Word: professionalizing
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"You wonder why the staff does this work. People who are in what we call the helping professions are curious. I think they may feel something missing in their lives. There can be a lot of ego in this profession, a lot of vicarious fulfillment. One wants to see oneself...
...colegio (similar to a trade union) controlled by the government. Advocates of licensing say the practice helps limit the profession to qualified candidates. Some journalists within the license-granting countries agree. Since doctors and lawyers must get their credentials certified, they argue, that requirement should be extended to professional journalists. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has debated licensing as a way to protect journalists operating in such dangerous circumstances as wars and riots. UNESCO has even considered issuing internationally recognized press cards that would identify journalists in hazardous areas. But after acknowledging the threat to press freedom...
The eight-page monthly report explains new medical research in lay terms to its mostly middle-aged readers of average income. As the nation's leading vehicle for medical news, The Health Letter details the pertinence of these discoveries to people outside the medical profession.
Persichetti, who has written more than 150 published compositions, will speak on WGBH radio today and then give a lecture on the music profession at a UMass-Boston luncheon.
The survey, released in September, indicates that many faculty believe the good untenured teachers are leaving the profession because institutions do not have positions, and because they cannot find their own place in the college, Hochstein said.