Presents highlights of the First World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education, including perspectives from European and Asian educators. (SK)

Describes a year-round plan for selecting and recruiting members for the high school yearbook staff. (TJ)

Discusses why customized financial aid packages designed to attract selected students to fill a desired niche can jeopardize a college's fiscal health. (EV)

Many companies make mistakes when identifying which schools to include in their college relations programs. This article describes which criteria can be used for identifying target schools, and how to deal with the issue of the reduction in numbers of schools due to financial constraints. (ADT)

Discusses the advantages to colleges and universities of "branding" and "positioning" their schools in the minds of students. Offers examples of successful positioning by colleges. (EV)

Strategies for volunteer administrators to strengthen the commitment of volunteers while building social capital include expanding networking opportunities, increasing understanding of issues, incorporating concepts of service learning, and bridging to civic and political participation. (Contains 24 references.) (JOW)

Describes University of Arizona's Career Week and how the university prepares for this event: the event is organized and marketed by students; profits are distributed among students; Career Week functions under an advisory committee of faculty and student-council presidents; Career Week combines job placement and career planning activities; and…

Tested job fair project, Better Days, at two sites. Project targeted people with disabilities and older adults. Sixty-two older adults and 81 people with disabilities who attended rated the fairs as "good to excellent" employment resources. Total of 13 companies reported hiring someone as result of contacts made with applicants or…

Presents opinions of two college placement officers and two representatives from business on third-party employment services. Discusses pros and cons. Includes a sample of a third-party job-vacancy announcement, a list of issues to explore when dealing with third-party recruiters, and two universities' notices to third-party employment services.…

Asserts that recruitment, retention, and productivity are all tied together with the bottom line. Contends that insight into the whole package can make for better recruiting. Includes list of 24 ways to involve employees and improve staff investment. (NB)

Vocational educators must demonstrate to the community that vocational-technical education is critical to the future of students as well as to the success of the nation's economic system. (Author)

Internships have become more prevalent in the workplace. Today's interns expect to be given substantive assignments and receive a salary of about one-third of employees hired right out of college. The advantage to companies is the creation of a pool of potential employees. (JOW)

Presents developmental characteristics, implications for volunteerism, and potential activities for the range of volunteering for each stage of the life span. Concludes that volunteer managers are faced with the challenge of pulling together all aspects of society to build upon their unique abilities and insights. (Contains 24 references.) (JOW)

Two California districts that have successfully recruited good teachers are Elk Grove Unified School District, near Sacramento, and Hesperia Unified School District, northeast of Los Angeles. Elk Grove grows their own teacher candidates, in partnership with San Francisco State University. Hesperia conducts nationwide searches, targeting states…

Suggests changes in the role of the principal to attract and retain the best candidates for job. Also discusses several "pipeline" factors limiting the pool of quality candidates for the principalship. (PKP)