William T Phelan
Biographic Data
| ID | 192745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William T Phelan |
| GIVEN NAMES | William T |
| FAMILY NAME | Phelan |
| SIGNATURE | PHELAN W T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lowell |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Staffing policies in times of retrenchment
they try to develop orderly mechanisms of contraction. The likelihood of mandated budget cuts in addition to decreased enrollments have dashed the optimism of many educators that normal attrition (through retirements, resignations, or deaths) would take care of position cuts. For many school districts, the 1980s have ushered in a period of forced layoffs. As a result, the questions and issues discussed in the paper have become all the more pressi…
Governing Staff Reductions
Undergraduate Orientations toward Scientific and Scholarly Careers
This paper studies the impact of university membership and of participation in university roles and tasks on undergraduate orientations toward scientific or scholarly careers. Differences in personal background characteristics are also considered. Subsamples of data were drawn from ACE-Carnegie surveys of (a) freshman entering U.S. colleges and universities in 1968, (b) the same cohort at Christmas, 1969, and (c) faculty teaching at these institu…
Class and Merit in the American High School
The Influence of Educational Attainment on Self-Evaluations of Competence
Findings from a national sample of 420 married adults indicate that educational attainment has a strong, positive association with self-evaluations of competence. This association remains after controls are introduced for family income and occupational prestige. The effects of high educational attainment are moderated to some extent, however, by low occupational prestige and to a lesser extent by high family income. These findings are interpreted…
Undergraduate Orientations toward Scientific and Scholarly Careers
This paper studies the impact of university membership and of participation in university roles and tasks on undergraduate orientations toward scientific or scholarly careers. Differences in personal background characteristics are also considered. Subsamples of data were drawn from ACE-Carnegie surveys of (a) freshman entering U.S. colleges and universities in 1968, (b) the same cohort at Christmas, 1969, and (c) faculty teaching at these institu…
The Influence of Educational Attainment on Self-Evaluations of Competence
Findings from a national sample of 420 married adults indicate that educational attainment has a strong, positive association with self-evaluations of competence. This association remains after controls are introduced for family income and occupational prestige. The effects of high educational attainment are moderated to some extent, however, by low occupational prestige and to a lesser extent by high family income. These findings are interpreted…
Staffing policies in times of retrenchment
they try to develop orderly mechanisms of contraction. The likelihood of mandated budget cuts in addition to decreased enrollments have dashed the optimism of many educators that normal attrition (through retirements, resignations, or deaths) would take care of position cuts. For many school districts, the 1980s have ushered in a period of forced layoffs. As a result, the questions and issues discussed in the paper have become all the more pressi…
Governing Staff Reductions
The Influence of Educational Attainment on Self-Evaluations of Competence
Findings from a national sample of 420 married adults indicate that educational attainment has a strong, positive association with self-evaluations of competence. This association remains after controls are introduced for family income and occupational prestige. The effects of high educational attainment are moderated to some extent, however, by low occupational prestige and to a lesser extent by high family income. These findings are interpreted…
Undergraduate Orientations toward Scientific and Scholarly Careers
This paper studies the impact of university membership and of participation in university roles and tasks on undergraduate orientations toward scientific or scholarly careers. Differences in personal background characteristics are also considered. Subsamples of data were drawn from ACE-Carnegie surveys of (a) freshman entering U.S. colleges and universities in 1968, (b) the same cohort at Christmas, 1969, and (c) faculty teaching at these institu…
Class and Merit in the American High School
Staffing policies in times of retrenchment
they try to develop orderly mechanisms of contraction. The likelihood of mandated budget cuts in addition to decreased enrollments have dashed the optimism of many educators that normal attrition (through retirements, resignations, or deaths) would take care of position cuts. For many school districts, the 1980s have ushered in a period of forced layoffs. As a result, the questions and issues discussed in the paper have become all the more pressi…
Governing Staff Reductions
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Medical education (2 works)