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Addressing the current employment crisis in the humanities fields, this paper examines employment opportunities for Ph.D. graduates outside the university environment. The report notes that humanities graduates have learned skills of research, problem solving, and writing, and that graduate training emphasizes the ability to penetrate underlying assumptions beyond the immediate situation. These skills may be easily transferred to non-academic pursuits. Hypothetical projects are outlined for humanities specialists and the American Studies Internship Program designed to place its graduates in business and government. Suggested areas in which Ph.D. graduates would make effective contributions include organizational development, human resource programs, career development, and public affairs. Recommendations are that humanists realize that non-academic jobs are not second rate and that interdisciplinary studies, career counseling services, and internships be established. Sections of the paper discuss the current crisis, provide unemployment statistics, and examine academic and institutional stereotypes. A list of associations and a bibliography relevant to humanists seeking non-academic jobs are provided. (KC)

These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the 21st International Conference on e-Society (ES 2023) and 19th International Conference on Mobile Learning (ML 2023), organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) in Lisbon, Portugal, during March 11-13, 2023. The e-Society 2023 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the Information Society. This conference covers both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of the Information Society. The Mobile Learning 2023 Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of mobile learning research which illustrate developments in the field. These events received 246 submissions from more than 31 countries. In addition to the papers' presentations, the conference also included one keynote presentation from Professor Agnes Kukulska Hulme (Institute of Educational Technology (IET), The Open University, United Kingdom). [Individual papers are indexed in ERIC.]

Nonformal education programs operating in the modern sector in Ethiopia are described in a perspective relevant to the Ethiopian context. The modern sector is defined as those activities concerned with the manufacture of goods, extraction of raw materials, the processing of raw materials, the provision of services, and the creation and maintenance of certain types of infrastructure such as communications, roads, railroads, and air transportation. Following the introduction, which contrasts the modern sector with the rural traditional sector and discusses recent manpower studies in Ethiopia, a second section discusses the various formal vocational and comprehensive secondary schools. Information is provided on enrollment, statistics on graduate employment, and each school's ability to teach students saleable skills. A third and major section discusses each of the following three classifications of nonformal education training programs for the modern sector: Preservice training programs, vestibule training programs, and inservice training programs. The conclusions section describes characteristics which are general to all of the nonformal education programs and then outlines five points which the author feels could be used to explain the lack of or the success of vocational education programs. (SH)

The subject of career education is a vast and complex one. For example, it often emphasizes alternative educational programs for high school and junior high students that may involve substituting work for academic experience in industrial settings outside the schools. Or it may encompass recurrent or lifelong education programs for adults that provide additional education which may or may not be work related. The youth oriented ideas can mean less education while the concepts aimed at adults suggest more. No one would deny that education and work are related. The real issue is what form any advocacy movement takes and whose interests it serves. The rationale behind much of the federally supported career education effort is weak, and many of the programs seem to be more in the interests of big business than in the interests of our nation's youth. Career education cannot solve the youth unemployment problem, but certainly there are youth problems that well-directed career education programs could help with. The American Federation of Teachers advocates dissemination of more information on job availability, occupational projections, and job access. It supports job training programs which build upon a basic education by combining further academic experiences with on-the-job experiences, but it strongly opposes any occupational education program that would diminish general liberal education or that would endanger present child labor, minimum wage, early school leaving, and health and safety laws. It also strongly opposes programs that involve turning over some of the responsibility for public education to the private sector. (BL)

Many people are investing these days, but many librarians, especially non-business librarians, are uncomfortable helping patrons with questions on the subject. This reference guide gives librarians the knowledge and confidence to assist patrons in identifying the correct information in a critical but little understood investment area--the bond market. Written in an easily understandable style, this guide provides the basic background information on: what a bond is; how to distinguish between different types of bonds; how bonds are rated; how to evaluate bonds and track their performance; and useful reference sources. The following sections are included: "Introduction" (Lydia E. LaFaro); "Bonds and the Bond Market" (Louise Klusek); "Bond Ratings" (Steven L. Lubetkin); "Sources of Bond Information" (Louise Klusek); "Bibliography of Bond Information Sources" (Louise Klusek); "Listing of Major Bond Indexes" (Gary White and Craig Wilkins); and "Glossary of Bond Terms" (Gary White, Tom Mirkovich, and Craig Wilkins). Included is a comprehensive list of the most useful reference sources on bonds, and an extensive glossary of terms related to the bond market. (SWC)

These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the International Conferences on: Educational Technologies 2022 (ICEduTech 2022), Sustainability, Technology and Education 2022 (STE 2022), Internet Technologies & Society 2022 (ITS 2022), and Applied Management Advances in the 21st Century 2022 (AMA21 2022) held virtually, from December 14-16, 2022, and organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS). The International Conference on Educational Technologies 2022 (ICEduTech 2022) is the scientific conference addressing the real topics as seen by teachers, students, parents and school leaders. Topics for this conference were: (1) Education in Context; (2) Education as Professional Field; (3) Curricular Evolution; (4) Learner Orientation; (5) Integrating Educational Technologies; and (6) International Higher Education. The International Conference on Sustainability, Technology and Education 2022 (STE 2022) has the purpose to address the main issues which occur by evaluating the relationship between Sustainability, Education, and Technology. The main areas of interest for this conference are: (1) Sustainability and Leadership; (2) Sustainability and Green IT; and (3) Sustainability and Education. The International Conference on Internet Technologies & Society 2022 (ITS 2022) aims to address the main issues of concern within WWW/Internet as well as to assess the influence of Internet in the Information Society. Broad areas of interest are Internet Technologies, Information Management, e-Society and Digital Divide, e-Business/e-Commerce, e-Learning, New Media and e-Society, Digital Services in e-Society, e-Government/e-Governance and e-Health. The International Conference on Applied Management Advances in the 21st Century 2022 (AMA21 2022) seeks to provide a unique forum for presentation and discussion of the last research developments and solutions for the current issues of the world economy. Its core areas of interest are: (1) Managing with ICT; (2) E-Marketing & Digital Communication; (3) Digital Economy; (4) Entrepreneurship & Innovation; (5) Finances & Fintech; and (6) Teaching & Learning in Business. [Individual papers are indexed in ERIC.]