The Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series provides for the circulation, on a prepublication basis, of research conducted by Branch staff, visiting Fellows and academic associates. The Research Paper Series is intended to stimulate discussion on a variety of topics including labour, business firm dynamics, pensions, agriculture, mortality, language, immigration, statistical computing and simulation. Readers of the series are encouraged to contact the authors with comments, criticisms and suggestions. A list of titles appears inside the back cover of this paper.Papers in the series are distributed to Statistics Canada Regional Offices, provincial statistical focal points, research institutes, and specialty libraries.

No abstract

Most women in jail serve time in facilities that also house men. However, there are 18 jails nationally that house women only, and this study is based on surveys and interviews administered at 5 of these jails. It explores the extent to which women's jails meet the needs of inmates who want to further their education and training, maintain and deepen bonds with their children, and overcome their addictions to drugs and alcohol as well as their histories of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. The findings suggest that, when it comes to meeting most of these needs, the programming in women's jails fails miserably.

Faculty often believe that if they do notpublish, they willperish. Faculty developers can respond to this need by helpingfaculty increase their scholarly productivity. Research shows thatfaculty are more productive ifthey writefor [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] minutes dairy, organize their writingaroundkey sentences, andgetextensive.feedback on drafts. This article evaluates a program hosted on two campuses that aimed at supporting 115faculty achieve these goals. Throughout the program, participants kept records oftimethey spent writing and the number ofpages they wrote and at the endofthe program, they were surveyed. These data reveal that if participants continued towrite and revise prose at the rate they did during the program, they wouldproduce 75polishedpages peryear. According to survey results, 83% ofparticipants would participate in the program again, and 95% would recommend it to their colleagues. INTRoDucnoNT h is essay evaluates the extent to which "Publish, Don't Perish," a program designed to help faculty flourish as writers, enabled participants to achieve the following three program goals: 1) Improve time management by developing the discipline to write daily for at least 15-30 minutes; 2) improve writing by learning to organize each paragraph, section, and paper around a key sentence; and 3) improve writing by seeking feedback within a community of scholars. These outcomes were measured by

No abstract

No abstract

The Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series provides for the circulation, on a prepublication basis, of research conducted by Branch staff, visiting Fellows and academic associates. The Research Paper Series is intended to stimulate discussion on a variety of topics including labour, business firm dynamics, pensions, agriculture, mortality, language, immigration, statistical computing and simulation. Readers of the series are encouraged to contact the authors with comments, criticisms and suggestions. A list of titles appears inside the back cover of this paper. Papers in the series are distributed to Statistics Canada Regional Offices, provincial statistical focal points, research institutes, and specialty libraries.

Traditional mentoring programs usually have no mechanism for protégés to learn from each other, and they often match protégés with mentors sight unseen. Team mentoring is a less hierarchical program in which protégés mentor each other in a group while searching for more permanent and personal mentors. In this program, protégés and mentors are arguably better matched because mentors are chosen by the protégés. In addition, protégés benefit by tapping into the wisdom of their peers. As a result, team mentoring is a viable alternative to traditional mentoring programs.