A foster parent recruitment strategy was developed and implemented to increase the pool of potential foster parents in a treatment foster care program serving troubled children between 2 and 18 years in a south Florida community. Foster parents in this program were expected to implement a specific skill acquisition program for each child and…

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states are experiencing teacher shortages in certain geographic and subject areas. Teacher preparation programs are not graduating enough students in certain subjects, and more teachers are approaching retirement eligibility. SREB states are seeking alternative sources of teachers to help relieve shortages.…

Suggests that a well-balanced journalism faculty must be prepared in a variety of areas and of proven distinction in both scholarship and media performance. (TO)

The study reported here compared the attitudes and values of black and white freshman nursing students. (DM)

The author contends that very often what students do not ask or say during an interview is more indicative of their potential than what is traditionally verbalized. It is the job of the recruiter to go beyond this disguise. (BY)

Uses a simple investment model to show that apprenticeship programs have been made unnecessarily long by organized labor. (BH)

Technical Education is a bimonthly supplement to IAVE. (GR)

Recent graduates receive feedback in a program designed by one company to help newcomers aclimate. (Author)

Condensed by author from his study, The Education, Sources and Recruitment of Wisconsin Vocational-Technical Teachers. Univeristy of Wisconsin, 1969.

An analytical decision-making framework is presented and described. Guidelines for strategy formulation and effective implementation of marketing concepts and techniques in educational planning are provided. (SK)

Few nursing administrators recognize what type of turnover is occurring, how much, and where. Availability of this information is essential to the control and reduction of turnover. (JOW)

Offers advice to coaches of high school stars concerning the establishment and use of recruiting guidelines. (WD)

Discusses recruitment to religious cults and sects from the point of view of social science research and a more recent approach which argues that interpersonal bonds between members and potential recruits are the essential element. (Author/DB)

Analysis of 361 campus recruitment interviews found that recruiter behavior did not affect applicant attraction to firms directly but influenced perceptions of job and organizational characteristics. Organizational reputation had a negative effect on attraction, possibly because applicant expectations were not confirmed by the interview. (SK)

Correctional officer applicants were randomly given either realistic or nonrealistic job information. Those with prior exposure to the job overemphasized negative information and were less likely to accept the position. Those with no prior exposure showed increased acceptance. (SK)