Vocations, Exploitation, and Professions in a Market Economy

In a market economy, members of professions—or at least those for whom their profession is a vocation—are vulnerable to a distinctive kind of objectionable exploitation, namely the exploitation of their vocational commitment. That they are vulnerable in this way arises out of central features both of professions and of a market economy. And, for certain professions—the care professions—this exploitation is particularly objectionable, since, for these professions, the exploitation at issue is not only exploitation of the professional’s vocational commitment but also of her even more basic commitment to morality

Solving Colorado's Health Professionals Shortage: Initial Lessons Learned From the Health Professions Initiative Evaluation

Gives an overview of the trust's 2005-08 Health Professions Initiative to address expected shortages in all healthcare professions, its impact so far, and the strategies grantees are implementing to help strengthen the training infrastructure

Solving Colorado's Shortage of Health Professionals: Final Evaluation Findings and Recommendations

This report shares evaluation findings from The Trust's Health Professions initiative, and recommends strategies to increase and sustain Colorado's health professions workforce. For example, creating awareness and readiness for health professions training; providing flexible training options and reaching out to students in rural areas; supporting faculty development and clinical training opportunities; expanding the reach and content of training programs; and strengthening community partnerships for recruitment and retention of health professionals

Universities and Professions in the Early Modern Period

This article brings together old and new ideas and information to provide a different perspective than has so far prevailed upon the relationship between the universities and the professions in the early modern period. It focuses not only upon the direct impact of the so-called educational revolution upon the learned professions but also upon the indirect and less easy to quantify implications of that phenomenon. Special attention is paid to the transference of teaching methods from the universities to the learned professions and to the importance of the patronage system in linking universities and professions. Examples are drawn from a wealth of manuscript sources

Which Wage Dispersion Matters to Firms' Performance?

Research on wage dispersion and firm performance focuses on intra-firm and inter firm effects irrespective of workers’ profession. We extend the analysis by considering dispersion within professions, within and across firms and within professions economy-wide. We find that the intra-firm dispersion of wages, which research so far has focused on, has limited effects on productivity compared to the economy-wide wage dispersion within the professions. As Swedish firms have differentiated wages among employees during the last 10-15 years also the economy-wide dispersion within professions has increased thus contributing considerably to the strong performance of the Swedish economy in the late 1990's.-

Personality Traits, Self-Employment, and Professions

We investigate the effect of broad personality traits - the Big Five - on an individual's decision to become self-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of selfemployment varies considerably across professions, we also perform the analysis for different types of professions, namely, those classified as being in the "creative class" as compared to the noncreative class. The analysis is based on micro data for individuals of the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP). We find a significant association between personality traits and the propensity be become self-employed. However, the strengthof this link is fairly weak and differs across professions, indicating an important effect of an individual's profession on his or her decision to run an own business.Entrepreneurship, self-employment, personality traits, the Big Five, professions

Assessing the European Market for Legal Services: Developments in the Free Movement of Lawyers in the European Union

This Article focuses on recent developments in European multi-jurisdictional practice rights that have major implications for the control of entry to the legal professions and some of the related deontological rules that govern access to professional legal life across the European Union ( EU ) and the European Economic Area ( EEA ). Additionally, it looks at their impact on rules regulating the competence of lawyers and admission to the legal professions, primarily in Europe, but with some reference to the position in the United States as well

2017 Commencement for Jefferson College of Health Professions, Jefferson College of Pharmacy, and Jefferson College of Nursing

Jefferson College of Health Professions and Jefferson College of Pharmacy Monday, May 22, 10:00 a.m. Processional Trumpet Voluntary, John Stanley The Jefferson Processional, Burle Marx The Reverend R. Bruce Todd, Organist Opening Proclamation Richard W. Hevner, Chair, Board of Trustees Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health Presentation of Colors U.S. Armed Forces Career Center, Philadelphia The National Anthem Convocation and Remarks Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, President and CEO Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health Mark L. Tykocinski, MD, Provost and Executive Vice President, Thomas Jefferson University Dean, Sidney Kimmel Medical College Conferring of Honorary Degree Patrick T. Harker, PhD by President Klasko Conferring of Degrees in Course President Klasko Jefferson College of Health Professions Debra S. Zelnick, OTD, Interim Dean Jefferson College of Health Professions Jefferson College of Pharmacy Rebecca S. Finley, PharmD Dean Jefferson College of Pharmacy Recessional Pomp and Circumstance, Elgar (Reverend Todd