and distributive education service area. The workshop's intent is to help these professionals to infuse the concepts and practices of sex equity throughout marketing and distributive education programs. Following an introduction which provides background on the issue of sex equity and outlines the manual, the guide contains five exercises for group participation. First, with the chance to examine "what is" in a program, participants complete descriptions focusing on their communities and educational agencies. Then, through a "what if" exercise, three alternative scenarios for the future are provided with discussion questions for relating these possible… [PDF]
(1981). Building Your Own Scenario: Trade and Industry, Sex Equity, and Alternative Futures. This training manual, one in a series of eight, has been developed to help state and local supervisors and teacher educators in trade and industrial education to conduct a workshop on sex equity, as it relates to their future programs, for vocational education teachers and administrators in the trade and industrial service area. The workshop's intent is to help these professionals to infuse the concepts and practices of sex equity throughout trade and industrial education programs. Following an introduction which provides background on the issues of sex equity and outlines the manual, the guide contains five exercises for group participation. First, with the chance to examine "what is" in a program, participants complete descriptions focusing on their communities and educational agencies. Then, through a "what if" exercise, three alternative scenarios for the future are provided with discussion questions for relating these possible futures to sex equity and trade… [PDF]