Enhancing a curriculum: a focus on the development process.
Many academic departments, concerned with providing curricula that are both current and targeted to student and employer needs, are tailoring their curricula to target specific skill sets. This in turn generates students who graduate more prepared to assume positions being demanded by employers. Curriculum development includes changing content and...

Living wage requirements in public contracts. (State and Municipal Management).
A local government procurement director lays out the challenge to public managers and provides a case study in the Multnomah County Schools of Portland, OR. From Little Rock to San Francisco, local agencies throughout the United States are adopting living wage policies. These statutes mandate pre-established wage...

Opportunities Abound for computer Science Majors.
PREPARE YOURSELF WELL FOR A CAREER, NOT JUST A JOB High-tech Shortage Computer science majors have many career paths available. As graduates, they may be employed in a variety of positions. In addition to working in "traditional" computer science positions, graduates work in chemical, petroleum,...

Alien notion?
Before reforming immigration, a new report argues, replace the INS. As Congress considers new immigration laws - possibly including big cuts in legal immigration and the imposition of national identity cards - a January policy study by Washington's Center for Equal Opportunity urges caution for an unexpected reason. The...

Opportunities abound for computer science majors: prepare yourself well for a career, not just a job.
High-tech Shortage Computer science majors have many career paths available. As graduates, they may be employed in a variety of positions. In addition to working in "traditional" computer science positions, graduates work in chemical, petroleum, medical, auto, publishing, telecommunications, and consulting industries. Computer science graduates also often...

U.S. Labor Department's MSHA Issuing New Mine Rescue and Safety Training Grants.
Training Grants Total More Than $7.9 Million in Fiscal Year 2007 ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced the availability of more than $7.9 million in health and safety training grants being issued by MSHA...

Hired hands needed: the impact of globalization and human rights law on migrant workers in the United States.
"Let's cross the border. I'll take you for $300 each. It's the ultimate for the poor. You won't have to sleep on the floor. Not like here, where you're dying of hunger. It's the land of money where you'll find beautiful houses and big cars. It's the most beautiful...

ANTI-SLAVERY EFFORTS IN BRAZIL HAMPERED BY SLAVERY BENEFICIARIES AND THE LEGISLATURES THEY CONTROL.
In Brazil today, at least 25,000 slaves labor under inhuman conditions. The real number may be double that. They clear the Amazon of its jungle cover for ranchers; they make pig iron in charcoal smelters for the US and international markets. Slavery flourishes in Brazil despite efforts of the...

`Underground' notes; Skirting of state hiring laws focus of forum.
Byline: Lisa Eckelbecker WORCESTER - Employers who skirt the law by paying workers under the table or improperly treating them as contractors make up a significant part of the construction and trades industry, making it harder and more costly for law-abiding union and nonunion businesses to survive,...

One-Stop career centers and job seekers with disabilities: insights from Kansas.
The U.S. Congress enacted the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 to consolidate a variety of federal job service programs into a single system, partly through the creation of the "One-Stop" service delivery system. The One-Stop system was created to provide job seekers and employers information, counseling, and help...