It is proposed that, to keep editors of institutional publications happy, their supervisors use such techniques as productive communication in both individual and group sessions; recognition of achievements; setting goals and objectives for individual and professional development; and sensitivity to needs for support of various kinds. (MSE)

Although the 1990 survey of the membership of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education shows that women make up a majority of advancement professionals in higher education, they're still given lesser titles and paid almost 15 percent less than men with similar characteristics. (MLW)

CASE Recognition Awards for 1986 are described. Awards were presented for: program excellence, volunteer of the year, special events, alumni relations, student recruitment, publications, fund-raising, electronic media, book publishing, etc. (MLW)

A total of 294 schools, colleges, and universities received prizes in this year's CASE Recognition program. Awards were given in: public relations programs, student recruitment, marketing, program pulications, news writing, fund raising, radio programming, school periodicals, etc. (MLW)

CASE's 1989 National Professor of the Year was J. Dennis Huston, a professor of English at Rice University, who directs a new Humanities Foundation Course for science and engineering students. The one-year core course grounds science and engineering freshmen in history, literature, and culture. (MLW)

An endowed chair that is not carefully conceived and fully funded can create problems for institutions of higher education. A well-thought-out policy should guide staff, faculty, and donors concerning level of positions available, minimum donations for each, and titles. Minimum funding figures should be based on predicted endowment income.…

Claudio Duran, a philosophy professor at York University (Ontario), was named the 1993 Canadian Professor of the Year. Duran's philosophy of teaching focuses on human relations, the importance of treating his students as individuals, the power of teaching to change lives. (MSE)

The 1987 CASE Recognition Awards are presented for: general excellence in programs; student recruitment marketing improvement; video public service announcements, news, and commercial spots; total publications; magazines of the decade; improvement in periodicals; photocommunications via print; designer of the year and series; and imagination in…

A 1985 CASE survey that covers job responsibilities, reporting relationships, salaries, and characteristics of schools, colleges, and universities that employ institutional advancement professionals is described. The results were compared with the results of a 1982 survey. (MLW)

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education's Professor of the Year, Vicente Villa, is a first-generation college graduate who teaches biology at Southwestern University (California). He began his study of biology in college and provides an important role model for Hispanic-American students. (MSE)

College and university advancement managers offer these keys to motivating employees: open communication, acknowledgement of management style, team building, encouragement of innovation, spreading opportunities broadly, promoting personal growth, creating reward systems, evaluating fairly, and strong leadership. (MSE)

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education's five Professors of the Year are highlighted. Professors include Michael Flachmann (English professor specializing in Shakespeare and Renaissance literature), Howard Goldberg (university physics professor), Diane Keenan (community college economics professor), Mark C. Taylor (undergraduate…