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The Labor Force Experiences Of Non-College Bound Youth In The South: A Ten-Year Perspective, Lionel J. Beaulieu, Melissa Barfield

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Debates continue to abound regarding the importance of having an educated, well-trained workforce that can effectively fill the technology-sophisticated jobs emerging in the South. No doubt, the ticket to a decent job continues to be tied to a college education. But, the reality is that not all adults are able to secure a post-secondary education. The question is what prospects exist for those individuals who become non-college bound? This study devotes attention to the plight of young adults in the South who graduated from high school in 1982 and who pursued no post-secondary education of any type over the subsequent …

Labor Supply And Underemployment In The Southern United States, Leif Jensen, Jill L. Findeis, Qiuyan Wang

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

We analyze data from selected March Current Population Surveys (U. S. Bureau of the Census) spanning the period 1968 to 1998 to provide a statistical portrait of labor force participation and composition, and underemployment in the nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) and metropolitan (metro) South. The southern labor force has been characterized by many of the same trends seen at the national level. Labor force participation rates have been on the rise in the South, due exclusively to the influx of women into the labor market. For this reason, and due to immigration, the southern labor force has come to consist more of …

Earning Patterns Of Mexican Workers In The Southern Region: A Focus On Nonmetro/Metro Distinctions, Rogelio Saenz

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

The last few years have witnessed a tremendous change in the geographic location patterns of the Mexican population in the United States. The rural South represents one of the areas that have seen a noticeable growth in the Mexican population over the last few years. Unfortunately, data necessary to examine the social and economic adjustment of Mexicans in this area are not available at this time. This analysis uses data from the 1990 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) to examine the earnings patterns bf Mexican-origin workers in the South. The sample used to conduct the analysis includes 9,509 Mexican-origin workers …

Environmentalism In South Africa: A Sociopolitical Perspective, Farieda Khan

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Of Transitions, Fast And Slow: Writing South Africa At The Turn Of The Millennium, David Moore

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Marginalisasi Pekerja Wanita Pada Industri Rumah Tangga Sandang Di Pedesaan, Sukidin Sukidin

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memahami profil pekerja wanita dari aspek aktivitasnya pada pekerjaan domestik, keterlibatan wanita dalam pekerjaan publik, alokasi waktu secara keseluruhan aktivitas pekerja wanita sehari-hari, dan hubungan kerja antar sesama pekerja maupun dengan pengusaha. [nformasi penting yang juga ingin diketahui adalah seberapa besar sumbangan ekonorm pekerja wanita dalam upaya menambah pendapatan keluarga. Subyek penelitian ini adalah para pekerja wanita yang bekerja pada sektor industri rumah tangga sandang di kecamatan Cluring, kabupaten Banyuwangi. Analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif.

Temuan menarik dalam penelitian ini, yaitu terbantahnya stereotype bahwa wanita adalah makhluk yang lemah, terlalu perasa, kurang rasional …

Africa: Democratization, Cultural Pluralism, And The Challenge Of Political Order, Crawford Young

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

"On The Ground" With The South African Labor Movement, Peter Rachleff

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

College Graduates In The Nonmetropolitan South: Origins And Prospects, Robert M. Gibbs

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This study documents the regional origins of the college-experienced population in the nonmetro South, using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 Cohort. As of 1994, the nonmetro South had generated over half of its own college-experienced adults between the ages of 30-38, a higher rate than that of any other region. Although the results of logistic regression estimates show that nonmetro southerners were less likely to attend college, those who left the region for college were more likely to return than other regional migrants, especially after age 30. In addition, the relatively low demand for college-trained labor in the …

Job Search, Employment Density, And The Rate Of Exit Of Unemployment In Nonmetropolitan Labor Markets, Bradford F. Mills

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Little is known about the influences that employment density and other local labor-market conditions have on transitions from unemployment to employment in nonmetropolitan areas. The empirical job search model developed in this paper finds that individual characteristics, unemployment rates, commuting patterns, and trade and service sector growth all significantly influence the rate of exit of unemployment following job loss. Measures of local labor-market density, by contrast, appear to have little direct impact on the rate of exit of unemployment. The results of the paper suggest that the differential targeting of remote areas with job search assistance for displaced workers is …

Introduction To The Special Issues (Volumes 15 & 16) On Southern Rural Labor Markets, Lionel J. Beaulieu, David Freshwater

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Introduction to the Special Issues on Southern Rural Labor Markets

Acknowledgments

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Competing Paradigms: Socioeconomic Development In South Africa, Pieter Le Roux

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Public Health In South Africa: Aids And Child Welfare, Peter Barron, Marian Jacobs

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Multicultural Feminism Transforming Democracy, Duchess Harris

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Transforming An Open University: Examining The University Of Cape Town, Roberto Ifill

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, December 5, 2000, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 115, Issue 64

Lyman L. Johnson And Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, Eds., The Faces Of Honor: Sex, Shame And Violence In Colonial Latin America, Cynthia E. Orozco

Colonial Latin American Historical Review

No abstract provided.

An "Olympics" Approach: A More Equitable Approach To Athletics Than Title Ix Offers, Marcia Federbush

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

A speech from Marcia Federbush, the writer of the first comprehensive Title IX complaint against a major university - the University of Michigan.

Gender And Intercollegiate Athletics: Data And Myths, Julia Lamber

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Article explores what nondiscrimination means in the context of intercollegiate athletics. After reviewing the Department of Education's controversial Title IX Policy Interpretation, it critically examines the analytical framework used in Title IX athletic cases and concludes that commonly made analogies to litigation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act are inapt. A major part of the Article is an empirical study, looking first at gender equity plans written by institutions of higher education for the National Collegiate Athletic Association and then at data collected from more than 325 institutions pursuant to the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act. …

Bridgewater Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, December 2000

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

"My Ambition Is To Weigh 150 Pounds": College Women's Attitudes Toward Their Bodies, 1875-1930, Margaret Lowe

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Introduction, Margaret Mcfadden

Colby Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents

Colby Quarterly

No abstract provided.

"Spock, I Love Him", Jane F. Levey

Colby Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Announcements And Comments

Colby Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Music, Gender And The Politics Of Performance In Singin' In The Rain, Stephan Prock

Colby Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Mae West And The Limits Of Radio Censorship In The 1930s, Matthew Murray

Colby Quarterly

No abstract provided.

"Why We Do This Is Important": An Inner- City Girl's Attitudes Toward Reading And Writing In The Classroom, Carol Leroy Ph.D.

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This qualitative case study explored an inner-city girl's views on school-based literacy activities in relation to several factors identified in the literature as important to children's attitudes toward reading and writing. They include: intrinsic satisfaction the child gains from the activities, the child's beliefs about the importance of schooling, and her relationship with her teacher. The author/researcher's purpose was to further understanding about ways to enhance children's attitudes toward reading and writing.

Reading Horizons Vol. 41, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 41, issue 2.