Describes the Los Angeles Community College District's approach to increasing the diversity of the district's faculty and administration, while simultaneously turning around a declining enrollment. The district's approach included a retirement incentive program and a concerted marketing and recruitment effort directed toward minorities. Reviews…

PROBLEMS OF UNDERACHIEVEMENT WERE STUDIED. THE PROJECT WAS ENVISIONED IN 1963 WHEN THE GOVERNOR LEARNED THAT FEWER THAN 80 PERCENT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE STATE FROM 14 TO 17 YEARS OF AGE WERE IN SCHOOL. HE PROPOSED THAT AN EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL BE ESTABLISHED TO DISCOVER WHY IQ SCORES OFTEN SHOWED ABILITY NOT REFLECTED BY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.…

Current recruitment efforts in educational administration are limited by the narrow target population considered (which seldom extends beyond professional educators) and the unsystematic methods utilized. In addition, five significant obstacles to effective recruitment are (1) the lack of information about educational administration among…

The introduction of new scholarships and awards in Canadian college athletics led to a panel discussion at the 1971 Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation on the issue of opposing or supporting such scholarships. The first participant supported them and felt it was wrong to assume Canadian sports would automatically…

This review of literature on junior college faculty recruitment covers several aspects. Before active recruitment begins, the governing board should develop accurate job descriptions, criteria of personality and staff balance, systematic appraisal methods, wide involvement in selection, efficient assignment procedures, and promotion criteria. It…

Examines the process of marketing smaller colleges and identifies the possible application of marketing principles and techniques currently used by the business community which will help to improve recruiting efforts. (JAC)

Case studies of differing approaches to developing young managers illustrate exemplary practice, but they also raise questions about the fit between organizational and individual needs. (Author)

Announcement of winners in Nation's Schools second annual School Publications Contest -- along with analysis, by category, of the entries' strengths and weaknesses. (Author)

This article evokes the dimensions of the academic job crisis and the resulting opportunity for library recruitment, but calls attention to the changes of permitting the librarians' job market to be overrun by subject specialist candidates who may not have a genuine commitment to library service. (4 references) (Author/SJ)

School administrators are continually faced with the need to make coherent and workable decisions on the basis of incomplete data. In order to perform their jobs effectively, they must possess unusual leadership ability. (CK)

Outlines the academic interview process from the institutional and faculty interviewers' perspective. Includes a checklist of issues to be considered by the interviewee. (JOW)

Discusses the use of radio, television, word of mouth, and print in attracting adult illiterates to basic literacy classes in public libraries. (CHC)