Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f2CGoJg01844; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:50:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:50:20 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v04210106b6d2a9907424@[146.186.96.31]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:96] resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2672 Lines: 54 Dear subscribers, The following resources and information appear relevant to your work in workplace literacy and were found on The WebClipper Digest, HandsNet's weekly overview of cross-cutting human services news from throughout the World Wide Web. For daily Headlines news, Alerts and Discussions, and to start your personal clipping service tailored to your needs, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. FINAL CENSUS 2000 DATA STATE BY STATE RELEASES - Commerce Secretary Evans announced release of final Census 2000 data, unadjusted by statistical methods. News releases now are available for: Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin Tentatively scheduled for release the week of March 12 is data for: Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio and Oklahoma http://www.census.gov/clo/www/redistricting.html THE NONPROFIT WORKPLACE - The Nonprofit Quarterly's latest issue focuses on re-conceptualizing our human resource practices towards greater organizational effectiveness. It includes articles on power sharing, a survey that shows workers put autonomy and voice at the top of their wants list, and an interview with Jeremy Rifkin on why the nonprofit sector should ascend to prominence in the coming years http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/workplace/index.htm AFL-CIO REPORTS ON INITIATIVES FOR WORKING FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES - The "High Road Partnerships Report: Innovations in Building Good Jobs and Strong Communities," summarizes a series of union initiatives aimed at furthering the interests of working families and their communities. Four main categories covered include setting standards; workforce development; business services; and people served. http://www.workingforamerica.org/documents/HighRoadReport/highroadreport.htm WAGE GROWTH AMONG LOW-SKILLED WORKERS - Gaining skills through experience is often not enough to lift low-skilled workers out of poverty, according to a Joint Center on Poverty Research paper. http://www.jcpr.org/policybriefs/vol3_num3.html ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-865-5876 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU "Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"
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